György Grozer (born 27 November 1984), also known as Georg Grozer, is a German professional

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player of Hungarian origin who plays as an opposite spiker for Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie and the Germany national team.

Personal life

Grozer was born in

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. His father, György Grozer Senior is a former volleyball player and coach. With his first wife Violetta he has two daughters – Leana (born 2007) and Loreen (born 2010).

Career

Club

He was crowned national champion on two occasions, in 2009 and 2010, while playing for

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. After moving to the Polish league he was Polish champion in his second season (2011/2012) with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He then moved to Belgorod where, in the early stages of the season, he played a major role in the team's success in the Russian championship and in the National Cup of Russia. This season he won the Super Cup and the National Cup in Russia, and was crowned the top club team in

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with

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. In 2017 Grozer back to Russia Super League join to Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.

National team

2011 Grozer could not help the German team because of an injury. In 2012 the dynamic and powerful hitter smashed the German team to the

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and to the 5th place in

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. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in

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won the match for the bronze medal by defeating

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Honours

Club

CEV Champions League The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation. Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification A tota ...

2013–14 – with Belogorie Belgorod * FIVB Club World Championship ** Gold medal world centered-2

Brazil 2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod *

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

2011–12 – with Asseco Resovia ** Simple gold cup

2021–22 – with Vero Volley Monza * Domestic ** 2008–09 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with

** 2009–10 Gold medal with cup

German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen ** 2011–12 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia ** 2012–13 Gold medal with cup

Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod ** 2016–17 Gold medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Golden Age ** 2016–17 Simple gold cup

Qatari Cup, with Al Arabi Doha

Individual awards

* 2008: European League – Best scorer * 2009: European League – Best blocker * 2010: German Volleyball Player of the Year * 2011: German Volleyball Player of the Year * 2012: German Volleyball Player of the Year * 2013: German Volleyball Player of the Year * 2014: German Volleyball Player of the Year * 2016:

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– Best opposite spiker * 2017:

– Best opposite spiker * 2017: CEV European Championship – Best opposite spiker

Records

*39 points in one match –

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record * * 15 aces in one match in Korean League.

Statistics

2011–12 PlusLiga The 2011–12 PlusLiga was the 76th season of the Polish Volleyball Championship, the 12th season as a professional league organized by the Professional Volleyball League SA () under the supervision of the Polish Volleyball Federation (). Ass ...

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Best scorer
(553 points) * 2011–12 PlusLiga �

(69 aces)

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