Mateusz Włodzimierz Mika (born 21 January 1991) is a Polish professional

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player who plays as an outside hitter. He is a former member of the Poland national team, a participant in the

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and the 2014 World Champion.

Career

Club

In 2012 Mika joined

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. In the season 2013/2014 he was playing for the

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club – Montpellier UC. On 12 June 2014 he came back to

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and signed a contract with Lotos Trefl Gdańsk. On 19 April 2015 Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, including Mika, won the

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. He was named the ''Most Valuable Player'' of the tournament. During the same season he won a silver medal of the Polish Championship. In April 2015 he signed a new two–year contract with the club.

National team

He debuted in the

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on 29 May 2010 in a friendly match with

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. In 2011 he was a member of the Polish team coached by

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at the 2011 CEV European Championship, where Poland managed to win a bronze medal. In 2014 he was appointed to the Polish team by a head coach of that time –

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at the 2014 FIVB World League. Initially, he was supposed to be a reserve player during the matches in

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, but after a few victories (among others, the won match against Brazil on 30 May 2014) he has become a main favorite to play at the 2014 FIVB World Championship. On 16 August 2014 he was appointed to the squad at the 2014 FIVB World Championship held in

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. On 21 September 2014 the Polish team won the title of World Champion 2014. On 27 October 2014 he received a state award granted by the Polish President,

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– Gold Cross of Merit ''for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland''.

Honours

Club

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2011–12 – with Asseco Resovia * Domestic ** 2011–12 Gold medal with cup

Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia ** 2014–15 Simple gold cup

, with

Trefl Gdańsk Trefl Gdańsk, previously known as Lotos Trefl Gdańsk, is a professional men's volleyball club based in Gdańsk in northern Poland. The club was founded in 2005 and promoted to PlusLiga, the top flight of Polish volleyball in 2011. Honours * Po ...

** 2015–16 Simple gold cup

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, with Trefl Gdańsk ** 2017–18 Simple gold cup

, with Trefl Gdańsk

Youth national team

* 2007

CEV U19 European Championship

Individual awards

* 2015:

– Most valuable player * 2015:

– Most valuable player * 2018:

– Best receiver

State awards

* 2014: Gold Cross of Merit

References

External links

*
Player profile
at ''PlusLiga.pl''
Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net'' * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mika, Mateusz 1991 births Living people People from Bielsko County Volleyball players from Silesian Voivodeship Polish men's volleyball players Polish Champions of men's volleyball Olympic volleyball players for Poland Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Recipients of the Gold Cross of Merit (Poland) Polish expatriate volleyball players in France Polish expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Resovia (volleyball) players Trefl Gdańsk players AZS Olsztyn (volleyball) players Skra Bełchatów players Outside hitters 21st-century Polish sportsmen