Renee Teppan (born 26 September 1993) is an Estonian

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player, a member of the

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and Polish club MKS Będzin.

Club career

Teppan was born in

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, and started his career in hometown club

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at the age of 17. After two seasons he moved to Bigbank Tartu and won the Estonian Championship in 2014. He then moved to abroad and signed with Italian team Altotevere Città di Castello alongside compatriot

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. He spent the next two seasons with

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winning two Austrian Championship titles. For the 2017–18 season Teppan moved back to Italy and played for Diatec Trentino. In May 2018 he signed a two-year contract with the Polish

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top team PGE Skra Bełchatów. In his first season with the team Teppan mostly played as a substitute for the club legend

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. His first trophy with the team was the 2018 Polish SuperCup when

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defeated

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3–0. Teppan and the team also reached the semi-finals of the

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making him the second Estonian after Oliver Venno to play in the semi-finals of the Champions League. He opted out of the second year of the contract and signed with French team

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for the 2018–19 season. Teppan left the team in February 2020 and signed with

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of the

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where he was again united with compatriot

. For the next season he returned to native Estonia and signed with Selver Tallinn. He helped the team win the Estonian Cup and the

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title and was also named MVP of the latter tournament. Teppan started the 2021–22 season in the

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playing for

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. Mid-season in January 2022 he joined with

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top team Olympiacos Piraeus.

National team

As a member of the senior

, Teppan competed at the

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and

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European Volleyball Championships. With the national team Teppan won the 2016 European Volleyball League title. He helped Estonia win their second European League title in

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and was named MVP of the tournament.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

; MEVZA Cup * Silver medal with cup

2015/2016 – with

2016/2017 – with

;

2010/2011 – with

2011/2012 – with

2013/2014 – with Bigbank Tartu * Gold medal with cup

2020/2021 – with Selver Tallinn ;National championship * 2010/2011 Bronze medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with

* 2011/2012 Bronze medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with

* 2013/2014 Gold medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with Bigbank Tartu * 2015/2016 Gold medal with cup

Austrian Championship, with

* 2016/2017 Gold medal with cup

Austrian Championship, with

* 2020/2021 Bronze medal with cup

Estonian Championship, with Selver Tallinn * 2021/2022 Silver medal with cup

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, with Olympiacos Piraeus ;National cup * 2010/2011 Simple silver cup

Estonian Cup, with

* 2013/2014 Simple silver cup

Estonian Cup, with Bigbank Tartu * 2018/2019 Simple gold cup

Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów * 2020/2021 Simple gold cup

Estonian Cup, with Selver Tallinn

National team

* 2016

European League * 2018 Gold medal with cup

European League * 2018 Bronze medal with cup

Challenger Cup * 2021 Bronze medal with cup

European League

Individual

* 2018 European League – Most Valuable Player * 2021

– Most Valuable Player

References