Sjoerd Hoogendoorn (February 17, 1991

Nieuwegein Nieuwegein () is a municipality and city in the Dutch province of Utrecht. It is bordered on the north by the city of Utrecht, the provincial capital. It is separated from Vianen to the south by the river Lek and borders on IJsselstein in the ...

) is a

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volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player, currently playing for

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Sir Safety Umbria Volley Umbria Volley Perugia, known as Sir Safety Umbria Volley Perugia due to sponsorship from Sir Safety System, is a professional Italy, Italian volleyball club based in Perugia. It plays in the highest level of the Italian Volleyball League. In the I ...

and a

Netherlands men's national volleyball team The Netherlands men's national volleyball team represents the Netherlands in FIVB tournaments. Volleyball is the most popular indoor sport in the country, with over 125,000 associates. The team had their most successful phase beginning in the 19 ...

member.

Career

Hoogendoorn played for the

club

Dynamo Apeldoorn SV Dynamo or simply Dynamo, is a Dutch professional volleyball club based in Apeldoorn. They compete in the Dutch Eredivisie. Team *Current Roster (2023/24 season) Honours Domestic * Dutch Eredivisie :Winners (15): 1990–91, 1992–93, 199 ...

between 2009 and 2013. During this period he won the National Championship, the SuperCup and twice the National Cup. In 2013 Hoogendoorn continued his career in

Finland Finland, officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country in Northern Europe. It borders Sweden to the northwest, Norway to the north, and Russia to the east, with the Gulf of Bothnia to the west and the Gulf of Finland to the south, ...

Vammalan Lentopallo Vammalan Lentopallo — Valepa is a volleyball team in southwest Finland founded in 1978. It is based in the Vammala district of the town of Sastamala, in the Pirkanmaa Region. Valepa plays in the highest level in Finland. History Vammalan Le ...

who are acting in the

Finland Volleyball League The Finland Volleyball League () is highest level of men's volleyball in Finland. There are 10 teams in the league. History The Finland Volleyball League has founded 1994. Before then, teams play league in the Champion League. In 2010, the l ...

. He won the Finnish Championship and was twice runner up champion of the National Cup. During the 2015/2016 season Hoogendoorn played for the Italian team Globo Banca del Popolare Frusinate Sora, or Argos Volley. In February 2016 Sora lost the Cup final in the

Mediolanum Forum Unipol Forum (formerly the FilaForum, DatchForum and Mediolanum Forum; known as the Forum di Milano in events where commercial naming rights are prohibited) is an indoor sports arena that is located in Assago, a small town 3 km outside Milan, ...

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with 3-2 from Vibo Valentia. Sora managed to win the A2 championship against the same opponent with 3–2 in the best-of-5 play-off series, after trailing 0–2. The last game on 15-05-2016, played in

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, was won by Sora with 3–1. This earned promotion to the Superlega, the Serie A1, for Sora, for the first time in their history. During the seasons 2016/2017 and 2017/2018 Hoogendoorn played for the Italian team Olimpia Pallovolo in the Serie A2 Championship. During season 2017/2018 Hoogendoorn was captain of the team. Currently Hoogendoorn plays for the Italian Serie A1 team

who won the Italian Championship, the Italian Cup and the Italian SuperCup in season 2017–2018. This season

won the Italian Cup of the Serie A1 in February 2018 at the

Unipol Arena Unipol Arena (previously known as Futurshow Station, PalaMalaguti and originally Palasport Casalecchio) is an indoor arena, indoor sporting arena located in Casalecchio di Reno, Città Metropolitana di Bologna, citta Metropolitana di Bologna, Ital ...

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National team

Hoogendoorn is a member of the

since 2011. In 2010 he was captain of the Junior National team and he became 'Best Scorer' at the Junior European Championship in

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, Belarus.

Sporting achievements

* 2009/2010 Simple gold cup

Dutch Cup, with

* 2009/2010 Gold medal with cup

Dutch Championship, with

* 2010/2011 Simple gold cup

Dutch SuperCup, with

* 2010/2011 Simple gold cup

Dutch Cup, with

* 2013/2014 Gold medal with cup

Finnish Championship, with

* 2015/2016 Gold medal with cup

Italian Championship Serie A2, with Argos Sora * 2018/2019 Gold medal with cup

Italian Cup, Serie A1, with

* 2019/2020 Gold medal with cup

Italian Supercup, Serie A1, with

National team - Golden League 2019 3rd place

Individually

* 2010 CEV U21 European Championship – Best Scorer * 2016/2017 Best Scorer A2 744 points * 2019/2020 Best player of Sir Safety Perugia 2019/2020, voted by fans

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoogendoorn, Sjoerd 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Nieuwegein Volleyball players from Utrecht (province) Dutch men's volleyball players Expatriate volleyball players in Finland Dutch expatriate volleyball players in Italy Dutch expatriate sportspeople in Finland Opposite hitters 21st-century Dutch sportsmen