Vencislav Simeonov ( Bulgarian: Венцислав Симеонов, born February 3, 1977, in

Plovdiv Plovdiv (, ) is the List of cities and towns in Bulgaria, second-largest city in Bulgaria, 144 km (93 miles) southeast of the capital Sofia. It had a population of 490,983 and 675,000 in the greater metropolitan area. Plovdiv is a cultural hub ...

) is a Bulgarian-Italian

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 with a height 200 cm and a weight of 105 kg, playing as opposite-hitter. He was born in

Bulgaria Bulgaria, officially the Republic of Bulgaria, is a country in Southeast Europe. It is situated on the eastern portion of the Balkans directly south of the Danube river and west of the Black Sea. Bulgaria is bordered by Greece and Turkey t ...

. He was a member of the Italy men's national team that won the silver medal at the

2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad (), and officially branded as Athens 2004 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 13 to 29 August 2004 in Athens, Greece. The Games saw 10,625 athletes ...

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. He played on final of Men's CEV Champions League 2007–08 for Copra Piacenza.

Personal life

Simeonov is the son of Kaspar Simeonov, who has played on the Bulgaria national team.

Career

*1996–1998 Alpitour Cuneo *1998–1999 Caffe Motta Salerno *1999–2000

Della Rovere Carifano Della may refer to: * Della (name), including a list of people with the name * ''Della'' (film), a 1964 television pilot film starring Joan Crawford * ''Della'' (TV series), starring Della Reese * ''Della'' (album) * Della, Ethiopia, a town in ...

*2000–2002

Montichiari Montichiari (Brescian: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the province of Brescia, in Lombardy. It received the honorary title of city with a presidential decree on December 27, 1991. The town is home to the Gabriele D'Annunzio airport (Italian: ''Aer ...

*2002–2003 Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo *2003–2005 Edilbasso & Partners Padova *2005–2008

Copra Berni Piacenza Volley Piacenza was an Italian professional men's volleyball club based in Piacenza, northern Italy. They played in the Italian Volleyball League. The club ceased to exist in 2018 due to financial problems. Although the club reached the Italian ...

*2008–2012 Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia *2012–2014

VfB Friedrichshafen VfB Friedrichshafen Volleyball GmbH is a German professional men's volleyball club founded in 1969 and based in Friedrichshafen, southern Baden-Württemberg. Main stakeholder is VfB Friedrichshafen e.V. The club plays in the German Deutsche Volle ...

*2014–

C.V.M. Tomis Constanța Club Volei Municipal Tomis Constanța, also known as C.V.M. Tomis Constanța, C.V.M. Tomis or Tomis Constanța, is a Romanian volleyball club based in Constanța. It plays in the 2014–15 CEV Champions League season. Tomis is ranked 14th (as of ...

Historical Standings

*1996

Italian Supercup The Supercoppa Italiana, also known as the Italian Super Cup, is an annual super cup tournament in Italian football. Founded in 1988 as a two-team competition, it has featured four teams since 2023 (the winners and runners-up of the previous sea ...

*1996

European Supercup The UEFA Super Cup is an annual super cup football match organised by UEFA and contested by the winners of the two main European club competitions: the UEFA Champions League and UEFA Europa League. The competition's official name was originall ...

*1997

Cup Winners Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renamed the UEFA Cup Winne ...

*1998

*2000

Italian Cup A2 Italian(s) may refer to: * Anything of, from, or related to the people of Italy over the centuries ** Italians, a Romance ethnic group related to or simply a citizen of the Italian Republic or Italian Kingdom ** Italian language, a Romance languag ...

*2002

*2006

CEV Top Teams 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 ...

*2008 vice champion of

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 ...

and

Italian Volleyball League The Lega Pallavolo Serie A is structured in several levels of importance; the highest of them is ''SuperLega'' (formerly ''Serie A1''). Since the early 1980s, many among the best volleyball players in the world play in Superlega and the overall ...

State awards

* 2004

Officer's Order of Merit of the Italian Republic

References

CONI ProfileSimeonov Ventceslav – Lega Pallavolo Serie A
1977 births Living people Bulgarian men's volleyball players Italian men's volleyball players Olympic volleyball players for Italy Olympic silver medalists for Italy Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Bulgarian emigrants to Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Romania Italian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Sportspeople from Plovdiv Italian volleyball coaches Officers of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic Bulgarian volleyball coaches Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Romania Italian expatriate volleyball people in Germany Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Germany 21st-century Bulgarian sportsmen {{Italy-volleyball-bio-stub