Nikolay Penchev
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| Nationality | Bulgarian | ||||
| Born | 22 May 1992 Plovdiv, Bulgaria | ||||
| Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 341 cm (134 in) | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club | Epicentr-Podolyany | ||||
| Number | 22 | ||||
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Nikolay Penchev (Bulgarian: Николай Пенчев; born 22 May 1992) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, a former member of the Bulgaria national team, and a participant at the Olympic Games London 2012.
Personal life[edit]
Nikolay Penchev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. His father is a former volleyball player. He has three brothers – older Chavdar (born 1987) and younger twin brothers, Chono and Rozalin (born 11 December 1994), who are also volleyball players. Chono is a setter, Rozalin plays as opposite or outside hitter.[1]
Career[edit]
Clubs[edit]
Penchev spent the 2012/2013 season in Effector Kielce. In 2013, he moved to Asseco Resovia and signed a two–year contract. In his first season in the new club, he won the Polish SuperCup and a silver medal of the Polish Championship after losing to PGE Skra Bełchatów in the final matches. In April 2015, alongside Asseco Resovia, he won the Polish Championship. In April 2015, he signed a new one–year contract with Resovia.
In May 2016, Penchev signed a one–year contract with another Polish team, PGE Skra Bełchatów.[2]
Honours[edit]
Clubs[edit]
- National championships
- 2013/2014
Polish SuperCup, with Asseco Resovia - 2014/2015
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia - 2017/2018 Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2017/2018 Polish Championship, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2022 Ukraine Cup, with VC Epicentr-Podolyany
- 2013/2014
Youth national team[edit]
Individual awards[edit]
- 2010: CEV U20 European Championship – Best Receiver
References[edit]
- ^ Bracia Penczew: Nie jesteśmy nierozłączni – volleycafe.pl – 23-08-2014
- ^ Reprezentant Bułgarii nowym przyjmującym PGE Skry – skra.pl – 30-05-2016
External links[edit]
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net
- 1992 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Plovdiv
- Bulgarian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Bulgaria
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in France
- Bulgarian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine
- Expatriate volleyball players in Ukraine
- Effector Kielce players
- Resovia (volleyball) players
- Skra Bełchatów players
- Projekt Warsaw players
- Warta Zawiercie (volleyball) players
- Cuprum Lubin players
- Stal Nysa players
- VC Epitsentr-Podoliany players
- Outside hitters