Andrey Zhekov
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| Born | March 12, 1980 Sofia, Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 340 cm (134 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 326 cm (128 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team |  Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (assistant coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | setter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Andrey Zhekov (Bulgarian: Андрей Жеков; born March 12, 1980) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and current head coach of Levski Volley. He entered the national team in 1998 at the age of 18. 190 cm tall and weighing 82 kg Zhekov is the former setter of the Bulgarian national team. Club Champion of Bulgaria with the teams of Levski Volley and Slavia Sofia. Zhekov is married and has two children.
In an interview Zhekov says that he'll not be playing in the 2012–13 season.[1]
Clubs
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Levski Volley (1999-2006)
Ural Ufa (2006-2007)
E.A. Patras (2007-2010)- Olympiacos S.C. (2010)
Galatasaray SK (2010-2011)
Copra Volley (2011-2012)
Tomis Constanta (2013–2014)- Levski Volley (2015-2016)
- CS Arcada Galați (2017)
- Beşiktaş JK (2017)
Individual awards
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Жеков спира с волейбола поне за 1 година" [Zhekov stopped playing volleyball for at least 1 year]. volleyball.sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). August 26, 2012. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012.
External links
[edit]- Andrey Zhekov at the International Volleyball Federation
- Andrey Zhekov at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Andrey Zhekov at Olympics.com
- Andrey Zhekov at Olympedia
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