Plamen Konstantinov
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Full name | Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname | Gibona | ||||||||||||||||||||
Nationality | Bulgarian | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Sofia, Bulgaria | 14 June 1973||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Current team | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Bulgaria | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov (Bulgarian: Пламен Георгиев Константинов) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player. He is currently the head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team.
Personal life
Konstantinov was born in Sofia; both his parents, Georgi and Eva née Doycheva, are former volleyball internationals and his older brother Julian Konstantinov is an opera singer.[1] Like his father, he bears the nickname Gibona ("The Gibbon").
Career
Konstantinov finished a sports school and started his career with
Konstantinov's awards and achievements include Bulgarian championship titles with Levski and Slavia, Greek championship titles with Aris, Iraklis, Olympiacos and Panathinaikois and a French championship title with Tours. He has also won the Greek Cup once and the Supercup twice with Iraklis and the Bulgarian Cup twice with Slavia. He has twice been awarded the Greek Championship Volleyball Player of the Year prize. In 2006, he won third-place bronze medals from the
Coaching career
In 2010/11 season, he started his coaching career, as the coach of Ziraatbank of the Turkish Volleyball League. Plamen Konstantinov has been coaching the men's National Team of Bulgaria since 2014, following a stint in Turkey and several seasons at the helm of clubs in Russia - where he continues with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk during the club season.
Awards
Individual
- 2008–09 CEV Champions League "Best Receiver"
- 2004 Greek Volley League "Most Valyable Player[5]
References
- ^ "Пламен Константинов стана мъж на годината" (in Bulgarian). Топспорт. 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
По-малък брат на известния оперен певец Юлиян Константинов (р. 1966)." ("His older brother is the well-known opera singer Yuliyan Konstantinov (born 1966).
- ^ a b "Пламен Константинов стана мъж на годината" (in Bulgarian). Топспорт. 2008-11-10. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
- ^ CEV. "TRENTINO wins CEV Indesit Champions League!". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2010-04-04.
- ^ Павлова, Инес. "Пламен Константинов (2008)" (in Bulgarian). Мъж на годината. Retrieved 2008-11-15.
- ^ "Η χρυσή βίβλος της Volleyleague". volleyleague. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
External links
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at Olympics.com
- Player profile at Olympedia
- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach/Player Profile at Volleybox.net