György Grozer

György Grozer
Personal information
NicknameIce Man
Born (1984-11-27) 27 November 1984 (age 39)
Budapest, Hungary
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb)
Spike374 cm (147 in)
Block345 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current teamArkas İzmir
Number9
Career
YearsTeams
1992–1998
1998–2000
2000–2002
2002–2008
2008
2008–2010
2010–2012
2012–2015
2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017
2017–2018
2018
2018–2020
2020–2021
2021–2023
2023–
Vasas SC
Dunaferr SC
Kométa-Kaposvár SE
Moerser SC
Pallavolo Loreto
VfB Friedrichshafen
Asseco Resovia
Belogorie Belgorod
El Jaish
Samsung Bluefangs
Shanghai Golden Age
Al Arabi Doha
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Belogorie Belgorod
Zenit Saint Petersburg
Gas Sales Piacenza
Vero Volley Monza
Arkas İzmir
National team
–2006
2007–
 Hungary
 Germany
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Germany
FIVB World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Poland
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2017 Poland
European League
Gold medal – first place 2009 Azerbaijan

György Grozer (born 27 November 1984), also known as Georg Grozer, is a German professional volleyball player of Hungarian origin who plays as an opposite spiker for Arkas İzmir and the Germany national team.

Personal life

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Grozer was born in Budapest, Hungary. His father, György Grozer Senior is a former volleyball player and coach. With his first wife Violetta he has two daughters – Leana (born 2007) and Loreen (born 2010).

Career

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Club

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He was crowned national champion on two occasions, in 2009 and 2010, while playing for VfB Friedrichshafen. After moving to the Polish league he was Polish champion in his second season (2011/2012) with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He then moved to Belgorod where, in the early stages of the season, he played a major role in the team's success in the Russian championship and in the National Cup of Russia. This season he won the Super Cup and the National Cup in Russia, and was crowned the top club team in Europe with Belgorod.[1] In 2017 Grozer back to Russia Super League join to Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.

National team

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2011 Grozer could not help the German team because of an injury. In 2012 the dynamic and powerful hitter smashed the German team to the Olympics and to the 5th place in London. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in Poland. Germany won the match for the bronze medal by defeating France.[2]

Honours

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Club

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Individual awards

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Records

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Statistics

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References

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  1. ^ Gyorgy Grozer: Będę grał w Lokomotivie Biełgorod – siatka.org – 2012-04-22. Archived 2014-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Germany take home the bronze medal – fivb.org – 2014-09-21. Archived 2018-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "Grozer defeated Serbia". worldofvolley.com. Archived from the original on 2 February 2017. Retrieved 12 September 2016.
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Awards
Preceded by Best Scorer of
European League

2008
Succeeded by
Preceded by
Slovakia Tomáš Kmeť
Best Blocker of
European League

2009
Succeeded by
Portugal João Carlos Malveiro
Preceded by Best Opposite Spiker of
CEV European Championship

2017
Succeeded by