Vladimir Nikolov

Vladimir Nikolov
2011 in Piacenza
portrait
Date of birth	3rd October 1977
place of birth	Sofia, Bulgaria
size	2.00 m
position	Acceptance / outside
societies
1995–2002 2002–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007–2008 2008–2011 since 2011	Lewski Sofia Erdemirspor Ereğli Tours VB Toray Arrows Itas Diatec Trentino BreBanca Lannutti Cuneo Copra Piacenza
National team
since 2000	A national team
successes
1997, 1999–2002 2000, 2001 2004 2005 2005 2006 2006 2007 2008 2008 2009 2010 2010 2011 2012	Bulgarian champions Bulgarian cup winners French champions French cup winners Champions League winners French cup winners Third place in the World Cup, third World Cup, Italian champions, Olympic fifths, European championship, third Italian champions, CEV Cup winners, Italian cup winners, Olympic fourths
As of August 14, 2012

Wladimir Nikolov ( Bulgarian Владимир Николов , English transcription: Vladimir Nikolov ; born October 3, 1977 in Sofia ) is a Bulgarian volleyball player .

December 2008

Career

Nikolov began his career in 1995 with Levski Sofia . With Levski he was Bulgarian champion in 1997 and from 1999 to 2002 four more titles followed in the domestic league. Sofia also won the national cup in 2000 and 2001. In 2000, the outside attacker made his debut for the Bulgarian national team . He then played a season in Turkey with Erdemirspor Ereğli , before moving to French first division team Tours VB in 2003. There he became French champion in 2004. In 2005 he won the national cup and the Champions League . The following year Tours was able to successfully defend the cup. Nikolov reached third place with the national team at the 2006 World Cup . After playing for Toray Arrows in Japan in 2006/07 , he also finished third with Bulgaria in the 2007 World Cup . He then went to the Italian league and in 2008 won the Italian championship with Itas Diatec Trentino . With the national team he took part in the Olympic tournament in Beijing , which ended for Bulgaria in the quarter-finals and thus in fifth place. Nikolow then moved to BreBanca Lannutti Cuneo within Italy . At the European Championships in 2009 , Bulgaria finished third with the outside attacker. In 2010, Cuneo won the Italian Championship and the CEV Cup . The club won the cup the following season. Then Nikolow came to his current club Copra Piacenza . In 2012 he reached fourth place with Bulgaria at the Olympic Games in London .

Web links

Commons : Vladimir Nikolov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Wladimir Nikolow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at legavolley.it (Italian)