Alexei Igorevich Verbov

Alexei Werbow
Alexei Werbow 2013
portrait
Date of birth	January 31, 1982
place of birth	Moscow, Soviet Union
size	1.83 m
position	Libero
societies
1998 - 1999 1999 - 2000 2000 - 2002 2003 - 2004 2004 - 2005 2005 - 2007 2007 - 2009 since 2009	VK Dynamo Moscow MGTU Luzhniki VK CSKA Moscow VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje ZSK Gazprom Surgut VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje VK Iskra Odinzowo VK Zenit-Kazan
National team
since 2004	Junior national team A national team
successes
1995–1999 1999 2001 2003 2003 2004 2004 2004 2004 2005 2005 2005 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010	Russian youth champion European junior champion Third youth world championship (beach volleyball) European youth champion (beach volleyball) Russian cup winner Russian champion Champions League winner European league finalist European league Olympic bronze Russian cup winner European league winner Vice European champion Russian vice European champion Finalist World league finalist World Cup Russian runner-up Olympic bronze Russian runner-up Russian cup winners Russian champions
As of June 25, 2012

Alexei Igorewitsch Werbow ( Russian Алексей Игоревич Вербов ; English transcription: Aleksey Igorevich Verbov; born January 31, 1982 in Moscow ) is a Russian volleyball player .

Career

Werbow started his career at VK Dynamo Moscow . From 1995 to 1999 he was Russian junior champion. He also won the European Championship in 1999 with the national junior team. He then played one season for MGTU Luzhniki before moving to VK CSKA Moscow in 2000 . Werbow was also successful in beach volleyball . The three-time Russian junior champion and his partner Anton Kulikowski came third in this discipline at the 2001 World Youth Championship in Le Lavandou and 2003 European Youth Champion in Stare Jabłonki . In addition, the duo reached 19th place at the 2003 European Beach Volleyball Championship . In the hall, Werbow played from 2003 for VK Lokomotiv-Belogorje and won the Russian Cup in the same year. In 2004, he won the national championship and the Champions League by winning the final in front of a home crowd against league rivals VK Iskra Odintsovo . In January 2004 the Libero made his debut for the Russian national team at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Leipzig . The team reached the final of the Europa League and then won the bronze medal at the Olympic Games in Athens . In the 2004/05 season he was loaned to ZSK Gazprom Surgut and won the Russian Cup for the second time. With the national team, he won the Europa League in 2005 . At the subsequent European Championship, the Russians were only defeated by the hosts from Italy in the final . In the 2005/06 season, Werbow was back in Belgorod and reached second place in the national championship. There were three second places in 2007 with the national team. In the World League , the World Cup and the European Championship , she was in the final. Russia lost the European Championship final to Spain in the tie-break despite their home advantage . Werbow received individual awards as the best Libero in international competitions. In 2007 he also moved to VK Iskra Odintsovo. There he was again runner-up in the league in his first season. With the Russian team he took part in the Olympic tournament in Beijing for the second time and, like four years earlier, achieved third place. In 2009 Belgorod won the runner-up and the cup with Werbow. Then the Libero switched to VK Zenit-Kazan . With his new team he became Russian champion for the second time in 2010.

Web links

• Alexei Igorewitsch Werbow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at Zenit Kazan (English)
• Profile at FIVB (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)