Athanasios Protopsaltis

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Athanasios Protopsaltis
portrait
Date of birth September 12, 1993
place of birth Limassol, Cyprus
size 1.83 m
position External attack
societies
2006–2011
2011–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2019
since 2019 		Anorthosis Famagusta
Panathinaikos Athens
AO Kifisia
Panathinaikos Athens
Narbonne Volley
VfB Friedrichshafen
Czarni Radom
National team
2010–2013
since 2013 		Junior national team
A national team
successes
2009, 2010, 2011
2014
2016, 2017
2017, 2018, 2019
2017, 2018, 2019 		Cypriot champion and cup winner
Greek cup finalist
German Supercup winner
German cup winner
German runner-up

Status: October 12, 2019

Athanasios Protopsaltis ( Greek Αθανάσιος «Θανάσης» Πρωτοψάλτης , born September 12, 1993 in Limassol ) is a Greek national volleyball player .

Career

Protopsaltis is the son of two volleyball players. At first he played soccer , but then came to volleyball through beach volleyball on the beach. He started his career in 2006 with Anorthosis Famagusta . With the club he became Cypriot champions and cup winners three times in a row in 2009, 2010 and 2011. He played in the junior national team for the first time in 2010 and took part with the team in the 2011 European Junior Championships and the 2012 World Cup. In 2011, the outside attacker moved to the Greek first division club Panathinaikos Athens . In 2013 he made his debut for the Greek national team . In the 2013/14 season Protopsaltis played at AO Kifisia and reached the cup final and third place in the championship. After that he returned to Panathinaikos. In 2015 Protopsaltis moved to France to join Narbonne Volley. With the national team he took part in the volleyball world league in 2016 . Then he was signed by the German Bundesliga club VfB Friedrichshafen . He won the DVV Cup with the club in the 2016/17 season and became German runner-up . In the next two seasons 2017/18 and 2018/19 there were more cup wins and Protopsaltis was runner-up again with Friedrichshafen. In 2019 he moved to Czarni Radom .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c VfB volleyball squad is complete. Südkurier , August 16, 2016, accessed January 6, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g Profile at FIVB (English)
  3. ↑ Profile at Ligue Nationale de Volley (French)
  4. ↑ Profile at the Plusliga (Polish)
personal data
SURNAME Protopsaltis, Athanasios
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Greek volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH September 12, 1993
PLACE OF BIRTH Limassol , Cyprus