Clayton Stanley

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Clayton Stanley
portrait
Date of birth January 20, 1978
place of birth Honolulu, United States
size 2.05 m
position Diagonal
societies
until 2000
2001–2004
2004–2006
2006–2010
since 2010 		University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Panathinaikos Athens
Iraklis Thessaloniki
VK Zenit-Kazan
Ural Ufa
National team
since 2000 A national team
successes
2003
2004
2004
2004
2005
2005
2005
2006
2007
2007
2007
2008
2008
2008
2009
2009
2010
2012 		Winner World Cup
Greek champions
Greek cup winners
4th place Olympic Games
Greek champions
Champions League finalist
NORCECA champions
Champions League finalists
Russian champions
Russian cup winners
NORCECA champions
Champions League winners
World league winners
Olympic champions
Russian champions
Russian cup winners
Russian champions
5th place Olympic games

As of December 10, 2012

Clayton Iona Stanley (born January 20, 1978 in Honolulu ) is an American volleyball player .

Career

Clayton Stanley is the son of Jon Stanley , who competed in the 1968 Olympic volleyball tournament . He couldn't play at Kaiser High School in Honolulu because the school didn't have a male volleyball team. Therefore, he started his career at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa . In 2000 he decided to go into the sport professionally and was called up to the national team. A year later, the Greek first division club Panathinaikos Athens signed the diagonal attacker. In 2003 he won the World Cup with the US team . In 2004 he achieved the double in Greece with Panathinaikos. He then took part in the Olympic Games , in which the USA took fourth place. Stanley moved within the Greek league to Iraklis Thessaloniki . In the first season he became Greek champions with the new club and reached the final of the Champions League against Tours VB in front of a local crowd . With the national team he won the NORCECA championship in 2005 . In 2006 he was again in the Champions League final before he left Greece and moved to the Russian club VK Zenit-Kazan . In the first season with the US attacker, Kazan made the national double. The US team defended the continental title with Stanley. In 2008 Kazan won the Champions League final against Copra Piacenza . Stanley experienced his second Olympic tournament after triumphing in the world league and won the gold medal through a final victory of his team against Brazil . For Kazan there was again the double in 2009 and another championship title in 2010. Then Stanley moved to league rivals Ural Ufa . At his third Olympic Games in London in 2012 , he finished fifth.

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personal data
SURNAME Stanley, Clayton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Stanley, Clayton Iona
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH Honolulu