Dustin Watten

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Dustin Watten
portrait
Date of birth October 27, 1986
place of birth Long Beach, California, United States
size 1.83 m
position Libero
societies
until 2004
2004–2009
2009–2010
2010–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2018
since 2018 		Wilson High School
California State University, Long Beach
Team USA
Raision Loimu
Association Sportive Orange Nassau
Maringá
Gazélec FC Ajaccio
Grand Nancy Volley Ball
Czarni Radom
Berlin Recycling Volleys
National team
since 2009 A national team
successes
2009, 2010, 2012
2015
2015
2018
2019 		Winner Pan American Cup
3rd place World League
Winner World Cup
3rd place Nations League
German champions

Status: October 7, 2019

Dustin Watten (born October 27, 1986 in Long Beach , California ) is an American volleyball player .

Career

Watten began his career at Wilson High School in his hometown. In 2004 he began his studies at California State University, Long Beach and played on the university team. After graduating in 2009, he initially kept fit in a training center for the US national team . With the team he won the Pan American Cup in 2009, 2010 and 2012. In 2010, Watten got a contract with the Finnish club Raision Loimu through a player friend . In the first season he was the best libero in the league. In 2012 he moved to the French second division club Association Sportive Orange Nassau. A year later he went to Maringá in Brazil. In 2014 Watten returned to the French league and played for Gazélec FC Ajaccio . With Ajaccio he also took part in the CEV Cup and received an award as the best acceptance player. With the national team he was third in the world league in 2015 . He also won the World Cup . In the 2015/16 season he was active at Grand Nancy Volley Ball. With the US team, he finished fifth in the 2016 World League . Then he moved to the Polish first division club Czarni Radom . He finished the 2017 World League with the USA in fourth place. In the Nations League 2018 he was third with the national team. Then he was hired by the German champion Berlin Recycling Volleys . With the club he reached the semifinals of the DVV Cup in the 2018/19 season and won the German championship . He then moved to the Polish association GKS Katowice .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e Profile at Team USA (English)
  2. ↑ a b c Dustin Watten: I Thought That Volleyball Was for Girls. Volley Country, January 1, 2017, accessed August 3, 2018 .
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Profile at Nisse Huttunen Sports Agency (English)
  4. ↑ Profile at FIVB (English)
  5. ↑ Profile at FIVB (English)
  6. ↑ BR Volleys bring experienced national players. Der Tagesspiegel, June 30, 2018, accessed on August 3, 2018 .
  7. ↑ Libero reprezentacji USA wraca do PlusLigi. Watten w GKS-ie. Przeglad Sportowy, June 18, 2019, accessed October 7, 2019 (Polish).
personal data
SURNAME Watten, Dustin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1986
PLACE OF BIRTH Long Beach , California, United States