Julian Zenger
| Julian Zenger | |
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| 2018 in the Nations League | |
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| Date of birth | August 26, 1997 |
| place of birth | Wangen im Allgäu, Germany |
| size | 1.90 m |
| position | Libero |
| societies | |
| until 2013 2013–2016 2016–2017 2017 2017–2019 since 2019 |
TSG Leutkirch Volley YoungStars Friedrichshafen VC Olympia Berlin VfB Friedrichshafen United Volleys Frankfurt Berlin Recycling Volleys |
| National team | |
| until 2016 since 2016 |
Junior national team A national team |
| successes | |
| 2017 | Vice European champion |
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As of August 23, 2019 |
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Julian Zenger (born August 26, 1997 in Wangen im Allgäu ) is a German national volleyball player .
Career
Zenger came to volleyball through his father in Muthmannshofen . He started his career at TSG Leutkirch . In 2013 he joined the Volley YoungStars, the youth team at VfB Friedrichshafen . He played with the YoungStars in the second division. In the summer of 2016, the Libero played his first international match with the senior national team against the Netherlands . The following season he played at VC Olympia Berlin . For the playoffs he was then part of the VfB Friedrichshafen squad. While Zenger was second libero in the first qualifying tournament for the 2018 World Cup , which Germany finally missed, he became a regular player in the second tournament and in the world league . At the 2017 European Championships in Poland , he and the DVV team reached the final against Russia and became vice European champion; it was the first ever EM medal for Germany. In 2017 he moved to the Bundesliga club United Volleys Frankfurt . In the 2017/18 season he reached the semifinals with the Frankfurters in the DVV Cup and in the Bundesliga playoffs . With the DVV selection he played in the Nations League in summer 2018 . In the 2018/19 season, Frankfurt and Zenger were eliminated in both competitions in the quarter-finals against SVG Lüneburg . In 2019, Zenger was signed by the German champion Berlin Recycling Volleys . With the national team he took part in the Nations League in 2019 and reached the quarter-finals at the European Championship .
Web links
- Profile at the Berlin Recycling Volleys
- Profile at DVV
- Profile at the German Volleyball Bundesliga (VBL)
- Profile at the European Volleyball Federation CEV (English)
- Profile at the FIVB
Individual evidence
- ↑ Youth organizer. Frankfurter Rundschau , August 24, 2017, accessed on September 4, 2017 .
- ↑ a b c 19-year-old runner-up for the Uniteds. United Volleys Rhein-Main, May 12, 2017, accessed on September 4, 2017 .
- ^ A b Libero Julian Zenger: Without fear. Der Tagesspiegel , September 2, 2017, accessed on September 4, 2017 .
- ↑ FIVB profile 2018 (English)
- ↑ Julian Zenger comes from Frankfurt - Nicolas Rossard leaves. Der Tagesspiegel , May 9, 2019, accessed on August 23, 2019 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Zenger, Julian |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 26, 1997 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Wangen im Allgäu , Germany |