Yuri Viktorovich Bereschko

Yuri Berezhko
Photo shoot 2009
portrait
Date of birth	January 27, 1984
place of birth	Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Soviet Union
size	1.98 m
position	Acceptance / outside
societies
2000–2004 2004–2010 2010–2011 2011–2013 2013–2014 since 2014	Neftjanik Yaroslavl VK Dynamo Moscow Pallavolo Modena VK Zenit-Kazan VK Dynamo Krasnodar VK Dynamo Moscow
National team
since 2005	A national team
successes
2005 2006 2006 2007 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2008 2010 2010 2011 2012 2012 2012 2015 2015	Winner European league Russian champions Russian cup winners Russian runner-up finalist World league finalist World Cup runner-up European champion Russian champions Russian cup winners Olympic bronze finalist Champions League finalist World league winners World league Russian champions Champions League winners Olympic champions CEV cup winners
As of May 16, 2016

Yuri Viktorovich Bereschko ( Russian : Юрий Викторович Бережко; English transcription: Yury Viktorovich Berezhko; born January 27, 1984 in Komsomolsk-on-Amur , Soviet Union ) is a Russian volleyball player .

Berezhko at a game in Piacenza

Career

Bereschko began his career in 2000 with Neftjanik Yaroslavl . In 2004 he moved to the Russian first division club VK Dynamo Moscow . On June 25, 2005, the attacker made his debut in the national team , with which he won the Europa League a little later . In 2006 he won the national championship and cup double with Moscow. The following year the club was runner-up. With the national team in 2007 Bereschko reached second places in the world league and in the World Cup . At the European Championship, Russia was also only defeated in the final against Spain ; Bereschko received an award for the best attacker. In 2008 Moscow made the second double in the league. Then Bereschko took part in the Olympic tournament in Beijing and won the bronze medal. In 2010 he reached the final of the Champions League , which Moscow lost to Trentino Volley . The Russian team was also only defeated in the world league in the final. Then Bereschko moved for one season to the Italian first division club Pallavolo Modena . In 2011 Russia was successful in the world league . The outside attacker returned home. In its first season with VK Zenit-Kazan , the club won the Russian championship and the Champions League by beating Skra Bełchatów in the final . At the Olympic Games in London , he won the gold medal. In 2013 Bereschko moved to VK Dynamo Krasnodar and in 2014 again to VK Dynamo Moscow , where he won the CEV Cup in 2015 .

Web links

Commons : Yury Berezhko  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Yuri Viktorovich Bereschko in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at Zenit Kazan (English)
• Profile at FIVB (English)