Lucas Van Berkel

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Lucas Van Berkel
Lucas Van Berkel (Legavolley 2018) .jpg
2017 in Italy
portrait
Date of birth November 29, 1991
place of birth Edmonton, Canada
size 2.10 m
position Middle block
societies
until 2009
2009–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
since 2019 		Edmonton Christian High School
Trinity Western University
Linköpings VC
Příbram VB
Volley Amriswil
Monini Marconi Volley Spoleto
United Volleys Frankfurt
Galatasaray Istanbul
National team
A national team
successes
2011, 2012
2015
2015
2017
2017
2017
2018 		CIS Champion
Swedish Cup Winner
Swedish Champion
Swiss Cup Winner
Swiss Champion
World League Third
World Cup participant

Status: October 19, 2019

Lucas Van Berkel (born November 29, 1991 in Edmonton ) is a Canadian national volleyball player .

Career

Van Berkel began his career at Edmonton Christian High School. From 2009 to 2014 he studied at Trinity Western University . With the university team Spartans, he won the CIS championship in 2011 and 2012. His first position abroad was the Swedish club Linköpings VC, with whom he managed the double of cup and championship in the 2014/15 season. The following season, the middle blocker played in the Czech Republic at Příbram VB. He then moved to Switzerland, where he also won the double with Volley Amriswil in 2017 . With the Canadian national team he finished third in the 2017 volleyball world league . In the 2017/18 season he played in the second Italian division (A2) for Monini Marconi Volley Spoleto . In the Nations League 2018 he finished seventh with Canada. Canada took the same rank with Van Berkel at the World Championships . Then the middle blocker moved to the German Bundesliga club United Volleys Frankfurt . With the Frankfurt team, he was eliminated in the DVV Cup and the Bundesliga playoffs in the quarter-finals against SVG Lüneburg . He also took part in the Champions League , in which the Hessians came as a newcomer to the group stage. He then moved to the Turkish first division club Galatasaray Istanbul . With the national team, he took part in the Nations League and the World Cup in 2019 .

Web links

Commons : Lucas Van Berkel  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Profile at Volleyball Canada (English)
  2. ↑ Profile at Trinity Western University (English)
  3. ↑ a b c d e Profile at Nisse Huttunen Sports Agency (English)
  4. ↑ Profile at FIVB (English)
  5. ↑ Profile at FIVB (English)
  6. ↑ FIVB profile 2018 (English)
  7. ↑ United Volleys bring World Cup participants. United Volleys, September 19, 2018, accessed October 16, 2018 .
  8. ↑ L'ultimo tassello al centro del Galatasaray è Lucas Van Berkel. volleynews.it, October 18, 2019, accessed October 19, 2019 (Italian).
personal data
SURNAME Van Berkel, Lucas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Canadian volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH November 29, 1991
PLACE OF BIRTH Edmonton , Canada