Matthias Valkiers

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Matthias Valkiers
portrait
Date of birth April 8, 1990
place of birth Aalst, Belgium
size 1.98 m
position Player
societies
until 2011
2011–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
since 2019 		Lindemans Aalst
Noliko Maaseik
Palandöken Belediyesi Voleybol
Prefaxis Menen
Volei Municipal Zalău
PAOK Thessaloniki
Tourcoing Lille Métropole Volley-Ball
United Volleys Frankfurt
National team
Junior national team
A national team
successes
2012
2012
2013
2014
2017
2018
2018
2018 		Belgian Cup Winners
Belgian champion
winner Euroleague
EM-fourth
World Cup participants
Greek Cup Winners
Greek runner-
World Cup participants

As of September 16, 2019

Matthias Valkiers (born April 8, 1990 in Aalst ) is a Belgian volleyball player .

Career

Valkiers started his career at Lindemans Aalst . With the Belgian national junior team, he took part in the Junior World Championships in Mexico in 2007 and in Pune in 2009, as well as in the 2008 European Championships in Brno . In 2011, the setter switched to Noliko Maaseik . In the very first season he won the double of the cup and championship with the club. In 2013 he won the European league with the senior national team . In 2014 he played with Belgium - as well as in the volleyball world league for the following three years . He also took part in the World Cup in Poland . In the 2014/15 season Valkiers played for the Turkish club Palandöken Belediyesi Voleybol in Erzurum . With Belgium he reached the playoff round at the 2015 European Championships and was eliminated by Germany. He then moved to Prefaxis Menen . After a season he went to Romania to Volei Municipal Zalau . At the 2017 European Championships in Poland , he finished fourth with Belgium. Then he played at PAOK Thessaloniki . With the club he won the Greek Cup and was runner-up. At the 2018 World Cup , he finished seventh with Belgium. In the 2018/19 season he was active in the French league at Tourcoing Lille Métropole volleyball . He then moved to the German Bundesliga club United Volleys Frankfurt .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g Profile at LZ Sport Pro (English)
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Profile at Team Belgium (Dutch)
  3. ↑ a b c d United Volleys “under new management”. United Volleys, May 2019, accessed September 17, 2019 .
personal data
SURNAME Valkiers, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1990
PLACE OF BIRTH Aalst , Belgium