Theodoros Baef

Theodoros Baef ( Greek Θεόδωρος Μπάεφ , born May 31, 1977 in Nowa Sagora , Bulgaria ) is a former Greek volleyball player of Bulgarian origin.

Career

Theodoros Baef, who is 2.00 m tall and plays in the position of the outside attacker, began playing volleyball at Lokomotiv Zagora in 1989, after having previously engaged in swimming and tennis . At Lokomotiv, Baef played in the position of the player because of his small body size compared to his teammates and in 1991 switched to the Vasil Lefski sports school in Plovdiv , which his parents had previously attended. In 1993 Baef signed his first professional contract with Ethnikos Alexandroupolis in Greece and made his debut in the Greek professional league on October 16 of the same year with a 3-2 home win over Iraklis Thessaloniki at the age of 16. After a four-year stay with Orestiada, Baef moved to Iraklis Thessaloniki in the summer of 2001 and made his sporting breakthrough there in the following years. In addition to two Greek championships (2002, 2005), Baef also won three trophies (2002, 2004, 2005) and the Greek Supercup (2005). During the same period, Baef and his club qualified twice for the Final Four tournament of the Indesit European Champions League at European level . In 2005, Iraklis had the most successful season and finished second in the highest European volleyball competition. Just a few months later, Baef, who was now the team captain of Iraklis Thessaloniki, moved to Panathinaikos Athens . In his first season in Athens , Baef was able to win the championship and the Supercup again. In addition, Baef qualified for the Final Four tournament of the Top Teams Cup and achieved third place with Panathinaikos.

After Theodoros Baef played for the junior team of Greece and reached several fifth places with this at the European Championships and the 1995 World Cup in Malaysia , he had been an integral part of the Greek men's national team since 1995 . He made his debut in a 3-0 win over Latvia in Athens . In addition to participating in several world and European championships as well as the world league, the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens were one of the highlights of his career.

Period	society
1989-1991	Zagora locomotive
1991-1993	Plovdiv Sports School
1993-1997	Ethnikos Alexandroupolis
1997-2001	AO Orestiada
2001-2005	Iraklis Thessaloniki
2005-2007	Panathinaikos Athens
2007-2008	Al-Ahli
2008-2009	Halkbank Ankara

title

• Greek champion : 2002, 2005, 2006
• Greek Cup Winner: 2002, 2004, 2005, 2007
• Greek Super Cup: 2005, 2006

Awards

• Best attacker of the European Junior Championships: 1995
• Greek League MVP: 2002

Web links

• Official website of Theodoros Baef