Tomas Rousseaux

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Tomas Rousseaux
portrait
Date of birth March 31, 1994
place of birth Jette, Belgium
size 1.99 m
position External attack
societies
until 2011
2011–2012
2012–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
since 2019 		Kruikenburg Ternat
Topsportschool Vilvoorde
Knack Roeselare
Gabeca Volley Monza
VfB Friedrichshafen
AZS Olsztyn
GKS Katowice
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
National team
Junior national team
A national team
successes
2013
2013
2014
2015
2017
2017
2017
2018 		Belgian cup winner
Belgian champion
Belgian champion
Belgian champion
DVV cup winner
German runner-up in the
European Championship, fourth in the
World Cup

Status: October 13, 2019

Tomas Rousseaux (born March 31, 1994 in Jette ) is a Belgian national volleyball player .

Career

Rousseaux comes from a volleyball family. His parents Emile and Karin were Belgian internationals in this sport. He also played soccer in his youth before turning to volleyball. He started his career at Kruikenburg Ternat , where his father started. In the 2011/12 season he played at the Topsportschool Vilvoorde . With the junior national team, of which he was the captain, he won the bronze medal at the U20 European Championship in 2012. Then the outside attacker was committed by the first division club Knack Roeselare . There his father was the trainer. In the very first season Tomas Rousseaux won the double of the championship and the national cup with the club. He was also voted Belgian Young Player of the Year in 2013. In 2014 and 2015, Roeselare was also Belgian champion. Rousseaux also played with the club in the Volleyball Champions League . In 2015 Rousseaux then moved to the Italian first division club Gabeca Volley Monza . His sister Hélène was also playing in Monza at the time. With the Belgian national team he took part in the volleyball world league in 2015 and 2016 . In the summer of 2016 he was signed by the German Bundesliga club VfB Friedrichshafen . He won the DVV Cup with the club in the 2016/17 season and became German runner-up . With the national team, he finished fourth at the 2017 European Championships . Then he moved to the Polish club AZS Olsztyn . At the 2018 World Cup , he made it to the second round with Belgium. In the 2018/19 season he played for GKS Katowice . He then moved to league rivals Asseco Resovia Rzeszów . With Belgium he finished ninth in the 2019 European Championship .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f A Belgian for VfB. VfB Friedrichshafen, June 20, 2016, accessed on January 4, 2017 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e Les Rousseaux, une famille de Champions! volleynews.be, July 1, 2013, accessed January 4, 2017 (French).
  3. ↑ Knack Volley Roeselare va en découdre. Observer, November 9, 2015, accessed January 4, 2017 (French).
  4. ↑ a b Tomas Rousseaux ruilt Roeselare voor Volley Monza. sporza.be, June 13, 2015, accessed January 4, 2017 (Dutch).
  5. ↑ a b c d Profile at Team Belgium (French)
personal data
SURNAME Rousseaux, Tomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belgian volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1994
PLACE OF BIRTH Jette , Belgium