Viktor Josifov

Viktor Josifov
2011 in Piacenza
portrait
Date of birth	October 16, 1985
place of birth	Omurtag, Bulgaria
size	2.04 m
position	Middle block
societies
2006–2009 2009–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–	Schumen Tscherno More Varna M. Roma Volley Pallavolo Modena BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte VfB Friedrichshafen Goubernia Nizhny Novgorod Andreoli Latina
National team
since 2009	A national team
successes
2009 2012 2014 2015 2015	Third in the European Championship, fourth in the Olympic Games, DVV Cup Winner, German Champion, DVV Cup Winner
As of July 16, 2015

Viktor Josifow ( Bulgarian Виктор Йосифов , English transcription: Viktor Yosifov ; born October 16, 1985 in Omurtag ) is a Bulgarian volleyball player .

Career

Josifov started his career in 2004 on the Shumen university team . In 2006 he went to Cherno More Varna . Three years later he made his debut in the Bulgarian national team , with whom he finished third at the 2009 European Championships . He then moved to Italy to M. Roma Volley . With the Romans, the middle blocker made it to the top division in 2010. In the 2011/12 season Josifow played for league rivals Pallavolo Modena . In 2012 he reached fourth place with Bulgaria at the Olympic Games in London . After the tournament he moved to BCC-NEP Castellana Grotte . Josifow has been playing in the German Bundesliga at VfB Friedrichshafen since 2013 . In the 2014/15 season he achieved the national double of championship and DVV cup victory with VfB Friedrichshafen.

Web links

Commons : Wiktor Josifow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Wiktor Josifow in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Profile at FIVB (English)
• Profile at legavolley.it (Italian)
• Profile at VfB Friedrichshafen