Thomas Zass

Thomas Zass
Thomas Zass at the 2011 European Volleyball League
portrait
Date of birth	November 27, 1989
place of birth	St. Johann in Tirol, Austria
size	1.93 m
position	Diagonal
societies
2000–2009 2009–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–	VC Brixental VC Amstetten Paris Volley VfB Friedrichshafen Foinikas Syros
National team
82 times	Austria
successes
2011	EM in Austria / Czech Republic
As of February 17, 2014

Thomas Zass (born November 27, 1989 in St. Johann ) is an Austrian national volleyball player .

Life

Zass started playing volleyball at VC Brixental in 2000 . In 2006 he rose with the club to the second Austrian Bundesliga, in which he became the top scorer in the 2008/09 season. In summer 2009, after graduating from the HTL for mechanical and plant engineering in Jenbach , despite offers from the "Big Three" hotvolleys , Hypo Tirol and Aich / Dob, Zass moved to Hypo Niederösterreich in Amstetten, where he started his professional career. Under ÖVV team boss Michael Warm , Zass completely changed his volleyball techniques and, in addition to his already existing strong athleticism and jumping ability, developed into a complete volleyball player. In 2011 Zass moved to the French top club Paris Volley , where he became a regular player after initial difficulties. In 2012, the transfer to the German record champions and Champions League winner of 2007, VfB Friedrichshafen , followed under the former hotVolleys coach and German national coach Stelian Moculescu . After only one season, Zass moved to Greece to Foinikas Syros in 2013 .

Zass has been in the junior selection of the Austrian Volleyball Association since 2004 . In 2007 he made his men's debut in a test match against Switzerland, in which he was able to show with 14 points. In 2011, Zass experienced a career highlight with the home European championships in Austria and the Czech Republic , in which the ÖVV team was eliminated in the preliminary round after three defeats against Slovenia, Turkey and Serbia.

Web links

• Squad Foinikas Syros

Individual evidence

1. ^ Thomas Zass: From Brixental into the world
2. ↑ Thomas Zass: From Brixental towards a world career
3. ↑ Volleyball EM: Statistics preliminary round ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.