Full name Ivan Zaytsev Block 348 cm (137 in) Height 2.02 m Nationality ItalianRussian Position Opposite,spiker Children Alexander Zaytsev | Weight 92 kg (203 lb) Name Ivan Zaytsev Siblings Anna Zaytseva Spike 355 cm (140 in) Role Volleyball player | |
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Spouse Ashling Sirocchi (m. 2013) Parents Irina Pozdnyakova, Vyacheslav Zaytsev Similar People Dragan Travica, Osmany Juantorena, Cristian Savani, Emanuele Birarelli, Simone Parodi | ||
Ivan Zaytsev (born 2 October 1988) is an Italian volleyball player of Russian origin, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Conad Perugia, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, silver medalist of the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014), Italian Champion (2014) and silver medalist of the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
Contents
- Clubs
- National team
- Style of play
- Personal life
- CEV Champions League
- CEV Cup
- National championships
- Individually
- Record
- References
Clubs
He started his career as a setter in 2004, but later moved to the outside hitter role. His first club was RPA-LuigiBacchi.it Perugia, where he played for two seasons. After this, he moved to M. Roma Volley. In the season 2007/2008, he played for Andreoli Latina. Then he came back to M. Roma Volley and played there until 2012. In 2012, Zaytsev signed with Lube Banca Macerata. With this team, he won the Italian SuperCup in 2012 and the Italian Championship 2013/2014. On May 9, 2014 his departure from Lube was announced. Then for two seasons, he was a player of Russian club VC Dynamo Moscow. Zaytsev came back to Serie A1 and joined the Sir Safety Conad Perugia.
National team
He debuted with the Italy men's national volleyball team in 2008. In the European Championship 2013 Zaytsev was named as the Best Server. Zaytsev was the main scorer and team leader during World League 2014 and Italy achieved bronze medal. He was appointed to the 2014 World Championship held in Poland. He was the leader of his team in the first round, but in the match against the United States injured his ankle, so despite the promotion of his team to second round, he did not play. In 2015 Zaytsev and Italian team achieved silver medal of the 2015 European Championship and Zaytsev was named Best Opposite Spiker. He achieved silver medal at 2016 Olympics.
Style of play
Zaytsev a powerful player and with special rotation spike. Zaytsev is being strongly dedicated and devoted in his career and never involved in any controversy or rumors. He strongly believes his game and performance speaks about him. He is popular among his fans.
Personal life
Zaytsev is the son of Olympic Champion, volleyball player Vyacheslav Zaytsev, he was born in Spoleto, where his father was playing at the time. His mother, Irina Pozdnyakova, is a former competitive swimmer. His sister, Anna (born 1975), married an Italian in 1993 and therefore also holds Italian citizenship. On May 18, 2013, he married Ashling Sirocchi. In April 2014 the couple announced that they were expecting their first child. On October 31, 2014 his wife Ashling gave birth to their son named Alexander "Sasha".. On July 2017 the couple announced they are expecting their second child, a daughter.