Andrey Zhekov

Andrey Zhekov
Personal information
Born	(1980-03-12) March 12, 1980 (age 44) Sofia, Bulgaria
Height	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Spike	340 cm (134 in)
Block	326 cm (128 in)
Coaching information
Current team	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (assistant coach)
Previous teams coached Years Teams 2019–2022 2022– Levski Volley (assistant coach) Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (assistant coach)
Volleyball information
Position	setter
National team
Bulgaria
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Bulgaria World Championship 2006 Japan Team FIVB World Cup 2007 Japan Team European Championships 2009 Turkey Team

Andrey Zhekov (Bulgarian: Андрей Жеков; born March 12, 1980) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and current head coach of Levski Volley. He entered the national team in 1998 at the age of 18. 190 cm tall and weighing 82 kg Zhekov is the former setter of the Bulgarian national team. Club Champion of Bulgaria with the teams of Levski Volley and Slavia Sofia. Zhekov is married and has two children.

In an interview Zhekov says that he'll not be playing in the 2012–13 season.[1]

Clubs

• Levski Volley (1999-2006)
• Ural Ufa (2006-2007)
• E.A. Patras (2007-2010)
• Olympiacos S.C. (2010)
• Galatasaray SK (2010-2011)
• Copra Volley (2011-2012)
• Tomis Constanta (2013–2014)
• Levski Volley (2015-2016)
• CS Arcada Galați (2017)
• Beşiktaş JK (2017)

Individual awards

• 2006 World League "Best Setter"

References

1. "Жеков спира с волейбола поне за 1 година" [Zhekov stopped playing volleyball for at least 1 year]. volleyball.sportal.bg (in Bulgarian). August 26, 2012. Archived from the original on August 28, 2012.

External links

• Andrey Zhekov at the International Volleyball Federation
• Andrey Zhekov at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Andrey Zhekov at Olympics.com
• Andrey Zhekov at Olympedia (archive)