Łukasz Żygadło

Łukasz Tomasz Żygadło (born 2 August 1979) is a Polish volleyball player. He was a member of the Polish national team in 1998–2014 (247 matches in the national team), participant at the 2012 Olympic Games, 2012 World League winner, silver medallist at the 2006 World Championship, Polish Champion (1999), two–time Italian Champion (2012, 2015), three–time Iranian Champion (2016, 2017, 2018), two–time Asian Club Championship winner, multiple Champions League and Club World Championship winner with the Italian team, Trentino Volley.

As a player of Itas Diatec Trentino.
During the match at Spodek in Katowice (2012 World League).
Łukasz Żygadło during the match at Spodek in Katowice (2013 World League).
Łukasz Żygadło
Personal information
Full nameŁukasz Tomasz Żygadło
NicknameZiomek
NationalityPoland Polish
Born (1979-08-02) 2 August 1979
Sulechów, Poland
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubQatar SC
Number15
Career
YearsTeams
1997–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2018
2018
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021
2021–		AZS Częstochowa
Czarni Radom
Skra Bełchatów
Płomień Sosnowiec
Panathinaikos Athens
Halkbank Ankara
Dynamo Kaliningrad
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Trentino Volley
Fakel Novy Urengoy
Zenit Kazan
Trentino Volley
Sarmayeh Bank Tehran
Stocznia Szczecin
Al Arabi
Al Wakrah
Al Arabi
Qatar SC
National team
1998–2014 Poland (247)
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Poland
FIVB World Championship
Silver medal – second place2006 Japan
FIVB World Cup
Silver medal – second place2011 Japan
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place2012 Sofia
Bronze medal – third place2011 Gdańsk
CEV European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2011 Austria/Czech Republic

Personal life

Łukasz Żygadło was born in Sulechów, Poland. He attended School of Sports Championship in Rzeszów. He graduated from Częstochowa University of Technology with a master's degree in Management and Marketing. He is married to Agnieszka. He is an honorary resident of Trentino, Italy. He speaks Polish, Italian, English, Russian. He graduated in 2015 and receive diploma from Associazione Italiana Sommelier. He is a member of AIS in Italy.

Career

Clubs

He started his career in club Orion Sulechów. When he was 15, he moved to AZS Częstochowa. After graduation, he continued his career at the club from Częstochowa. Between 1997-2001, he won gold, silver and bronze medals in the Polish Championship and Polish Cup of 1998. Then he played for Polish clubs Nordea Czarni Radom and Skra Bełchatów. In the 2003/2004 season, he won the Polish Cup with his club, Polska Energia Sosnowiec. In 2004 he moved to Greece, to play for Panathinaikos Athens. With this club, he won the bronze medal of the Greek Championship. In the next season, 2005/2006, he played for Halkbank Ankara and won the bronze medal of the Turkish Championship. He was awarded the title of best setter of the Turkish League in 2006. In next the two seasons, he played for Polish club, ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle and Russian club Dinamo Kaliningrad.

In 2008, Żygadło moved to an Italian club, Itas Diatec Trentino, where he played for four seasons. During his time playing in Italy, he won the gold medal at the CEV Champions League three times with his club (2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2010/2011) and the bronze medal in 2012.[1] He was chosen as the best setter of Champions League 2010.[2] He won three gold medals in the FIVB Club World Championship (2009, 2010, 2011). With the club from Trentino, he won three silver (2008/2009, 2009/2010, 2011/2012) and one gold medal of the Italian Championship (2010/2011) and two Italian Cups (2010, 2012).

After four years, Żygadło moved to the Russian League, where he played for Fakel Novy Urengoy for one season, 2012/2013.[3] Then he moved to another Russian club, Zenit Kazan.[4] He signed a 2-year contract and replaced Italian setter Valerio Vermiglio.[5] On October 6, 2013 he was injured during training.[6] He lost season 2013/2014, because of injury.[7] He broke his foot, which is after two surgeries and reconstructions of bone.[8] In the club from Kazan he has been replaced by Serbian setter Nikola Grbić.[9] After two surgeries, bone reconstruction and rehabilitation, Żygadło returned to training in March 2014.[10] After the season 2013/2014 Żygadło left Zenit Kazan. The contract was terminated by mutual agreement of both parties.[11] After two seasons spent in Russia Żygadło accepted an offer from Italian club Trentino Volley. He returned to the club, where he won several titles in 2008-2012.[12] His official return to the club from Trentino was announced on July 10, 2014 and the player stated he was glad about his return to the city and the team.[13] On May 13, 2015 he won title of Italian Champion with Trentino Volley.

In July 2015 he decided to leave the Italian team and signed a contract with newly founded Iranian club Sarmayeh Bank Tehran.[14] On March 14, 2016 Iranian Volleyball Federation decided that Sarmayeh Bank Tehran achieved title of Iranian Champion because their opponent in finale Paykan Tehran was not able to attend in the third and the decisive game of the final series. Żygadło was one of the notable players in Iranian League that season and one of the best in his position.[15] In 2016-2017 season he went on to win second Iranian Championship with his team. On 6 July he won for second time Asian Club Championship which were held in Vietnam, received Best Setter Award of the tournament.

National team

He debuted in the Polish national team in 2000, when he was appointed to the matches of the World League, European and World Championships. On December 3, 2006, he won with the national team the silver medal of World Championship 2006 in Japan. On July 5, 2010, he gave up his career in the national team, because of the lack of training and lack of competition for his position in the composition.

On March 31, 2011, he returned to the national team after receiving an appointment from coach Andrea Anastasi.[16] In 2011, he won three medals with the Polish national team: silver at World Cup[17] and two bronzes at World League[18] and European Championship.[19] He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.[20][21] Despite his injury and lack of play in the 2013/2014 season, Polish coach Antiga appointed Żygadło to the national team in summer 2014.

Sporting achievements

Individual awards

State awards

References
  1. Final Four 2012: Trentino z brązowym medalem – belsport.pl – 18-03-2014
  2. Jeden Polak nie życzył Skrze zwycięstwa – sport.fakt.pl – 04-05-2010
  3. Łukasz Żygadło podpisał kontrakt z Fakiełem Nowy Urengoj – eurosport.onet.pl – 04-05-2012
  4. Łukasz Żygadło podpisał kontrakt z Zenitem Kazań – eurosport.onet.pl – 14-05-2013
  5. Zenit Kazan Hires Lukasz Zygadlo – volleywood.net – 17-05-2013
  6. Lukasz Zygadlo injured – russiavolley.com – 07-10-2013
  7. Kontuzja Łukasza Żygadły. Lekarze muszą zrobić korekcję kości – sport.pl – 09-10-2013
  8. Łukasz Żygadło: Po drugiej operacji noga goi się prawidłowo – sport.interia.pl - 21-10-2013
  9. Serbian Volleyball Player Nikola Grbić in Zenit Kazan – russiavolley.com – 11-10-2013
  10. Lukasz Zygadlo Is Ready To Play – volleywood.net – 26-03-2014
  11. Łukasz Żygadło nie jest już siatkarzem Zenitu Kazań! – s-w-o.pl – 06-05-2014
  12. Secondo colpo del mercato gialloblù: in regia torna Lukasz Zygadlo! – trentinovolley.it – 10-07-2014
  13. Zygadlo: "Trento mi mancava: lavoriamo assieme per tornare grandi" – trentinovolley.it – 10-07-2014
  14. Market, the final transactions and the roster for the season 2015/16 – trentinovolley.it – 22-07-2015
  15. IRN M: Paykan's request denied, Sarmayeh clinched the national title! – worldofvolley.vom – 14-03-2016
  16. Łukasz Żygadło wraca do reprezentacji Polski – eurosport.onet.pl – 31-03-2011
  17. Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011
  18. 2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011
  19. Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
  20. Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
  21. Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
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