György Grozer

György Grozer (born 27 November 1984), also known as Georg Grozer, is a German volleyball player of Hungarian origin, a member of the Germany men's national volleyball team and Italian club Vero Volley Monza, a bronze medalist of the 2014 World Championship, two–time German Champion (2009, 2010), Polish Champion (2012), Russian Champion (2013), Chinese Champion (2017).

György Grozer
Personal information
NicknameIce Man
NationalityGermany German
Born (1984-11-27) 27 November 1984
Budapest, Hungary
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight102 kg (225 lb)
Spike374 cm (147 in)
Block345 cm (136 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current teamItaly Monza
Number9
Career
YearsTeams
1992–1998
1998–2000
2000–2002
2002–2008
2008
2008–2010
2010–2012
2012–2015
2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017
2017–2018
2018
2018–2020
2020–2021
2021–		Hungary Vasas SC
Hungary Dunaferr SC
Hungary Kométa-Kaposvár SE
Germany Moerser SC
Italy Pallavolo Loreto
Germany VfB Friedrichshafen
Poland Asseco Resovia
Russia Belogorie Belgorod
Qatar El Jaish
South Korea Samsung Bluefangs
China Shanghai Golden Age
Qatar Al Arabi Doha
Russia Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Russia Belogorie Belgorod
Russia Zenit Saint Petersburg
Italy Piacenza
Italy Monza
National team
–2006
2007–2020		 Hungary
 Germany
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Germany
FIVB World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2014 Poland
CEV European Championship
Silver medal – second place2017 Poland
European League
Gold medal – first place2009 Azerbaijan

Personal life

Grozer was born in Budapest, Hungary. His father György Grozer Senior is a former volleyball player and coach. With his first wife Violetta he has two daughters - Leana (born 2007) and Loreen (born 2010).

Career

Clubs

He was crowned national champion on two occasions, in 2009 and 2010, while playing for VfB Friedrichshafen. After moving to the Polish league he was Polish champion in his second season (2011/2012) with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He then moved to Belgorod where, in the early stages of the season, he played a major role in the team's success in the Russian championship and in the National Cup of Russia. This season he won the Super Cup and the National Cup in Russia, and was crowned the top club team in Europe with Belgorod.[1] In 2017 Grozer back to Russia Super League join to Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.

National team

2011 Grozer could not help the German team because of an injury. In 2012 the dynamic and powerful hitter smashed the German team to the Olympics and to the 5th place in London. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in Poland. Germany won the match for the bronze medal by defeating France.[2]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Individual awards

Records

References
  1. Gyorgy Grozer: Będę grał w Lokomotivie Biełgorod – siatka.org – 2012-04-22. Archived 2014-12-21 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Germany take home the bronze medal – fivb.org – 2014-09-21. Archived 2018-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  3. "Grozer defeated Serbia". worldofvolley.com. Archived from the original on 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2016-09-12.
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