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Plamen Konstantinov

Bulgarian volleyball player and coach

Summary

Bulgarian volleyball player and coach

Field	Value
name	Plamen Konstantinov
image	Пламен Константинов.jpg
full_name	Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov
nickname	Gibona
nationality	Bulgarian
birth_date
birth_place	Sofia, Bulgaria
height	2.02 m
currentcoachteam	RUS Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
coachyears	2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2015
2014–2018
2016–
2022–2024
coachteams	Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Guberniya Nizhny Novgorod
Bulgaria
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Bulgaria
position	Outside hitter
years	1986–1991
1991–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2009
teams	Levski Sofia
Slavia Sofia
AS Capurso Gioia
Aris Thessaloniki
Halkbank Ankara
Athlitikos Orestiadas
P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Olympiacos Piraeus
Panathinaikos Athens
Tours VB
Gabeca Montichiari
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Iraklis Thessaloniki
nationalyears	1995–2009
nationalteam

2011–2012 2012–2015 2014–2018 2016– 2022–2024 Gazprom-Ugra Surgut Guberniya Nizhny Novgorod Bulgaria Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Bulgaria 1991–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2001 2001–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 Slavia Sofia AS Capurso Gioia Aris Thessaloniki Halkbank Ankara Athlitikos Orestiadas P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki Iraklis Thessaloniki Olympiacos Piraeus Panathinaikos Athens Tours VB Gabeca Montichiari Jastrzębski Węgiel Gazprom-Ugra Surgut Iraklis Thessaloniki

Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov (; born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player. He is currently the head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.

Personal life

Konstantinov was born in Sofia; both his parents, Georgi and Eva née Doycheva, are former volleyball internationals and his older brother Julian Konstantinov is an opera singer. Like his father, he bears the nickname Gibona ("The Gibbon").

Career

Konstantinov finished a sports school and started his career with Levski Sofia in 1986, where he remained until 1995; he spent some of the following season with Slavia Sofia and then moved to Italy to play for the Gioia del Colle team. In 1996–97, he was a member of Greek Aris VC and then of Turkish Halkbank Ankara (1997–99). From 1999 until 2004 he played in Greece for Orestiada, PAOK Thessaloniki V.C., Iraklis V.C., Olympiacos S.C. and Panathinaikos VC. In 2004–05, he was with the French Tours VB and then in 2004–05 he represented the Montichiari team. In 2005–06, he played in Poland for Jastrzębski Węgiel and then in 2006–07 he was in Russia with ZSKA Gazprom Surgut. He ended his career in Iraklis, where he played from 2007 to 2009. With Iraklis Thessaloniki he won the silver medal at the 2008-09 Indesit Champions League and also was individually awarded "Best Receiver".

Konstantinov's awards and achievements include Bulgarian championship titles with Levski and Slavia, Greek championship titles with Aris, Iraklis, Olympiacos and Panathinaikois and a French championship title with Tours. He has also won the Greek Cup once and the Supercup twice with Iraklis and the Bulgarian Cup twice with Slavia. He has twice been awarded the Greek Championship Volleyball Player of the Year prize. In 2006, he won third-place bronze medals from the 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship and the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan with the Bulgaria national team.

Coaching career

In 2010/11 season, he started his coaching career, as the coach of Ziraatbank of the Turkish Volleyball League. Plamen Konstantinov has been coaching the men's National Team of Bulgaria since 2014, following a stint in Turkey and several seasons at the helm of clubs in Russia - where he continues with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk during the club season.

Awards

Individual

2008–09 CEV Champions League "Best Receiver"
2004 Greek Volley League "Most Valyable Player

References

(2008-11-10). "Пламен Константинов стана мъж на годината". Топспорт.
(2008-11-10). "Пламен Константинов стана мъж на годината". Топспорт.
CEV. "TRENTINO wins CEV Indesit Champions League!".
Павлова, Инес. "Пламен Константинов (2008)". Мъж на годината.
"Η χρυσή βίβλος της Volleyleague". volleyleague.

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