Antonin Rouzier (born 18 August 1986) is a French professional volleyball player, a former member of the France national team. A participant in the Olympic Games Rio 2016, 2015 European Champion and the 2015 World League winner.

Antonin Rouzier
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Born (1986-08-18) 18 August 1986 (age 37)
Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France
Height2.01 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight100 kg (220 lb)
Spike350 cm (138 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Career
YearsTeams
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2011
2011–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2020
2018–2020
2020–2021
Spacer's de Toulouse
Beauvais Oise UC
Asnières Volley 92
Montpellier Volley
Knack Roeselare
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Piemonte Volley
Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Arkas İzmir
İstanbul BBSK
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
Toray Arrows
Al Rayyan
Paris Volley
National team
2006–2016 France
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  France
FIVB World League
Gold medal – first place 2015 Rio de Janeiro
Bronze medal – third place 2016 Kraków
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bulgaria/Italy
Silver medal – second place 2009 Turkey

Personal life edit

Rouzier was born in Saint-Martin-d'Hères, France. On July 27, 2014, Antonin married to Lili.[1] In May 2016 his wife gave birth to their son Louis.

Career edit

In 2011–2013 Rouzier played for the Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. He won bronze (2011/2012) and silver (2012/2013) of Polish Championship, Polish Cup 2013. In season 2013/2014 moved to Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo.[2] After financial problems of the Italian club decided to leave team from Cuneo. In June 2014 moved to Turkish Ziraat Bankası Ankara.[3] On October 18, 2015 French national team, including Rouzier, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).[4] He received individual award for the Most valuable player of the championships.

In May 2017 he signed one-year contract with Russian club Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.

Honours edit

Clubs edit

Individual awards edit

References edit

  1. ^ Antonin Rouzier już po ślubie – ofsaijd.onet.pl – 31-07-2014
  2. ^ Antonin Rouzier w Cuneo – plusliga.pl – 08-07-2013
  3. ^ ZİRAAT BANKASI'NA FRANSIZ YILDIZ Archived 2016-06-04 at the Wayback Machine – sporanki.com – 23-06-2014
  4. ^ France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver Archived 2015-10-22 at the Wayback Machine – cev.lu – 18-10-2015

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Awards
Preceded by Best Scorer of
CEV European Championship

2009
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Spiker of
CEV Champions League

2012/2013
Succeeded by
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
CEV European Championship

2015
Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Outside Spiker of
FIVB World League

2016
ex aequo   Marko Ivović
Succeeded by