Jochen Schops

Jochen Schöps

Personal information

Born

October 8, 1983 (age 33)
Villingen-Schwenningen, Germany

Height

2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)

Weight

100 kg (220 lb)

Spike

360 cm (140 in)

Block

335 cm (132 in)

Volleyball information

Position

Opposite

Current team

Number

Career

Years	Teams
2002–2003 2003–2007 2007–2012 2012–	VC Olympia Berlin VfB Friedrichshafen VC Iskra Odintsovo Asseco Resovia Rzeszów

National team

2002–

Honours

Last updated: 31 October 2016

Jochen Schöps (born 8 October 1983) is a German volleyball player, a member of Germany men's national volleyball team and Polish club Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, a gold medalist of European League 2009, a bronze medalist of the World Championship 2014, Polish Champion (2015).

In 2016 Schops became a father to twins, a daughter Lotte and a son Theo.

He won the 2006–07 CEV Champions League with VfB Friedrichshafen, and was awarded "Most Valuable Player". With Iskra Odintsovo he won the bronze medal at the 2008-09 Indesit Champions League and also was individually awarded "Best Scorer". In the 2013/2014 season, they won the Polish SuperCup 2012 and the silver medal of the Polish Championship 2013/2014 after losing the final (0-3 in matches, to three wins) against PGE Skra Bełchatów. On March 29, 2015 Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, including Schops, achieved silver medal of the 2014–15 CEV Champions League. In April 2015 he signed next two-year contract to 2017.

He was named Best Scorer at the first 2008 Olympic Qualification Tournament in Düsseldorf, where Germany ended up in first place and qualified for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China.