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Full name | Tsvetan Sokolov | ||||||||||||
Nationality | Bulgarian | ||||||||||||
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Dupnitsa, Bulgaria |
December 31, 1989 ||||||||||||
Hometown | Dupnitsa, Bulgaria | ||||||||||||
Height | 2.07 m (6 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||
Weight | 108 kg (238 lb) | ||||||||||||
Spike | 362 cm (143 in) | ||||||||||||
Block | 330 cm (130 in) | ||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||
Current club | Cucine Lube Civitanova | ||||||||||||
Number | 1 (club), 19 (national team) | ||||||||||||
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Last updated: 28 December 2016 |
Tsvetan Sokolov (Bulgarian: Цветан Соколов) (born December 31, 1989) is a Bulgarian volleyball player, a member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team and Italian club Lube Banca Macerata, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, bronze medalist of the European Championship 2009. He is a multiple winner of the CEV Champions League and FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with the Italian club Trentino Volley. During the 2014/2015 European club tournaments volleyball season, Sokolov was the top scorer with 199 points in 10 matches.
Sokolov was born in Dupnitsa, Bulgaria. In 2014 he got married to Deliyana Hristova. On October 27, 2014 his wife gave a birth to their children - the twins Nikola and Viktor.