Tuomas Sammelvuo
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| Full name | Tuomas Sammelvuo | ||||
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16 February 1976 Pudasjärvi, Finland |
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| Height | 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||
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| Position | Spiker | ||||
| Current club | Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | ||||
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Tuomas Sammelvuo (born February 16, 1976 in Pudasjarvi) is a former professional volleyball player from Finland and nowadays the head coach of national team of Finland and in season 2016-17 the head coach of VC Kuzbass Kemerovo. Sammelvuo has a contract with the Finnish national team till 2020. The contract enables Sammelvuo to coach also clubteam.
Sammelvuo is still only Finnish male volleyball player who has won CEV Champions League (2005). He has also won two times France volleyball A1-league (1999, 2005). With 296 played national team games in Finnish national team he is second most national team games played player in Finnish volleyball history.
Sammelvuo started his volleyball career in Pudasjärvi, which is located in northern Finland. There he played with his two brothers and one sister all day long. When he became sixteen-year-old Tuomas moved to Tampere and started stydy in Varala Sport Highshool. He stydy in Varala one year. Sammelvuo played in Finnish youth national team, which reached 4. place in Junior World Championships in 1995.
Sammelvuo started his professional career at the age of sixteen in Raision Loimu. Season 1993-1994 he played in Loimu and win Finland league bronze. After that he changed to KuPS-Volley and win two time Finland league champion and one silver medal. His last season in Finland players chose him best player in Finland league.
From KuPS-Volley Sammelvuo changed to France team Strasbourg. Year was 1997. Sammelvuo played in Strasbourg one year, and changed after that to Poitiers. In Poitiers he won France champions league, and silver season 2000. Then Sammelvuo changed to Italy and started play in Cuneo. At first Sammelvuo played in Seria B-league in Torino, but soon Cuneo wanted Sammelvuo. Sammelvuo made contract with Cuneo. Two season Sammelvuo played in Cuneo and after that he changed to Piacenza. In Piacenza he win Italian Cup gold. Season 2003 he changed back to France and started play in Tours Volley.
First season in Tours was success to Sammelvuo. He win France championleague gold and too in European Champions league bronze. Second season in Tours was too success to Sammelvuo when he win European Champions league. He was first player ever in Finland who win Champions league. Same season Sammelvuo win too France league bronze medal.
After two Tours years Sammelvuo moved to Japan and started playing Toyota Gosei team. He was first Finnish player in Japan ever. In Japan season he chose to All-Stars team in the league.
After Japan year Sammelvuo wanted come back to Finland. He signed a three-year contract with Pielaveden Sampo. But soon from Russian Superleague come call and Sammelvuo started play in Dynamo Kalingrad. In Dynamo Kalingrad Sammelvuo played his best season ever. Players chose him third best player in league season 2006-2007. Season 2008 Sammelvuo continued in Russian Superleague and media chose him to All-Stars game against Russian men's national team.
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