Aleksey Verbov
As of June 25, 2012
Alexei Igorjewitsch Werbow (Russian: Алексей Игорьевич Вербов, English transcription: Aleksey Igoryevich Verbov; born January 31, 1982 in Moscow ) is a Russian volleyball player.
Career
Werbow began his career at VK Dynamo Moscow. From 1995 to 1999 he was a Russian junior champion. He also won in 1999 with the junior national team the championship. He then played one season for MGTU Luzhniki, before moving to CSKA Moscow VK 2000. Werbow was now also in beach volleyball successfully. The three-time Russian junior champion with his partner Anton Kulikowski, 2001 in this discipline third in the Youth World Championship in Le Lavandou and 2003 European Junior Champion in Stare Jabłonki. In addition, the duo reached the 19th place in the Beach Volleyball European Championship 2003. Werbow In the hall played from 2003 for VK locomotive Belogorje and won the Russian Cup in the same year. 2004 was followed by winning the national championship and the Champions League by a final victory on home soil against league rivals VK Iskra Odintsovo. In January 2004, the Libero was at the Olympic qualifying tournament in Leipzig his debut for the Russian national team. The team reached the final of the Europa League and then won at the Olympic Games in Athens, the bronze medal. In the 2004/05 season he was loaned to ZSK Gazprom Surgut and was the second time the Russian Cup winner. With the national team he won the Euroleague in 2005. During the subsequent European Russians were subject only in the finale the hosts from Italy. In the season 2005/ 06 Werbow was back in Belgorod and reached the second place in the national championship. Three second places in 2007 there was also with the national team. In the World League, the World Cup and the European Championships she stood each in the final. The European Championship final Russia lost despite the home advantage in the tiebreak against Spain. Werbow received in the international competitions individual awards as Best Libero. In 2007 he moved to the UK also Iskra Odintsovo. There he was again in his first season runner-up in the league. With the Russian team he took part in Beijing for the second time at the Olympic tournament and reached as four years before the third place. 2009 get Belgorod with Werbow the runner-up and winning the cup. Thereafter, the Libero moved to the UK Zenit -Kazan. With his new team, he was in 2010 for the second time Russian champion.