Hand prints and signature at the Avenue of Volleyball Stars, Katowice

Andrzej Zdzisław Wrona (born 27 December 1988) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Projekt Warsaw. He is a former member of the Poland national team and the 2014 World Champion.

Career

Club

He debuted in PlusLiga in the 2007/2008 season, when he played for Wkręt-Met Domex AZS Częstochowa. With this club, he won a silver medal at the Polish Championship and Polish Cup in 2007/2008. In the next three seasons, he played for Delecta Bydgoszcz, where he was the primary player.[1] His high level of play was the reason that he moved to one of the top Polish clubs, PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2013. He won a title of Polish Champion 2014 with PGE Skra Bełchatów.[2] On October 8, 2014 his team won Polish SuperCup. On May 6, 2015 he won with PGE Skra Bełchatów bronze medal of Polish Championship.[3] In May 2015 he extended the contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the season 2016/2017.[4] On February 7, 2016 he played with PGE Skra and won the 2016 Polish Cup after beating ZAKSA in the final.[5] In April 2016 he was a member of the same team which won a bronze medal in the 2015–16 PlusLiga championship.

National team

Wrona was called up to the national team by Andrea Anastasi in 2012, and made his debut in a friendly match against Serbia.[6] On 21 September 2014, Poland won their second World Champions title.[7][8][9] On 27 October 2014, he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by the President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski – for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland.[10]

Honours

Club

State awards

Statistics

References

  1. ^ "Wrona w Delekcie, Andrzejewski za Dębca". sportowabydgoszcz.pl (in Polish). 28 May 2010. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ "PGE Skra mistrzem Polski". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 27 April 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  3. ^ "PGE Skra z brązowym medalem". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 6 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Kłos i Wrona zostają w PGE Skrze". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 7 May 2015. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  5. ^ "POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time - Skra win trophy after annulling 3-8 in tie-break!". worldofvolley.com. 7 February 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Konarski i Wrona powołani do kadry!". transferbydgoszcz.pl (in Polish). 27 March 2012. Archived from the original on 12 March 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Poland win second World Championship title at home". fivb.org. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  8. ^ "Poland put an end to the reign of Brazil". fivb.org. 22 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  9. ^ "FIVB MŚ Polska 2014: Polska ze złotym medalem". plusliga.pl (in Polish). 21 September 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  10. ^ "Dziękuję za chwile wzruszenia i dumy". prezydent.pl (in Polish). 27 October 2014. Archived from the original on 27 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  11. ^ "Poland's Projekt Warszawa Claims CEV Challenge Cup 2024 Men's Title". CEV. 27 February 2024. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  12. ^ "Postanowienie Prezydenta Rzeczypospolitej Polskiej z dnia 23 października 2014 r. o nadaniu orderów i odznaczeń". sejm.gov.pl (in Polish). 23 October 2014. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andrzej_Wrona
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