Vasileios Kournetas |
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Personal information |
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Nationality |
Greece |
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Born |
(1976-08-02) 2 August 1976 Athens, Greece |
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Height |
1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) |
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Weight |
82 kg (181 lb) |
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Spike |
336 cm (132 in) |
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Block |
320 cm (130 in) |
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Volleyball information |
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Position |
setter |
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Current club |
retired |
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Career |
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National team |
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Vasileios "Vasilis" Kournetas (Greek: Βασίλης Κουρνέτας, born (1976-08-02)2 August 1976) is a retired Greek volleyball player. A long-standing member of Greece men's national volleyball team, he played in more than 270 games with the Greek team and he competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, finishing at the fifth place.[1] He played in Greece for Olympiacos Piraeus, PAOK, E.A. Patras, Foinikas Syros V.C. and Filia Ilioupolis as well as in Russia for Lokomotiv Belgorod. He announced his retirement from volleyball courts on 5 May 2016.[2] As a key member of Olympiacos for 14 years (1996-2009, 2013-2014) he won 1 CEV Cup, 7 Greek Championships, 6 Greek Cups, 1 Greek Super Cup and reached the final of the 2001–02 CEV Champions League with the Reds.[3] He also won the 2012 Greek League Cup with Foinikas Syros as well as 2 Greek Championships and 1 Greek Cup with PAOK in the two final seasons of his professional career (2014-2016).
Sporting achievements
National Championships/Cups
- 1996/1997
Greek Cup, with Olympiacos
- 1997/1998
Greek Championship, with Olympiacos
- 1997/1998
Greek Cup, with Olympiacos
- 1998/1999
Greek Championship, with Olympiacos
- 1998/1999
Greek Cup, with Olympiacos
- 1999/2000
Greek Championship, with Olympiacos
- 1999/2000
Greek Super Cup, with Olympiacos
- 2000/2001
Greek Championship, with Olympiacos
- 2000/2001
Greek Cup, with Olympiacos
- 2002/2003
Greek Championship, with Olympiacos
- 2008/2009
Greek Championship, with Olympiacos
- 2008/2009
Greek Cup, with Olympiacos
- 2009/2010
Russian Volleyball Super League, with Lokomotiv Belgorod
- 2011/2012
Greek League Cup, with Foinikas Syros V.C.
- 2013/2014
Greek Championship, with Olympiacos
- 2013/2014
Greek Cup, with Olympiacos
- 2014/2015
Greek Championship, with PAOK
- 2014/2015
Greek Cup, with PAOK
- 2015/2016
Greek Championship, with PAOK
Individual
- 1999 Greek Cup - Most Valuable Player
- 2015 Greek Cup - Most Valuable Player