György Grozer

György Grozer (born 27 November 1984), also known as Georg Grozer, is a German professional volleyball player of Hungarian origin who plays as an opposite spiker for Arkas İzmir and the Germany national team.

Personal life

Grozer was born in Budapest, Hungary. His father, György Grozer Senior is a former volleyball player and coach. With his first wife Violetta he has two daughters – Leana (born 2007) and Loreen (born 2010).

Career

Club

He was crowned national champion on two occasions, in 2009 and 2010, while playing for VfB Friedrichshafen. After moving to the Polish league he was Polish champion in his second season (2011/2012) with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He then moved to Belgorod where, in the early stages of the season, he played a major role in the team's success in the Russian championship and in the National Cup of Russia. This season he won the Super Cup and the National Cup in Russia, and was crowned the top club team in Europe with Belgorod. In 2017 Grozer back to Russia Super League join to Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.

National team

2011 Grozer could not help the German team because of an injury. In 2012 the dynamic and powerful hitter smashed the German team to the Olympics and to the 5th place in London. In 2014 played at World Championship 2014 held in Poland. Germany won the match for the bronze medal by defeating France.

Honours

Club

• CEV Champions League
  • 2013–14 – with Belogorie Belgorod

• FIVB Club World Championship
  • Brazil 2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod

• CEV Cup
  • 2011–12 – with Asseco Resovia
  • 2021–22 – with Vero Volley Monza

• Domestic
  • 2008–09 German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2009–10 German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2011–12 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
  • 2012–13 Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
  • 2016–17 Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Golden Age
  • 2016–17 Qatari Cup, with Al Arabi Doha

Individual awards

• 2008: European League – Best scorer
• 2009: European League – Best blocker
• 2010: German Volleyball Player of the Year
• 2011: German Volleyball Player of the Year
• 2012: German Volleyball Player of the Year
• 2013: German Volleyball Player of the Year
• 2014: German Volleyball Player of the Year
• 2016: Asian Club Championship – Best opposite spiker
• 2017: Asian Club Championship – Best opposite spiker
• 2017: CEV European Championship – Best opposite spiker

Records

• 39 points in one match – Olympic Games 2012 record
• 15 aces in one match in Korean League.

Statistics

• 2011–12 PlusLiga – Best scorer (553 points)
• 2011–12 PlusLiga – Best server (69 aces)

References

External links

• Georg Grozer at the Deutscher Olympischer Sportbund (in German)
• György Grozer at Olympics.com
• György Grozer at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
• Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Player profile at Volleybox.net
• György Grozer at Olympedia