Nicolas Maréchal

French volleyball player
Nicolas Maréchal
Personal information
NationalityFrench
Polish
Born (1987-03-04) 4 March 1987 (age 37)
Sainte-Catherine, France
Height1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Spike350 cm (138 in)
Block340 cm (134 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubModena Volley
Number16
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2006
2006–2009
2009–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2021
2021–2022
2022
2022–
Harnes VB
Tourcoing LM
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
AS Cannes
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Skra Bełchatów
İstanbul BBSK
Bunge Ravenna
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
Asseco Resovia
VfB Friedrichshafen
Ural Ufa
Tours VB
Modena Volley
National team
2008–2016 France

Nicolas Maréchal (born 4 March 1987) is a French professional volleyball player with Polish citizenship (since 8 April 2013), a former member of the France national team. The 2015 European Champion, and the 2015 World League winner. At the professional club level, he plays for Modena Volley.[1]

Personal life

On 4 August 2015, his girlfriend Vatsana Phrasathane gave birth to their son Nathan.

Career

He played for Polish club Jastrzębski Węgiel in the 2013/2014 season, winning a bronze medal in the Polish Championship 2012/2013 and another in the CEV Champions League 2014 after winning a match against VC Zenit-Kazan. In 2014 he left Jastrzębski Węgiel. On May 29, 2014, it was announced that Marechal would play for PGE Skra Bełchatów in the upcoming 2014/2015 season.[2] On October 8, 2014 his team won ENEA Polish SuperCup 2014.[3] On October 18, 2015 French national team, including Marechal, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the finale).[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.[6] Few days later, he left club and went to Turkish team İstanbul Belediyesi.[7] In 2020 he started playing for german club VFB Friedrichshafen

Honours

Club

Youth national team

Individual awards

  • 2012: French Championship – Best receiver

Statistics

References

  1. ^ Francuski siatkarz przyjął polskie obywatelstwo – sportowefakty.pl – 08-04-2013
  2. ^ Nicolas Marechal zawodnikiem PGE Skry – plusliga.pl – 29-05-2014
  3. ^ ENEA Super Puchar w piłce siatkowej 2014 dla PGE Skry Bełchatów – plusliga.pl – 08-10-2014
  4. ^ France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver – cev.eu – 18-10-2015
  5. ^ POLISH CUP M: Venture of all time - Skra win trophy after annulling 3-8 in tie-break! – worldofvolley.com – 07-02-2016
  6. ^ Brązowa PGE Skra! – skra.pl – 26-04-2016
  7. ^ Nicolas Marechal zamienia Bełchatów na Stambuł – dzienniklodzki.pl – 29-04-2016

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nicolas Maréchal.
  • Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
  • Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
  • Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
  • Player profile at Volleybox.net
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