Plamen Konstantinov

{{Infobox volleyball biography

| name = Plamen Konstantinov

| image = Пламен Константинов.jpg

| image_size =

| caption =

| full_name = Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov

| nickname = Gibona

| nationality = Bulgarian

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1973|6|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria

| hometown =

| height = 2.02 m

| college =

| currentcoachteam = {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Bulgaria

| coachyears = 2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2015
2014–2018
2016–
2022–

| coachteams = Ziraat Bankası Ankara
Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Guberniya Nizhny Novgorod
Bulgaria
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Bulgaria

| position = Outside hitter

| years = 1986–1991
1991–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2004
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2009

| teams = Levski Sofia
Slavia Sofia
AS Capurso Gioia
Aris Thessaloniki
Halkbank Ankara
Athlitikos Orestiadas
P.A.O.K. Thessaloniki
Iraklis Thessaloniki
Olympiacos Piraeus
Panathinaikos Athens
Tours VB
Gabeca Montichiari
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Gazprom-Ugra Surgut
Iraklis Thessaloniki

| nationalyears = 1995–2009

| nationalteam = {{vb|BUL}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCountry| {{BUL}} }}

}}

Plamen Georgiev Konstantinov ({{langx|bg|Пламен Георгиев Константинов}}) (born 14 June 1973) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player. He is currently the head coach of Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and the Bulgaria men's national volleyball team.

Personal life

Konstantinov was born in Sofia; both his parents, Georgi and Eva née Doycheva, are former volleyball internationals and his older brother Julian Konstantinov is an opera singer.{{cite news|url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_1316151957|title=Пламен Константинов стана мъж на годината | date=2008-11-10 | publisher=Топспорт | language=Bulgarian | accessdate=2008-11-15 | quote=По-малък брат на известния оперен певец Юлиян Константинов (р. 1966)." ("His older brother is the well-known opera singer Yuliyan Konstantinov (born 1966).}} Like his father, he bears the nickname Gibona ("The Gibbon").

Career

Konstantinov finished a sports school and started his career with Levski Sofia in 1986, where he remained until 1995; he spent some of the following season with Slavia Sofia and then moved to Italy to play for the Gioia del Colle team. In 1996–97, he was a member of Greek Aris VC and then of Turkish Halkbank Ankara (1997–99). From 1999 until 2004 he played in Greece for Orestiada, PAOK Thessaloniki V.C., Iraklis V.C., Olympiacos S.C. and Panathinaikos VC. In 2004–05, he was with the French Tours VB and then in 2004–05 he represented the Montichiari team. In 2005–06, he played in Poland for Jastrzębski Węgiel and then in 2006–07 he was in Russia with ZSKA Gazprom Surgut. He ended his career in Iraklis, where he played from 2007 to 2009.{{cite news|url=http://topsport.ibox.bg/news/id_1316151957|title=Пламен Константинов стана мъж на годината |date=2008-11-10|publisher=Топспорт|language=Bulgarian|accessdate=2008-11-15}} With Iraklis Thessaloniki he won the silver medal at the 2008-09 Indesit Champions League and also was individually awarded "Best Receiver".{{cite web |url=http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2009/news_archive_2009_04/14210_EN.html |title=TRENTINO wins CEV Indesit Champions League! |author=CEV |accessdate=2010-04-04 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722153524/http://www.cev.lu/mmp/online/website/news/news_archive/news_archive_2009/news_archive_2009_04/14210_EN.html |archivedate=2011-07-22 }}

Konstantinov's awards and achievements include Bulgarian championship titles with Levski and Slavia, Greek championship titles with Aris, Iraklis, Olympiacos and Panathinaikois and a French championship title with Tours. He has also won the Greek Cup once and the Supercup twice with Iraklis and the Bulgarian Cup twice with Slavia. He has twice been awarded the Greek Championship Volleyball Player of the Year prize. In 2006, he won third-place bronze medals from the 2006 FIVB Men's World Championship and the 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup in Japan with the Bulgaria national team. In 2008, he was voted Bulgaria's Man of the Year in an online poll organized by Darik Radio.{{cite web|url=http://zar.bg/manoftheyear/men.php?id=17|title=Пламен Константинов (2008)|last=Павлова|first=Инес|publisher=Мъж на годината|language=Bulgarian|accessdate=2008-11-15}}

Coaching career

In 2010/11 season, he started his coaching career, as the coach of Ziraatbank of the Turkish Volleyball League.

Plamen Konstantinov has been coaching the men's National Team of Bulgaria since 2014, following a stint in Turkey and several seasons at the helm of clubs in Russia - where he continues with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk during the club season.

Awards

=Individual=

2008–09 CEV Champions League "Best Receiver"
2004 Greek Volley League "Most Valyable Player{{cite web|title=Η χρυσή βίβλος της Volleyleague|url=http://www.volleyleague.gr/index.php/volleyleague/item/216-i-xrysi-vivlos-tis-volleyleague|publisher=volleyleague|accessdate=23 October 2015}}

References

External links

[https://www.legavolley.it/player/KON-PLA-73 Player profile] at LegaVolley.it {{in lang|it}}
{{Olympics.com profile|plamen-konstantinov|Player profile}}
{{Olympedia|51809|Player profile}}
{{CEV coach|20128|Coach profile}}
[https://volleybox.net/plamen-konstantinov-p120 Coach/Player Profile] at Volleybox.net

Category:1973 births

Category:Living people

Category:Volleyball players from Sofia

Category:Bulgarian men's volleyball players

Category:Olympic volleyball players for Bulgaria

Category:Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Category:Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Category:Bulgarian volleyball coaches

Category:Volleyball coaches of international teams

Category:Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in Italy

Category:Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in Greece

Category:Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey