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THE KING IS BACK !!! Ivan Zaytsev Made His Debut for Monza. Ivan Vyacheslavovich Zaytsev Russian: Иван Вячеславович Зайцев, born 2 October 1988), nicknamed lo Zar ('the Tsar'), is an Italian professional volleyball player of Russian origin, former captain of Italy men's national volleyball team, a bronze medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, silver medalist of the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014), Italian Champion (2014) and silver medalist of the Olympic Games Rio 2016.
He debuted with the Italy men's national volleyball team in 2008. In the 2013 European Championship Zaytsev was named as the "Best Server".[4] Zaytsev was the main scorer and team leader during World League 2014 and Italy achieved bronze medal. In the World League, he and his teammates won two consecutive bronze in the 2013 and 2014 editions, the latter played in Italy in Florence. He was appointed to the 2014 World Championship held in Poland. He was the leader of his team in the first round, but in the match against the United States injured his ankle, so despite the promotion of his team to second round, he did not play. In 2015 Zaytsev and Italian team achieved silver medal of the 2015 European Championship and Zaytsev was named Best opposite spiker. In 2016 he achieved a silver medal at the 2016 Olympics.
Personal information
Full name Ivan Vyacheslavovich Zaytsev
Nickname lo Zar ('the Tsar')
Born 2 October 1988 (age 36)
Spoleto, Italy
Height 2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 103 kg (227 lb)
Spike 370 cm (146 in)
Block 355 cm (140 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current team Italy
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