{"id":53250,"date":"2020-07-14T17:22:46","date_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:22:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/?p=53250"},"modified":"2020-07-14T17:24:17","modified_gmt":"2020-07-14T17:24:17","slug":"polands-star-spiker-kurek-signs-with-wolfdogs-nagoya-of-japan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/polands-star-spiker-kurek-signs-with-wolfdogs-nagoya-of-japan\/","title":{"rendered":"POLAND&#8217;S STAR SPIKER KUREK SIGNS WITH WOLFDOGS NAGOYA OF JAPAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style><p>Lausanne, Switzerland, July 13, 2020 \u2013 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men\u2019s World Championship MVP Bartosz Kurek has signed a deal with the Wolfdogs Nagoya of Japan, the team announced.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-53252\" src=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"959\" srcset=\"https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5.jpg 640w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/asianvolleyball.net\/new\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/2-5-600x899.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are pleased to inform you that the new foreign player of Wolfdogs Nagoya for the 2020\/2021 season will be Bartosz Kurek,\u201d announced the Japanese club on its official website and social media channels.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cKurek is a tall and powerful opposite. He has played in the Italian, Russian and Polish league. He led the Polish national team at the 2018 World Championship, where he was also selected as the best player of the tournament.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 31-year-old Kurek played for Vero Volley Monza in the Italian league last season and his transfer to a new team this season will boost the Japanese club\u2019s campaign to repeat its successes in the V.League. Wolfdogs Nagoya, formerly Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza, claimed the V.League title in the 2015\/2016 season.<\/p>\n<p>In his first year with the Wolfdogs, Kurek will face his compatriot Michal Kubiak, who has been playing for Osaka-based Panasonic Panthers for four years already.<\/p>\n<p>Kurek last saw action in Japan placing second on the podium at the 2019 FIVB Volleyball World Cup.<\/p>\n<p>Related links of AVC<br \/>\nAVC Website: click www.asianvolleyball.net<br \/>\nAVC Facebook: click www.Facebook.com\/AsianVolleyballConfederation<br \/>\nAVC Twitter: click: https:\/\/twitter.com\/avcvolley<br \/>\nAVC Instagram: click: https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/avcvolley\/?hl=en<br \/>\nAVC Youtube: click: Asian Volleyball Confederation<br \/>\nAVC WeChat: Asian Volleyball Confederation<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lausanne, Switzerland, July 13, 2020 \u2013 2018 FIVB Volleyball Men\u2019s World Championship MVP Bartosz Kurek has signed a deal with the Wolfdogs Nagoya of Japan, the team announced. \u201cWe are&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":53251,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"pgc_sgb_lightbox_settings":"","_vp_format_video_url":"","_vp_image_focal_point":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[100,86],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53250","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-slider","category-volleyball-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.3 - 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