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The Most Famous

VOLLEYBALL PLAYERS from Bulgaria

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This page contains a list of the greatest Bulgarian Volleyball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 121 Volleyball Players, 3 of which were born in Bulgaria. This makes Bulgaria the birth place of the 14th most number of Volleyball Players behind France and Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Top 3

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the most legendary Bulgarian Volleyball Players of all time. This list of famous Bulgarian Volleyball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity.

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1. Matey Kaziyski (1984 - )

With an HPI of 38.63, Matey Kaziyski is the most famous Bulgarian Volleyball Player.  His biography has been translated into 21 different languages on wikipedia.

Matey Iliyanov Kaziyski (Bulgarian: Матей Илиянов Казийски) (born 23 September 1984) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player, member of Bulgaria men's national volleyball team during 2003–2012 and Italian club Trentino Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games Beijing 2008, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2006, World Cup 2007 and European Championship 2009. He is a multiple winner of the CEV Champions League and FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship with the Italian club Trentino Volley.

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2. Tsvetan Sokolov (1989 - )

With an HPI of 32.00, Tsvetan Sokolov is the 2nd most famous Bulgarian Volleyball Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Tsvetan Nikolaev Sokolov (Bulgarian: Цветан Николаев Соколов; born 31 December 1989) is a Bulgarian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Dynamo Moscow. Sokolov is a former member of the Bulgaria national team, a participant in the Olympic Games London 2012, and a multiple winner of the CEV Champions League and Club World Championship.

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3. Todor Aleksiev (1983 - )

With an HPI of 29.84, Todor Aleksiev is the 3rd most famous Bulgarian Volleyball Player.  His biography has been translated into 16 different languages.

Todor Aleksiev (Bulgarian: Тодор Алексиев; born 21 April 1983) is a Bulgarian volleyball player who wears the No. 15 shirt in the national team which he has driven to major success in a number of competitions.Aleksiev won bronze medals with the national team in the 2006 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, 2007 FIVB Men's World Cup and 2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship. He won the "Best scorer" and the "Best receiver" award at the 2012 FIVB World League.At club level, he plays in Bulgarian Volleyball League for Hebar Pazardzhik.

Pantheon has 3 people classified as volleyball players born between 1983 and 1989. Of these 3, 3 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living volleyball players include Matey Kaziyski, Tsvetan Sokolov, and Todor Aleksiev. As of April 2022, 1 new volleyball players have been added to Pantheon including Todor Aleksiev.

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