Andrzej Wrona | |
Full Name: | Andrzej Zdzisław Wrona |
Nickname: | Wronka |
Birth Date: | 27 December 1988 |
Birth Place: | Warsaw, Poland |
Height: | 2.06 m |
Weight: | 95 kg |
Spike: | 355 cm |
Block: | 340 cm |
Position: | Middle blocker |
Currentclub: | Projekt Warsaw |
Currentnumber: | 8 |
Years: | 2007–2010 2010–2013 2013–2016 2016– |
Teams: | AZS Częstochowa Delecta Bydgoszcz Skra Bełchatów Projekt Warsaw |
Nationalyears: | 2013–2019 |
Nationalteam: | (38) |
Andrzej Zdzisław Wrona (born 27 December 1988) is a Polish professional volleyball player who plays as a middle blocker for Projekt Warsaw. He is a former member of the Poland national team and the 2014 World Champion.
He debuted in PlusLiga in the 2007/2008 season, when he played for Wkręt-Met Domex AZS Częstochowa. With this club, he won a silver medal at the Polish Championship and Polish Cup in 2007/2008. In the next three seasons, he played for Delecta Bydgoszcz, where he was the primary player.[1] His high level of play was the reason that he moved to one of the top Polish clubs, PGE Skra Bełchatów in 2013. He won a title of Polish Champion 2014 with PGE Skra Bełchatów.[2] On October 8, 2014 his team won Polish SuperCup. On May 6, 2015 he won with PGE Skra Bełchatów bronze medal of Polish Championship.[3] In May 2015 he extended the contract with PGE Skra Bełchatów until the end of the season 2016/2017.[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.
Wrona was called up to the national team by Andrea Anastasi in 2012, and made his debut in a friendly match against Serbia.[6] On 21 September 2014, Poland won their second World Champions title.[7] [8] [9] On 27 October 2014, he was awarded the Gold Cross of Merit by the President of Poland Bronisław Komorowski – for outstanding sports achievements and worldwide promotion of Poland.[10]