Nimir Abdel-Aziz
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| Nationality | Dutch | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 February 1992 The Hague, Netherlands | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 365 cm (144 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Block | 350 cm (138 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Halkbank Ankara | |||||||||||||||||
| Number | 14 | |||||||||||||||||
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Nimir Abdel-Aziz (born 5 February 1992) is a Dutch professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Halkbank Ankara and the Netherlands national team.
Career
National team
Abdel-Aziz made his debut as the setter for the Dutch national team in 2011 against Belgium. He won the European League in 2012, after beating Turkey in the final.[1]
Position change
In 2016, Abdel-Aziz changed his position from setter to opposite hitter in his club Stade Poitevin Poitiers.[2] He has since then continued his volleyball career as an opposite in both clubs and the Dutch National Team.[3]
During the 2020–21 CEV Champions League, he had to briefly play the setter role after both of the lined up setters were not available to compete in the pool play due to the COVID-19.[4]
Personal life
Abdel-Aziz was born in the Netherlands to a Chadian father and Dutch mother.[5]
Honours
Club
- CEV Champions League
2012–13 – with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo- 2020–21 – with Trentino Volley
- AVC Asian Club Championship
Tehran 2022 – with Paykan Tehran
- Domestic
- 2009–10
Dutch Championship, with Dynamo Apeldoorn
- 2009–10
Individual awards
- 2012: European League – Best server
- 2012: European League – Best setter
- 2021: CEV European Championship – Best opposite
References
- ^ "Orange triumph in Ankara as the Dutch win an incredible European League final!". CEV. Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ WoV (5 May 2016). "FRA M: Setter Abdel Aziz changes position – from now on, he will play as attacker!". WorldOfVolley. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Winiarczyk, Michał. "Namibia, tattoos and two volleyball players in one body. Nimir Abdel-Aziz's Life Service Aces (INTERVIEW)". newonce.sport (in Polish). Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ "Setter or opposite, Nimir fires Trentino into Champions League quarterfinals | ChampionsLeague". championsleague.cev.eu. Retrieved 5 September 2022.
- ^ Volkers, John (30 May 2021). "Aan de hand van de man met de 'gouden rechterarm' doet Nederland nuttige ervaring op in de Nations League". de Volkskrant. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
External links
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Player profile at Volleybox.net