Tuomas Sammelvuo is a professional volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

 player from Finland

Finland

Finland , officially the Republic of Finland, is a Nordic country situated in the Fennoscandian region of Northern Europe. It is bordered by Sweden in the west, Norway in the north and Russia in the east, while Estonia lies to its south across the Gulf of Finland.Around 5.4 million people reside...

. Measuring 1,93 m and 93 kg, he plays in the position of wing-spiker.

Early career

Sammelvuo started his volleyball career in Pudasjärvi. There he played with his two brothers and one sister all day long. When he became sixteen year old he moved to Tampere and started stydy in Varala Sport Highshool. He stydy in Varala year. He played too in youth national team when he was young. He was with team 4. place in Junior World Championships 1995.

Finland league

Sammelvuo started his professional career sixteen years old in Raision Loimu. Season 1993-1994 he played in Loimu and win Finland league bronze. After that he changed to KuPS-Volley and win two time Finland league champion and one silver medal. His last season in Finland players chose him best player in Finland league.

Professional career

From KuPS-Volley Sammelvuo changed to France team Strasbourg. Year was 1997. Sammelvuo played in Strasbourg one year, and changed after that to Poitiers. In Poitiers he won France champions league, and silver season 2000. Then Sammelvuo changed to Italy and started play in Cuneo. At first Sammelvuo played in Seria B-league in Torino, but soon Cuneo wanted Sammelvuo. Sammelvuo made contract with Cuneo. Two season Sammelvuo played in Cuneo and after that he changed to Piacenza. In Piacenza he win Italian Cup gold. Season 2003 he changed back to France and started play in Tours Volley.

First season in Tours was success to Sammelvuo. He win France championleague gold and too in European Champions league bronze. Second season in Tours was too success to Sammelvuo when he win European Champions league. He was first player ever in Finland who win Champions league. Same season Sammelvuo win too France league bronze medal.

After two Tours years Sammelvuo moved to Japan and started playing Toyota Gosei team. He was first Finnish player in Japan ever. In Japan season he chose to All-Stars team in the league.

After Japan year Sammelvuo wanted come back to Finland. He made three year contract with Pielaveden Sampo. But soon from Russian Superleague come call and Sammelvuo started play in Dynamo Kalingrad. In Dynamo Kalingrad Sammelvuo played his best season ever. Players chose him third best player in league season 2006-2007. Season 2008 Sammelvuo continued in Russian Superleague and media chose him to All-Stars game against Russian men's national team.

Season 2008-2009 Sammelvuo play in Italy A1-league in Vibo Valentia. Season 2009-2010 Sammelvuo play in Poland PlusLiga in ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle

Mostostal-Azoty Kedzierzyn-Kozle

ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, previously known as Mostostal-Azoty Kędzierzyn-Koźle is a Polish volleyball team, based in Kędzierzyn-Koźle, playing in Polish Volleyball League...

. Season 2010-2011 Sammelvuo play in Lokomotiv Novosibirsk.

National team

He became the captain of the Finland men's national volleyball team

Finland men's national volleyball team

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 in 1997. He has played over 210 national team games. In European Championships 2007 Finland came to fourth place and made Finland ballgames history.

Sammelvuo speaks English, Italian, Japanese and Russian.

Achievement

Club:

• Finland's cup gold 1994, 1995
• Finland championship 1994, 1995
• Italy cup win 2002
• CEV cup win 2002
• Champions league bronze 2004
• France cup win 2005
• Champions league win 2005
• European Champions 4. place 2007

Personal:

• Best player in Finland league 1997
• All-Star player Finland league 1997
• Portugal European Champions Qualifications best attacker 1997
• Season best Finland male volleyball player 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
• Year volleyball player in Finland 1997, 2000, 2001, 2004
• Japan league All-Stars player 2006
• Russian league 3. best player season 2007
• Russian cup best attacker 2008
• Russian league All-Star game 2008

Clubs

• 1993–1994: Loimu
• 1994-1995: KuPS-Volley
• 1995–1996: KuPS-Volley
• 1996–1997: KuPS-Volley
• 1997–1998: Strasbourg, France
• 1998–1999: Poitiers, France
• 1999–2000: Poitiers, France
• 2000–2001: Cuneo, Italy
• 2001–2002: Cuneo, Italy
• 2002–2003: Piacenza, Italy
• 2003–2004: Tours, France
• 2004–2005: Tours, France
• 2005–2006: Toyoda Gosei, Japan
• 2006–2007: Dynamo-Yantar, Russia
• 2007-2008: Dynamo-Yantar, Russia
• 2008-2009: Vibo Valentia, Italy
• 2009- : ZAKSA Kedzierzyn-Kozle, Poland