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World League 2011
22nd Edition
 
- USA / United States of America - Player's biography
   
 
Team name  Anderson
First name Matthew
Last name Anderson
Age (birth date) 26  (18/04/1987)
Hometown
Languages English
   
   
Position Height Weight Spike Block
Wing-spiker 202 cm 100 kg 360 cm 332 cm
             
National Selections Olympic W.Champ. Other Total  
  6 7 93 106
 
Volleyball career
International debut  
Club debut
Actual Club Zenit Kazan 
Personal
Hobbies  
Favourites Books:
Food: Buffalo wings
Movie: Top Gun
Music: Oasis
Other sports:
 
   Profile
 

Outside hitter Matthew (Matt) Anderson was born on April 18, 1987 in Buffalo, New York. He grew up in West Seneca, New York. The outside hitter (204cm, 86kg) made his debut with the US National Team for the 2009 World League and started the first six matches before falling ill with a serious case of pneumonia.

 

Anderson finished the 2010 season as the United States’ fifth-leading scorer with 112 points and an average of 3.20 points per set. He had 94 kills on 235 attempts. He was third on the team in aces with eight (0.23 per set). Anderson played on the US boys’ youth team in 2005 and the US junior men’s team in 2006 and 2007.

 

During the winter of 2010-11, Anderson played for Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia in Italy’s Serie A league.


 
 

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