Ardo Kreek
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Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union
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| Nationality | Estonian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 August 1986 Tallinn, Estonian SSR, Soviet Union | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 100 kg (220 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 340 cm (134 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Block | 330 cm (130 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Middle blocker | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Nice Volley-Ball | |||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: 5 July 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||
Ardo Kreek (born 7 August 1986) is an Estonian volleyball player, a member of Estonia men's national volleyball team and French club Nice Volley-Ball.
Kreek was born in Tallinn and started his career in his hometown club Sylvester Tallinn at the age of 17. In 2006 he moved to Estonian powerhouse VK Selver Tallinn where he played for the next three years. With Selver he won the Estonian Championship, the Estonian Cup and the Schenker League title twice. Selver and Kreek also reached to CEV Challenge Cup quarterfinals in 2008.
In the beginning of 2009 Kreek played half a season in France, for Rennes Volley 35. In September 2009 he moved to Poland and signed with PlusLiga top team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.[1] He left the team in December and joined another Polish team Jadar Radom where he played the rest of the 2009–10 season. Kreek stayed in Poland for the next two seasons playing in the AZS Politechnika Warszawska team. With Politechnika he reached the CEV Challenge Cup finals in 2012 where they lost to another Polish team AZS Częstochowa in the golden set.[2]
In 2012 Kreek signed with French top team Paris Volley.[3] With Paris team he has reached the French Pro A finals four times between 2013 and 2016 winning the French Championship in 2016. Kreek and Paris Volley also won the 2013–14 CEV Cup by defeating Russian team Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod in the finals.[4] Kreek left Paris after eight seasons and signed with another Pro A team Arago de Sète in Southern France.[5]
National team
Kreek represented the Estonian youth teams in the U18 and U20 level. He is a member of the Estonian national team since 2004 and has represented Estonia at the 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019 European Volleyball Championships. With the national team Kreek won the 2016 European Volleyball League title.[6]
