Benjamin Toniutti

Benjamin Toniutti (born 30 October 1989) is a French volleyball player, a member of France men's national volleyball team and Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, 2015 European Champion, a gold medalist of the World League (2015, 2017), Polish Champion (2016, 2017, 2019).

Benjamin Toniutti
Personal information
NicknameTotti
Ben
Nationality French
Born (1989-10-30) 30 October 1989
Mulhouse, France
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Spike333 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Number6
Career
YearsTeams
2009–2013
2013–2014
2014
2015
2015–		 Arago de Sète
CMC Ravenna
Zenit Kazan
VfB Friedrichshafen
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
National team
2010– France
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  France
CEV European Championship
2015 Bulgaria/Italy
FIVB World League
2015 Rio de Janeiro
2017 Curitiba
2016 Kraków
FIVB Nations League
2018 Lille

Personal life

Toniutti was born and raised in Alsace by his father Maurizio, an Italian French, and French mother Cathy. His parents often travel to attend Toniutti's league matches. Toniutti is fluent in Italian. He is married. In August 2015 his wife gave birth to their daughter.

Career

On April 13, 2015 Toniutti signed a contract with Polish club ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[1] On October 18, 2015 the French national team, including him, achieved title of the European Champion 2015 (3–0 with Slovenia in the final).[2] On April 26, 2016 he won with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle a title of 2016 Polish Champion.[3] Toniutti was Most Valuable Player of the whole season, during the league he received individual MVP awards ten times. On May 2, 2016 it was announced that Toniutti extended his contract for the next two seasons (until 2018).[4] On July 9, 2017 France won 2017 World League after beating Brazil in the finale.[5] ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle confirmed on January 1, 2018 Toniutti's contract extension until 2019.[6]

Sporting achievements

Individually
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References
  1. Benjamin Toniutti nowym rozgrywającym ZAKSY – plusliga.pl – 13-04-2015
  2. France celebrate historic European crown, Slovenia happy with silver – cev.eu – 18-10-2015
  3. Wielki finał PlusLigi: Asseco Resovia Rzeszów – ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 0:3. ZAKSA mistrzem Polski! – plusliga.pl – 26-04-2016
  4. Kapitanowie ZAKSY zagrają w mistrzowskiej drużynie w kolejnych sezonach. – zaksa.pl – 02-05-2016
  5. France crowned for the second time in FIVB Volleyball World League – fivb.org – 09-07-2017
  6. Benjamin Toniutti z ZAKSĄ na kolejny rok – zaksa.pl – 01-01-2018
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