Are they the oldest active players in top European leagues?

Some of the oldest players in modern volleyball

They are some of the odlest volleyball players that are still active:

Samuele Papi (Italy) – 43 years

Born: 20.05.1973.

Club: Piacenza (Italy)

Position: Receiver/Libero

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Ivailo Stefanov (Bulgaria) – 42 years

Born: 19.07.1973.

Club: CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria)

Position: Receiver

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Marcelo Elgarten (Brazil) – 41 years

Born: 11.09.1974.

Club: Lugano (Switzerland)

Position: Setter

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Sergey Tetyukhin (Russia) – 40 years

Born: 23.09.1975.

Club: Belogorie Belgorod (Russia)

Position: Receiver

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Sergio Dos Santos – Serginho (Brazil) – 40 years

Born: 15.10.1975.

Club: Sesi-SP (Brazil)

Position: Libero

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Valerio Vermiglio (Italy) – 40 years

Born: 03.01.1976.

Club: UPCN (Argentina)

Position: Setter

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Daniel Lewis (Canada) – 40 years

Born: 03.04.1976.

Club: Bilesko-Biala (Poland)

Position: Libero

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Hristo Zlatanov (Italy) – 40 years

Born: 21.04.1976.

Club: Piacenza (Italy)

Position: Receiver

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Vassilis Kournetas (Greece) – 39 years

Born: 02.08.1976.

Club: PAOK (Greece)

Position: Setter

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Hubert Henno (France) – 39 years

Born: 06.10.1976.

Club: Tours (France)

Position: Libero

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Wout Wijsmans (Belgium) – 38 years

Born: 17.07.1977.

Club: Noliko Maaseik (Belgium)

Position: Receiver

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Frank Depestele (Belgium) – 38 years

Born: 03.09.1977.

Club: Asse-Lennik (Belgium)

Position: Setter

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William Reid Priddy (USA) – 38 years

Born: 01.10.1977

Club: Lube

Position: Receiver

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According to sportal.bg, the oldest player who has played a professional volleyball game is Dimitar Bozhilov. On November 9, 2014 Bozhilov played for KVK Gabrovo against Mrek Dupnitsa. At that moment Bozhilov was 50 years old! 

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