Marcelo Fronckowiak

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Marcelo Fronckowiak
Personal information
Full nameMarcelo Ricardo Fronckowiak
NationalityBrazilian
Born (1968-03-14) 14 March 1968 (age 56)
Porto Alegre, Brazil
Coaching information
Current team Tours VB
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2002–2004
2004–2009
2009–2012
2012–2014
2014
2015–2017
2017–2020
2018
2018–2021
2021–
2022
Sport Club Ulbra
Tourcoing LM
Minas Tênis Clube
Associação Desportiva RJX
Dynamo Krasnodar
Vôlei Canoas
Brazil (AC)
Volley Callipo
Cuprum Lubin
Tours VB
Slovenia (AC)
Career
YearsTeams
1984–1986
1986–1991
1991–1992
1993–1996
1996–1999
UCS Sogipa
Associação Atlética Frangosul
Clube Atlético Pirelli
Frangosul/Ginástica
Canoas Sport Club

Marcelo Ricardo Fronckowiak (born 14 March 1968) is a Brazilian professional volleyball coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach for Tours VB. [1]

Contents

Career

As a player

During his career, he won 3 Brazilian Champion titles in 1995, 1998 and 1999.

As a coach

Fronckowiak began his coaching career in 2002, leading Sport Club Ulbra to the Brazilian Champion title next year and the 2nd place in 2004.

During his work in France with Tourcoing LM, he won the CEV Challenge Cup bronze medal, and ended the 2008–09 season in 2nd place, losing the final matches to Paris Volley.

He came back to his native country in 2009 as a head coach of Minas Tênis Clube, and won a bronze medal in 2012. After joining Associação Desportiva RJX in 2012, he once again in his career won the Brazilian Champion title. In 2017, he became an assistant of Renan Dal Zotto in the Brazil national team, just before being dismissed from Vôlei Canoas, probably due to reduced budget for a new season. [2]

For the 2018–19 season, he signed a contract with Cuprum Lubin in the Polish PlusLiga.

Personal life

Fronckowiak is of Polish descent. [3]

Honours

As a player

As a coach

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References

  1. "Ligue A : Marcelo Fronckowiak, nouvel entraîneur du Tours Volley-Ball". lanouvellerepublique.fr (in French). 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
  2. "BRA M: Canoas part ways with coach Fronckowiak, assistant in Brazil's NT". worldofvolley.com. 19 July 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2017.
  3. "Marcelo Fronckowiak w końcu pracuje w kraju przodków. "Chcę nauczyć się polskiego"". sportowefakty.wp.pl (in Polish). 9 November 2018. Retrieved 9 November 2018.