Tuomas Sammelvuo

Tuomas Sammelvuo
Sammelvuo in 2012
Personal information
Full nameTuomas Petteri Sammelvuo
Born (1976-02-16) 16 February 1976 (age 48)
Pudasjärvi, Finland
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Coaching information
Current teamCanada
Asseco Resovia
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2013–2019
2016–2019
2019–2022
2019–2022
2022–2023
2022–
2024–
Finland
Kuzbass Kemerovo
Russia
Zenit Saint Petersburg
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Canada
Asseco Resovia
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1993–1994
1994–1997
1997–1998
1998–2000
2000–2002
2002–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012
Raision Loimu
KuPS Kuopio
Strasbourg VB
Stade Poitevin Poitiers
Piemonte Volley
Copra Ventaglio Piacenza
Tours VB
Toyoda Gosei Trefuerza
Dynamo Kaliningrad
Tonno Callipo Vibo Valentia
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Umbria Volley
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
National team
1993–2010 Finland (296)
Honours
Head coach  Russia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2020 Tokyo
FIVB Nations League
Gold medal – first place 2019 Chicago
Head coach  Canada
NORCECA Championship
Silver medal – second place 2023 Charleston

Tuomas Petteri Sammelvuo (born 16 February 1976) is a Finnish professional volleyball coach and former player. He serves as head coach for the Canada national team and the Polish PlusLiga team, Asseco Resovia.[1][2][3]

Sammelvuo is still the only Finnish male volleyball player to have won the Champions League (2005). Having played 296 games in the national team, he has the second largest number of games in the Finnish volleyball history.

  1. ^ "Tuomas Sammelvuo nowym szkoleniowcem ZAKSY Kędzierzyn-Koźle". siatka.org (in Polish). 1 August 2022. Retrieved 1 August 2022.
  2. ^ "Tuomas Sammelvuo Announced as Men's Head Coach". Volleyball Canada. 3 November 2022. Retrieved 3 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Piotr Maciąg, prezes Asseco Resovii: wierzę, że te dobre momenty w dalszym ciągu są przed nami". PlusLiga (in Polish). 19 May 2024. Retrieved 23 May 2024.