Balkans

Over the past five decades, Bulgarians have often been among the most mobile volleyball internationals, settling permanently abroad in clubs, especially in Italy and France, where their playing qualities have been recognized. The recruitment of Bulgarian volleyball players by foreign clubs is an old phenomenon. As far as we know, Boris Zahariev was the first to be recruited by Minelli Modena as early as 1948. The 1970s marked a second stage: the recruitment of some Bulgarian players by Italian clubs became ...