The stars on EuroVolley 2013: Frank Depestele (Belgium)

2013-08-27 • 3657 views

Frank Depestele (born 3 September 1977) is a Belgian setter of Fenerbahce Istanbul (Turkey). For many fans he is the best Belgian volleyball player in the history. He is captain of the national team.

Depestele won several individual prizes, including award fo the Best Setter of the European Champions League. His career started in 2002 when he signed contract with Knack Roeselare. He previously played for such teams as: Concordia MTV Nafels (SUI) and Amber Antwerpen (BEL). He won Belgian League in season 2004/05 and 2005/06 and Belgian Cup 2005, 2006. In season 2006/07 he played for Greek club: Iraklis Thessaloniki. His team took 1st place in Greek A1 League. After amazing season with Iraklis, he signed contract with another Greek club: Panathinaikos Athens. Team from Athens played in Final Four of CEV Cup 2008/09. They took 2nd place in that tournament (after defeat with Russian Lokomotiv Belgorod). During that tournament he has been nominated to the "Best Setter" award, losing only with Russian player Denis Ignatiev. In season 2009/10 and 2010/11, he play for Knack Roeselare again. With Roeselare he won the gold medal in Belgian League 2009/10 and Belgian Cup 2011. In season 2011/12, he joined Russian Superliga. With Iskra Odintsovo he won the bronze medal in Russian Cup. Depestele played also in Ukrainian club Lokomotiv Kharkov in season 2012/13. After that he joined the Turkish Fenerbahce Istanbul. In EuroVolley 2013, Belgium will play against Italy, Belarus and Denmark.

Frank Depestele