Michał Ruciak

Michał Zygmunt Ruciak (born 22 August 1983) is a Polish former professional volleyball player. He was a member of the Poland national team from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the Olympic Games London 2012, the 2009 European Champion and the 2012 World League winner.

Personal life

Ruciak during the match with Trefl Gdańsk on 14 October 2012. Ruciak was born in Świnoujście, Poland. On 22 September 2007 he married Justyna (née Terlecka). They have two sons: Rafał (born on 2 June 2008) and Filip (born on 18 March 2011). In 2014, they split up. In 2016, he married Paulina. In April 2018, they revealed they are expecting their first child.

Career Club He began to play with Maraton Świnoujście, later moving to Morze Szczecin, Skra Bełchatów and AZS Olsztyn. In 2008 moved to ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle. After 7 seasons in ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, he left this club in April 2015.

National team Michał Ruciak was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009. On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta. The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, Donald Tusk. He won with Polish team three medals in 2011 - silver at World Cup and two bronzes at World League and European Championship. He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Honours Club CEV Cup

Domestic

Youth national team

Individual awards 2013: Polish Cup – Best server 2014: Polish Cup – Best receiver

State awards

Statistics 2008–09 PlusLiga – Best receiver 2011–12 PlusLiga – Best receiver 2017–18 PlusLiga – Best receiver