{{short description|Bulgarian volleyball player and coach}} {{Infobox volleyball player | name = Andrey Zhekov | image = Andrey Zhekov.jpg | imagesize = frameless | full_name = <!-- if different --> | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|03|12|mf=y}} | birth_place = Sofia, Bulgaria | height = 1.90 m | weight = 82 kg | position = setter | spike = 340 cm | block = 326 cm | team = | nationalteam = {{Flagicon|BGR}} Bulgaria | currentcoachteam = {{flagicon|RUS}} Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (assistant coach) | coachyears = 2019–2022<br> 2022– | coachteams = Levski Volley (assistant coach)<br> Lokomotiv Novosibirsk (assistant coach) | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport | Men's volleyball}} {{MedalCountry | {{BUL}}}} {{MedalCompetition|World Championship}} {{MedalBronze| 2006 Japan|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|FIVB World Cup}} {{MedalBronze| 2007 Japan | Team}} {{MedalCompetition|European Championships}} {{MedalBronze| 2009 Turkey | Team}} }}
'''Andrey Zhekov''' ({{langx|bg|Андрей Жеков}}; born March 12, 1980) is a former Bulgarian volleyball player and current head coach of Levski Volley. He entered the national team in 1998 at the age of 18. 190 cm tall and weighing 82 kg Zhekov is the former setter of the Bulgarian national team. Club Champion of Bulgaria with the teams of Levski Volley and Slavia Sofia. Zhekov is married and has two children.
In an interview Zhekov says that he'll not be playing in the 2012–13 season.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://volleyball.sportal.bg/news.php?news=382558 |title=Жеков спира с волейбола поне за 1 година |trans-title=Zhekov stopped playing volleyball for at least 1 year |website=volleyball.sportal.bg |language=bg |date=August 26, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120828034728/http://volleyball.sportal.bg/news.php?news=382558 |archive-date=August 28, 2012}}</ref>
==Clubs== * {{flagicon|BUL}} Levski Volley (1999-2006) * {{flagicon|RUS}} Ural Ufa (2006-2007) * {{flagicon|GRC}} E.A. Patras (2007-2010) * {{flagicon|GRC}} Olympiacos S.C. (2010) * {{flagicon|TUR}} Galatasaray SK (2010-2011) * {{flagicon|ITA}} Copra Volley (2011-2012) * {{flagicon|ROM}} Tomis Constanta (2013–2014) * {{flagicon|BUL}} Levski Volley (2015-2016) * {{flagicon|ROM}} CS Arcada Galați (2017) * {{flagicon|TUR}} Beşiktaş JK (2017)
==Individual awards== * 2006 World League "Best Setter"
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== * [http://www.fivb.org/EN/volleyball/competitions/WorldChampionships/men/2006/Teams/VB_PlayerDB.asp?No=113685 Andrey Zhekov] at the International Volleyball Federation * {{CEV player}} * {{Olympics.com profile|andrey-zhekov}} * {{Olympedia}}
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