Tine Urnaut
- Club
- Zenit Saint Petersburg (RUS)
- Nationality
- Slovenia
- Birth Date
- 03/09/1988
- Birth Place
- SLOVENJ GRADEC
- Height
- 200 cm
- Weight
- 88 kg
- Favorite Athlete
- Fishing, diving
Urnaut Tine was born in 1988 in town of Slovenj
Gradec. In his childhood he was all round sports men, but during his stay in
elementary school he was more and more interested in volleyball. He started
practising volleyball in club of Fužinar Ravne.
In 2006 with his debut in the Slovenian national championship with Volleyball
club ACH Volley. He had stayed in the club for two seasons, winning two
national championship, two Cup competitions of Slovenia, two championships
MEVZA (Middle European volleyball zonal association) and an affirmation to
European level in the Top Teams Cup 2006 - 07. The first invitation to the
national team came at that time as well.
In the season 2008 - 09 he transferred to the Greek team of the Olympiakos
where he won the national championship. The successful career he continued in
Italy in Volleyball club Piacenza with which he won the Super Cup. In the
season 2010 - 11 he joined the ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, military team in the
highest league of the Polish national championship. In the same season, he won
the first medal with the senior national team, the bronze in the European
League.
After being engaged in Volleyball San Giustino in Italian A1 Series in the 2011
– 2012, he moved to Callipo Sport Vibo Valentia in the next, continued in the
Turkish team of Arkas Spor Kulubu in the 2013 – 2014 and came back to Italian
A1 Series in 2014 – 2015 to Top Volleyball Latina. 2015 season continued with
taking the gold in the European league with the national team, which was
followed with the silver medal in the European Championship in Bulgaria.
After finishing the club season of 2015 – 2016, in which he was wearing the
jersey of the Trentino Volleyball, he will continue being active, with the
national team by joining the World league for the first time.