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 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.Zmiany w ZAKSIE – plusliga.pl – 21-04-2015
National team Michał Ruciak was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of European Championship 2009.2009 CEV European Championships Results – cev.eu – 03-09-2009 On September 14, 2009 he was awarded Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta.Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009 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 CupPoland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver – fivb.org – 06-12-2011 and two bronzes at World League2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report – fivb.org – 10-07-2011 and European Championship.Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley – cev.eu – 18-09-2011 He is a gold medalist of World League 2012 in Sofia, Bulgaria.Poland beat USA to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 08-07-2012Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League – fivb.org – 08-07-2012
Honours Club CEV Cup 2010–11 – with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle Domestic 2004–05 Polish Championship, with AZS Olsztyn 2010–11 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2012–13 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2012–13 Polish Championship, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle 2013–14 Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Youth national team 2003 FIVB U21 World Championship
Individual awards 2013: Polish Cup – Best server 2014: Polish Cup – Best receiver
State awards 2009: Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta
Statistics 2008–09 PlusLiga – Best receiver 2011–12 PlusLiga – Best receiver 2017–18 PlusLiga – Best receiver
References
External links
Player profile at PlusLiga.pl Player profile at Volleybox.net