American volleyball player Christenson has extended his contract with Zenit Kazan for two years

Olympic Bronze Medalist with the USA National Volleyball Team Mike Christenson extended the contract withZenith “until the end of the 2024/25 season, the head coach of the Kazan team said in an interview with Alexei Verbov .

Christenson, 30, has been playing for Zenit since 2021. Last season, the club won the Russian championship, the country’s Cup and the Spartakiad of the strongest of the Tatarstan national team.

– Christenson has re-signed a contract with Zenit for two seasons, that is, he is staying with us for the third and fourth seasons. In any case, we all hope to return to European competition.

As for Mikey’s decision to stay, the atmosphere in the team and the feeling that he was at home played an important role. During the team dinner, after which everyone went on vacation, he said: “My family is now gone, but I still feel at home in this team.” Despite the fact that he was alone in a foreign country, despite all the political difficulties, he had such a feeling in Zenit, Kazan and Russia.

Thanks to all this history, he is ready to sacrifice, maybe another year without European competition, but to be here. In “Zenith” all conditions are created. Mike is happy with Zenit, he is happy with everything at our club. Despite the fact that some players prefer Italy – weather, food, etc., Maika loves living in Kazan, her family really loves the city. Everything fell into place, the club, the infrastructure, the living conditions.

Did Mike also like Tatar cuisine?

Yes, it is generally omnivorous. And he cooks too. He is an absolutely simple, normal and interesting guy. Sometimes even too simple, and you can’t say about him that he comes from the other side of the world,” Verbov said in an interview with .