Olympic champion Alexander Butko moved to St. Petersburg”Zenith “, according to the volleyball club’s website.
The length of the agreement with the 38-year-old passer was not specified. Butko will wear number 12.
Since 2023, the volleyball player has been playing for Ufa Ural.
Butko, as a member of the Russian national team, won gold at the 2012 London Olympics, became the European champion (2017), the World Cup winner (2011) and the World League winner (2011). At the club level, the player also defended the colors of Dynamo Moscow, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, Kuzbass Kemerovo and Zenit Kazan.
Butko is a four-time Russian champion, six-time Russian Cup winner and four-time Champions League winner.
In May, it became known that the position of Zenit head coach was taken by Vladimir Alekno, who spent most of his coaching career at Zenit Kazan.
More sports news in our telegram channel .
Source : MatchTV
I’m John White and I’m an experienced journalist working in the news industry. My specialty is covering sports news, which I’ve been doing for over 6 years now. During this time, I have worked as an author with Athletistic, a popular online news website focusing on sports topics.
