Outside hitter Aleksandar Kostadinov will finish the season at "Gazprom-Yugra" from Surgut. Novosibirsk's "Lokomotiv" loaned out the 20-year-old player. This season, Kostadinov has scored 44 points in 19 matches with a utility coefficient of +2. He has a 40% attack success rate (34/85) and 46% positive reception. We remind you that earlier, Novosibirsk signed Evgeny Sivkozelez and Maxim Bogatko. Also, in "Loko's" outside hitter line-up are Marko Ivović and Omar Kurbanov.
At "Gazprom-Yugra", outside hitters are Alexey Rodichev, Artyom Masko, Georgy Serov, and Alexander Slobodyanyuk.
"Lokomotiv" is in second place in the standings, while "Gazprom-Yugra" is 11th. Kostadinov's debut for his new team could take place on February 7 in a home match against Kazan's "Zenit". Aleksandar's brother - Slavi Kostadinov (both youth players of Loko Novosibirsk) plays as a setter for Dynamo Ural.

The two are sons of the former basketball player of Balkan (Botevgrad), Spartak (Pleven) and Ficosota (Shumen) - Mariyan Kostadinov, and their mother is the former Russian volleyball player of Shumen, Marina Letkovskaya. The two brothers have dual citizenship - Bulgarian and Russian.