After another season in the strong Italian championship and with significant international experience gained, Martin Atanasov's future logically sparked interest regarding his next step. The Bulgarian international remains among the names that do not compromise on the level of competition, and his choice this summer is no exception. According to reports in Greek media, the 29-year-old outside hitter will continue his career with the Greek grand club Olympiacos. There, he will be one of the foreign players, forming the main trio in this position alongside Raptis and Kotsakos. The club is still working on attracting another outside hitter for this zone. The coach will be Alberto Giuliani, who also spent time in the Bulgarian championship, leading Hebar Pazardzhik.
Atanasov arrives with the profile of a complete player, having experienced various volleyball cultures Turkey (Ziraat, Galatasaray), Russia (Lokomotiv Novosibirsk), France (Chaumont), Germany (Friedrichshafen) and Italy (Monza), after starting his career from Dobrudzha 07.
However, the national team remains the stage where he delivered his strongest performance recently. On September 27 last year his birthday Atanasov played the match of his life against the Czech Republic in the World Championship semi-final in Manila and was among the key figures for Bulgaria's qualification to the final against Italy.

With the acquisition of the Bulgarian outside hitter, Olympiacos adds not just another name to its squad, but a player who has proven he can bear the weight of big matches.
Many Bulgarian national players have passed through the club Plamen Konstantinov, Boyan Yordanov, Hristo Tsvetanov, Andrey Zhekov, Dimo Tonev, and Nikolay Zhelyazkov.

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