Jochen Schöps

Jochen Schöps
Personal information
Nationality	German
Born	(1983-10-08) 8 October 1983 Villingen-Schwenningen, West Germany
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Number	10
Career
Years Teams 2002–2003 2003–2007 2007–2012 2012–2018 2018–2019 2019–2020 2020–2022 Olympia Berlin VfB Friedrichshafen Iskra Odintsovo Asseco Resovia Stade Poitevin Poitiers Police SC United Volleys Frankfurt
National team
2002–2018 Germany
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Germany FIVB World Championship 2014 Poland European League 2009 Portugal European Games 2015 Baku

Jochen Schöps (born 8 October 1983) is a German professional volleyball player, a former member of the Germany national team, a participant at the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008, London 2012), bronze medallist at the 2014 World Championship, and the 2006–07 CEV Champions League winner.

Personal life

In March 2016, Schöps became a father to twins, daughter Lotte and son Theo.

Career

Clubs

He won the 2006–07 CEV Champions League with VfB Friedrichshafen, and was named the Most Valuable Player. With the Russian team of Iskra Odintsovo he reached the 2008–09 CEV Champions League semifinals and was named the Best Scorer of the tournament. In the 2013–14 PlusLiga season, he won the Polish Championship silver medal after losing the final games to PGE Skra Bełchatów. On 29 March 2015, Asseco Resovia, including Schöps, won the 2014–15 CEV Champions League silver medal. In April 2016, he signed a new two–year contract until 2017.

Honours

Clubs

• CEV Champions League
  • 2006/2007 – with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2014/2015 – with Asseco Resovia

• CEV Cup
  • 2009/2010 – with Iskra Odintsovo

• National championships
  • 2004/2005 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2004/2005 German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2005/2006 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2005/2006 German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2006/2007 German Cup, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2006/2007 German Championship, with VfB Friedrichshafen
  • 2012/2013 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
  • 2013/2014 Polish SuperCup, with Asseco Resovia
  • 2014/2015 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia

Individual awards

• 2002: CEV U20 European Championship – Best Spiker
• 2007: CEV Champions League – Most Valuable Player
• 2009: CEV Champions League – Best Scorer
• 2009: European League – Best Spiker
• 2009: European League – Most Valuable Player
• 2010: CEV Cup – Best Spiker
• 2010: CEV Cup – Best Scorer
• 2015: Polish Cup – Best Opposite

External links

• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at Olympics.com
• Player profile at Olympedia
• Player profile at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
• Player profile at Volleybox.net