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Bulgaria: main star is Matey Kaziyski (playing in Italy with Trento), maybe the best wing spiker in the world. Others stars are captain Plamen Konstantinov the other outside wing spiker whose experience is very important for the team. And the third star is Vladimir Nikolov the opposite playing with Trento too. One of the most important point in Nikolov's career was without any doubt this block on Clayton Stanley in the final of the 2005 European Champion's league. This block gave Tours a thrilling second set thus enabling the team to make it 1-1 against Iraklis. Tours eventually won the final 3-1but would probably not have made it if Iraklis had won this set and led 2-0. I think it's a preety goo example of the match between these two greats opposite.

About wages, Danail Milushev (one of the two backup opposite) that you saw with Tours is earning $150 000 a year.

Spain: stars are the brothers Angel Miguel Falasca (setter) and Guillermo Falasca (opposite). You can add middle blocker Jose Luis Molto (one of the best blocker in the world) . Angel Miguel and Jose Luis Molto are playing for Mallorca, the best team in Spain. I think that Guillermo is playing in Korea but he was playing with Mallorca as well last year.

(and you have seen the second middle blocker Julian Garcia-Torres playing with Tours at the french cup semi-final)

Finland: the star is the captain Tuomas Sammelvuo. He is a wing spiker and played in France, Italy, Japan and is currently playing in Russia with Kaliningrad. Out of Tuomas Sammelvuo I'm not sure that other Finnish players could be considered stars. Finland is a good team where everybody is doing his job.

And Oli Kunnari (the other wing spiker) is playing with Cannes.

Hope this could help you a little !

Quoted from "Armel"

stars are the brothers Angel Miguel Falasca

Miguel Angel

Quoted from "redhawkvb"

The national team website;
Other websites following the team

Bulgaria: http://www.volleyball.bg
and other Bulgarian website: http://sportal.bg
Spain: http://www.rfevb.com
Finland: http://www.lentopalloliitto.fi

Janne Heikkinen (Skra Bełchatów)

Ofcourse the best source is www.fivb.org. See competitions - World Cup or World League in section teams
From the World Cup
Info about BG team
Spain team
From World League

Quoted from "Ann"

Quoted from "Armel"

stars are the brothers Angel Miguel Falasca

Miguel Angel

Right !

Pics of Finland NT http://www.megaupload.com/?d=I06NG78V

Quoted from "Armel"

Out of Tuomas Sammelvuo I'm not sure that other Finnish players could be considered stars

Heikkinen maybe... But Berruto said after the preolympic in Turkey that he 'll probably give Sammelvuo and Heikkinen some (well-deserved) time off from the national team during WL.
The setters of the national team of Finland (Mikko Esko and Simo-Pekka Olli) are also the setters of Padova, by the way.

Mikko Esko is a future star of finnish team for sure

Quoted from "redhawkvb"

Thank you everyone for your help. Now I need to read and do my research with the links and information you have provided me. I hope to have the short article written by early April...

redhawkbv, congratulations, you are doing great job.