Ardo Kreek

Ardo Kreek is an Estonian volleyball player, a member of Estonia men's national volleyball team and French club Nice Volley-Ball.

Club career

Kreek was born in Tallinn and started his career in his hometown club Sylvester Tallinn at the age of 17. In 2006 he moved to Estonian powerhouse VK Selver Tallinn where he played for the next three years. With Selver he won the Estonian Championship, the Estonian Cup and the Schenker League title twice. Selver and Kreek also reached to CEV Challenge Cup quarterfinals in 2008.
In the beginning of 2009 Kreek played half a season in France, for Rennes Volley 35. In September 2009 he moved to Poland and signed with PlusLiga top team Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He left the team in December and joined another Polish team Jadar Radom where he played the rest of the 2009–10 season. Kreek stayed in Poland for the next two seasons playing in the AZS Politechnika Warszawska team. With Politechnika he reached the CEV Challenge Cup finals in 2012 where they lost to another Polish team AZS Częstochowa in the golden set.
In 2012 Kreek signed with French top team Paris Volley. With Paris team he has reached the French Pro A finals four times between 2013 and 2016 winning the French Championship in 2016. Kreek and Paris Volley also won the 2013–14 CEV Cup by defeating Russian team Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod in the finals. Kreek left Paris after eight seasons and signed with another Pro A team Arago de Sète in Southern France.

Kreek represented the Estonian youth teams in the U18 and U20 level. He is a member of the Estonian national team since 2004 and has represented Estonia at the 2009, 2011, 2015, 2017 and 2019 European Volleyball Championships. With the national team Kreek won the 2016 European Volleyball League title.

;National championship2003/2004 Estonian Championship, with Sylvester Tallinn2004/2005 Estonian Championship, with Sylvester Tallinn2005/2006 Estonian Championship, with Sylvester Tallinn2006/2007 Estonian Championship, with Selver Tallinn2007/2008 Estonian Championship, with Selver Tallinn2012/2013 French Championship, with Paris Volley2013/2014 French Championship, with Paris Volley2014/2015 French Championship, with Paris Volley2015/2016 French Championship, with Paris Volley
;National cup2006/2007 Estonian Cup 2006, with Selver Tallinn2007/2008 Estonian Cup 2007, with Selver Tallinn2008/2009 Estonian Cup 2008, with Selver Tallinn2013/2014 French SuperCup 2013, with Paris Volley2013/2014 French Cup 2014, with Paris Volley2014/2015 French SuperCup 2014, with Paris Volley2015/2016 French SuperCup 2015, with Paris Volley2016/2017 French SuperCup 2016, with Paris Volley

2016 European League2021 European League

2013 Estonian Volleyball Player of the Year2014 Estonian Volleyball Player of the Year2015 European League – Best Middle Blocker2019 French Ligue B – Most Valuable Player2019 French Ligue B – Best Middle Blocker