Anne Buijs

Anne Elise Buijs (born December 2, 1991) is a Dutch volleyball[1] player. She has been a member of the Women's National Team since 2008. She is the daughter of Internacional coach and ex-volleyball player Teun Buijs, who trained her for several clubs in her career. Her mother and older brother were also volleyball players. She currently plays for Italian club Igor Gorgonzola Novara. On March 2, 2023, Buijs married Ana Carolina Da Silva, her long-time partner who plays as a middle blocker of Brazil Women's Volleyball National Team.

Anne Buijs
Personal information
NationalityDutch
Born (1991-12-02) 2 December 1991
Oostzaan, Netherlands
Height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike317 cm (125 in)
Block299 cm (118 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing Spiker / Opposite spiker
Current clubPraia Clube
Number11
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2007
2007–2010
2010–2011
2011–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2023		 VV Zaanstad
TVC Amstelveen
Asterix Kieldrecht
Schweriner SC
Busto Arsizio
Lokomotiv Baku
VakifBank Istanbul
Rexona Rio de Janeiro
Nilüfer Belediyespor
Saugella Team Monza
Turkish Airlines
Dentil Praia Clube
National team
0000Netherlands
Honours
Women's volleyball
Representing the  Netherlands
World Grand Prix
2016 Bangkok
European Championship
2015 Belgium / Netherlands
2017 Azerbaijan/Georgia

Career

Buijs has been playing volleyball since 1997, where she played at Polisport.[2] Buijs first played professionally for the national team of the Netherlands in May 2008.[2]Since then, she became of the most important names in her position for the team. Along with Lonneke Sloetjes, she leaded the Netherlands for a historic 4th place[3] in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics, her debut in the competition. They lost the semifinal to the future olympic champions, China and the bronze medal match to the United States. [4]

She was a leader, along with Celeste Plak, against the Serbian team in the 2014 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship.[5] In 2015, her conversion at the end of the game allowed the Dutch to win against the Czech Republic in the opening match of the FIVB World Grand Prix.[6]

With The Netherlands she won the silver medal in the 2015 the European Championship, winning "Best outside hitter" in the competition.[7]

In the 2015 club season, she signed with Vakifbank with her teammate Robin de Kruijf and Lonneke Sloetjes, becoming champions in the 2016 Turkish League[8] and runners-up in CEV Champions League,[9] losing to Pomi Casalmaggiore in the gold medal match, that took place in Montichiari, Italy.

She inspired the interest of Brazilian coach and olympic champion Bernardo Rezende to join the 2016/17 season with Rexona Sesc in Rio de Janeiro. She was the most important name to replace Brazilian captain Natália Zílio, leaving to Fenerbahçe. With Rio de Janeiro, Buijs became the first Dutch player to ever win the Brazilian Superliga. She also was champions in the 2017 Supercopa, Brazilian Cup[10] and South American Championship. In the 2017 World Club Championship, Rexona won the silver medal against Vakifbank Istanbul.

Following the National Team for the 2017 season, she won another silver medal in the European Championship, winning that season's "Best Outside Spiker" along with Serbian player Brankica Mihajlovic. At the end of the summer, Buijs came back to Europe for the 2017/18 season, choosing Turkish team Nilüfer Belediyespor, in Bursa.

After a couple of seasons in Europe, in Turkey and Italy, Buijs came back to Brazil for the 2020/21 season. In 20 August was announced by the Brazilian team Dentil Praia Clube, in Uberlândia. She signed with the club for the next three following seasons, up until 2023. With Praia Clube, she won the 2023 Brazilian Superliga,[11] her second title, after two silver medals. She won two gold medals and two silver medals in Mineiro Championships;[11] was two-times champion in Brazilian Supercopa and two-times champions in South American Clubs.

In 2021, Buijs was announced captain[12] for the Netherlands Women's team, replacing teammate Maret Grothes. Her first time on court as captain occurred in the Volleyball Nations League 2021, in Rimini. Following the 2022 World Volleyball's Championship, for the first time in The Netherlands, Buijs took a break from the dutch national team[13] for the summer of 2023.

For the 2023/24 club season, she signed with the Italian team Igor Gorgonzola Novara. During the final game of the Wezva Cup, she broke the club's record by scoring 42 points in a single match, winning the MVP title. [14]

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

National Team

References
  1. "FIVB".
  2. "Anne Buijs". Teams: Netherlands. FIVB. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  3. WoV (2016-08-16). "RIO 2016 W: HISTORY! The Netherlands are in the semis! (VIDEO)". WorldOfVolley. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  4. "Bronze at Stake for U.S. Women vs Netherlands". USA Volleyball. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  5. "Serbia vs Netherlands - Live Stream and FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship Match Preview". Crunchsports. 1 October 2014. Archived from the original on 22 July 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  6. "Substitute Anne Buijs Shines to Lead Dutch Team to Opening Win". FIVB World Grand Prix. 7 March 2015. Retrieved 17 July 2015.
  7. "Individual awards".
  8. "CEV - Confédération Européenne de Volleyball". www-old.cev.eu. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  9. "Competition". www-old.cev.eu. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  10. "Copa Brasil". www.google.com. Retrieved 2024-02-26. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  11. "Praia Clube 2023: relembre títulos marcantes no esporte de alto rendimento - Praia Clube" (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2023-12-27. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  12. "Anne Buijs captain for The Netherlands". www.google.com. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  13. "Anne Buijs Announces a Break from Netherlands National Team". www.google.com. Retrieved 2024-02-26.
  14. "2023 Wezva Cup".
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