Renee Teppan

Renee Teppan
Renee Teppan
	Renee Teppan, 2018
Personal information
Nationality	Estonian
Born	26 September 1993 (age 31); Selja, Pärnu County, Estonia
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Spike	340 cm (134 in)
Block	320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Al Wasl
Career
2010–2012; 2012–2014; 2014–2015; 2015–2017; 2017–2018; 2018–2019; 2019–2020; 2020; 2020–2021; 2021–2022; 2022; 2022–2023; 2023–2024; 2024–	Pärnu; Bigbank Tartu; Altotevere Città di Castello; Hypo Tirol Innsbruck; Diatec Trentino; PGE Skra Bełchatów; Stade Poitevin Poitiers; Noliko Maaseik; Selver Tallinn; Tokat Belediye Plevnespor; Olympiacos Piraeus; MKS Będzin; Pärnu; Al Wasl
National team
2014–	Estonia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Estonia
European League
Challenger Cup
	Last updated: 18 March 2024

Renee Teppan (born 26 September 1993) is an Estonian volleyball player, a member of the Estonia men's national volleyball team and Emirati club Al Wasl.

Club career

Teppan was born in Pärnu, and started his career in hometown club Pärnu VK at the age of 17. After two seasons he moved to Bigbank Tartu and won the Estonian Championship in 2014. He then moved to abroad and signed with Italian team Altotevere Città di Castello alongside compatriot Andri Aganits.^[1] He spent the next two seasons with Hypo Tirol Innsbruck winning two Austrian Championship titles. For the 2017–18 season Teppan moved back to Italy and played for Diatec Trentino.^[2] In May 2018 he signed a two-year contract with the Polish PlusLiga top team PGE Skra Bełchatów.^[3]^[4] In his first season with the team Teppan mostly played as a substitute for the club legend Mariusz Wlazły. His first trophy with the team was the 2018 Polish SuperCup when Bełchatów defeated Trefl Gdańsk 3–0. Teppan and the team also reached the semi-finals of the 2018–19 CEV Champions League making him the second Estonian after Oliver Venno to play in the semi-finals of the Champions League. He opted out of the second year of the contract and signed with French team Stade Poitevin Poitiers for the 2019–20 season.^[5] Teppan left the team in February 2020 and signed with Noliko Maaseik of the Belgian League where he was again united with compatriot Andri Aganits.^[6] For the next season he returned to native Estonia and signed with Selver Tallinn. He helped the team win the Estonian Cup and the Baltic League title and was also named MVP of the latter tournament. Teppan started the 2021–22 season in the Turkish Men's Volleyball League playing for Tokat Belediye Plevnespor. Mid-season in January 2022 he joined with Greek top team Olympiacos Piraeus.^[7]

National team

As a member of the senior Estonia men's national volleyball team, Teppan competed at the 2015, 2017, 2019 and 2021 European Volleyball Championships.^[8] With the national team Teppan won the 2016 European Volleyball League title.^[9] He helped Estonia win their second European League title in 2018 and was named MVP of the tournament.^[10]