Aleksandr Butko

Aleksandr Anatolyevich Butko (Russian: Александр Анатольевич Бутько; born 18 March 1986) is a Russian volleyball player, a member of Russia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Ural Ufa, 2012 Olympic Games.^[1]

Aleksandr Butko
Personal information
Nationality	Belarusian Russian
Born	(1986-03-18) March 18, 1986 (age 39) Grodno, Byelorussian SSR, Soviet Union
Height	1.98 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight	97 kg (214 lb)
Spike	328 cm (129 in)
Block	319 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Ural Ufa
Career
Years Teams 2001–2003 2003–2004 2004–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2016 2016–2021 2021–2022 2023 2023– Kommunalnik Grodno Dynamo Moscow Lutch Moscow Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Iskra Odintsovo Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Zenit Kazan Kuzbass Kemerovo Zenit Kazan Ural Ufa
National team
2003 2005–2019 Belarus Russia
Honours Representing  Russia Men's volleyball Olympic Games 2012 London Team World Cup 2011 Japan World League 2009 Belgrade European Championship 2017 Poland
Last updated: 3 September 2017

In 2022, Butko was issued with a 15-month ban that ran from January 2022 to March 2023 for an anti-doping rule violation for trimetazidine following restesting of a sample made at the 2014 Russian National Volleyball Championships.^[2]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

• 2008/2009 – with Iskra Odintsovo
• 2013/2014 – with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
• 2015/2016 – with Zenit Kazan
• 2016/2017 – with Zenit Kazan
• 2017/2018 – with Zenit Kazan
• 2018/2019 – with Zenit Kazan

FIVB Club World Championship

• 2013 – with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
• 2016 – with Zenit Kazan
• 2017 – with Zenit Kazan
• 2019 – with Zenit Kazan

National championships

• 2003/2004 Russian Championship, with Dynamo Moscow
• 2007/2008 Russian Championship, with Iskra Odintsovo
• 2008/2009 Russian Championship, with Iskra Odintsovo
• 2013/2014 Russian Championship, with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
• 2015/2016 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
• 2016/2017 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
• 2017/2018 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
• 2018/2019 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
• 2019/2020 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan

National team

• 2011 FIVB World League
• 2011 FIVB World Cup
• 2012 Olympic Games
• 2017 CEV European Championship

Individual

• 2017 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Setter
• 2018 CEV Champions League – Best Setter