Norbert Huber is a Polish middle blocker who plays for Wolfdogs Nagoya in Japan’s SV.League. Born in Brzozów in 1998 and raised in the nearby Humniska area, he progressed through SMS Brzozów, AKS Resovia and SMS PZPS Spała before entering the PlusLiga with Czarni Radom. Huber made his senior Poland debut in 2019 and has since won major international medals including EuroVolley gold in 2023, World Championship bronze in 2025 and Olympic silver at Paris 2024.
His club career has included two CEV Champions League titles with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, a Polish championship and record-setting individual season with Jastrzębski Węgiel, and a move to Japan in 2025 for the first overseas contract of his senior career. In his first SV.League season, Huber led the competition in blocks per set and was selected in the league’s Best Six. Wolfdogs renewed his contract for 2026–27.
Player Information
| Field | Details |
|---|---|
| Full Name | Norbert Huber |
| Date of Birth | 14 August 1998 |
| Age | 28 |
| Place of Birth | Brzozów, Poland |
| Hometown / Early Roots | Humniska, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Gender | Male |
| Position | Middle Blocker |
| Height | 207 cm (6 ft 9 in) |
| Weight | 97 kg (214 lbs) |
| Spike Reach | 352 cm |
| Block Reach | 337 cm |
| Development Clubs | SMS Brzozów; AKS Resovia Rzeszów; SMS PZPS Spała |
| Previous Clubs | Cerrad Czarni Radom; PGE Skra Bełchatów; ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle; Jastrzębski Węgiel |
| Current Club | Wolfdogs Nagoya |
| Club Number | 99 |
| National Team | Poland Men’s National Volleyball Team |
| Senior National Team Since | 2019 |
| National-Team Number | 99 |
| National-Team Status | Senior international; unavailable for the 2026 representative season for health reasons |
| Career Status | Active |
| @noba_hubaa |
Wolfdogs Nagoya lists Huber at 207 cm with a 352 cm maximum reach, while Volleyball World uses 206 cm. Current CEV material lists him at 97 kg; some older Polish club profiles used 91 kg. His 337 cm block reach is also recorded in CEV competition profiles.
Early Life & Volleyball Beginnings
Huber comes from the Podkarpackie region of southeastern Poland. He was born in Brzozów and is closely associated with nearby Humniska, while his first organized volleyball steps came through SMS Brzozów. From there he joined AKS Resovia Rzeszów and later spent several years in the centralized development program at SMS PZPS Spała.
That period coincided with one of Poland’s strongest junior generations. Huber won the U20 European Championship in 2016 and the U21 World Championship in 2017, with the Polish group completing a long unbeaten sequence across its youth cycle. Before leaving youth volleyball, he had already trained and competed within the federation pathway that would supply a substantial part of Poland’s future senior national-team core.
In 2017, Huber moved into the PlusLiga with Cerrad Czarni Radom. The transfer turned a highly decorated junior into a full-time senior professional and began a domestic career that would take him through four of Poland’s leading clubs before his eventual move abroad.
Club Career
From Radom to Skra: Establishing a PlusLiga Role
Huber spent the 2017–18 and 2018–19 seasons with Cerrad Czarni Radom. His performances there established him as one of the younger Polish middles ready for a larger role, and PGE Skra Bełchatów signed him in 2019.
The two seasons in Bełchatów gave Huber experience in a club expected to compete domestically and in Europe. By the end of that period, he was no longer being evaluated primarily as a prospect. ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle recruited him in 2021 after its first Champions League-winning season, placing him in a roster built to contend for every major trophy.
ZAKSA: Major Titles, Achilles Injury and the Return
Huber’s first season with ZAKSA was one of the most consequential of his career. The club won the Polish Cup and Polish championship and then retained the CEV Champions League title. Huber was also recognized as one of the leading middle blockers in the Polish league.
That season ended abruptly for him personally. During the third match of the PlusLiga final against Jastrzębski Węgiel in May 2022, Huber suffered an Achilles tendon injury while approaching to attack. An official ZAKSA medical update confirmed that surgery and a lengthy rehabilitation would be required. The injury kept him out of the remainder of the club season, including the Champions League final, and cost him the 2022 international campaign.
Huber returned during 2022–23 rather than allowing the injury to close his ZAKSA chapter. The club won another Polish Cup, finished second in the league and returned to the Champions League final. Against Jastrzębski Węgiel in Turin, ZAKSA won 3–2, giving Huber a second Champions League title and a major trophy in the same season as his comeback.
He left Kędzierzyn-Koźle after two seasons and joined the team ZAKSA had defeated in that European final.
Jastrzębski Węgiel: Record-Setting Blocking
Huber’s two seasons with Jastrzębski Węgiel produced his strongest sustained individual numbers in Poland.
The 2023–24 PlusLiga season was the clearest example. The league’s official statistics credited him with 149 block points in 35 matches — nearly twice the total of the next player in the ranking — at 1.20 blocks per set. He also scored more than 400 points, an exceptional scoring load for a middle blocker, and collected seven match MVP awards. In one match against Projekt Warszawa, he produced 13 block points.
Huber was chosen as the PlusLiga season MVP as Jastrzębski won the Polish championship. The club also reached the Champions League final, finishing runner-up to Trentino, and Wolfdogs Nagoya’s later career summary lists him among the competition’s leading middles and attackers that season.
He remained one of the league’s leading blockers in 2024–25. Jastrzębski won the Polish Cup and finished third at the Champions League Final Four before a major roster change ended Huber’s two-year spell with the club. His final Polish season again brought Best Middle Blocker and Best Blocker recognition in the PlusLiga.
First Overseas Contract with Wolfdogs Nagoya
In June 2025, Wolfdogs Nagoya announced Huber as one of three new foreign players. Huber described the move as a major moment in his life because it was his first professional contract outside Poland. The transfer ended eight consecutive senior seasons in the PlusLiga.
His first Japanese season quickly reproduced the blocking numbers that had defined his best years in Poland. Across the 2025–26 SV.League regular season, Huber recorded 97 block points in 142 sets, leading the league at 0.68 blocks per set. Including the playoffs, he finished with 106 blocks, 254 attack points and 20 aces for 380 total points while converting 59.1% of his attacks.
The league selected Huber as one of its Best Six middle blockers, while Wolfdogs finished fourth overall. He also won the Emperor’s Cup with the club in December 2025, his first trophy in Japan.
Wolfdogs subsequently renewed his contract for 2026–27. The club’s renewal announcement quoted Huber saying he was happy to remain in Nagoya and felt comfortable with the team. He continues to wear number 99.
Club Career Timeline
| Seasons | Team | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 2017–2019 | Cerrad Czarni Radom | Poland |
| 2019–2021 | PGE Skra Bełchatów | Poland |
| 2021–2023 | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | Poland |
| 2023–2025 | Jastrzębski Węgiel | Poland |
| 2025–present | Wolfdogs Nagoya | Japan |
National Team Career
A Junior Golden Generation and Senior Debut
Huber’s international career began well before his senior debut. Poland won the 2016 U20 European Championship and the 2017 U21 World Championship with Huber in the squad, completing an extended unbeaten run for a generation that also included several future senior internationals.
He made his senior Poland debut on 25 May 2019 against Germany in Gliwice. His first international season produced two medals: bronze in the Volleyball Nations League and silver at the FIVB World Cup. Two years later, Poland finished second in the 2021 VNL, while Huber also appeared at EuroVolley 2021 as Poland took bronze.
The Achilles injury suffered in May 2022 removed him from that year’s national-team season. Poland went on to reach the World Championship final without him, but Huber’s own international return would come the following year.
From 2023 Breakthrough to Paris 2024
The 2023 season established Huber as a major part of Poland’s first-choice middle-blocker group. Poland won its first VNL title and then reached the EuroVolley final against Italy in Rome.
Huber produced one of the defining individual matches of his international career in that final. Poland won 3–0, with Huber scoring 12 points, including five aces and two blocks. The five service aces were the highest total of the match. He was subsequently selected as one of EuroVolley 2023’s Best Middle Blockers.
Poland added VNL bronze in 2024 before the Paris Olympics. At the Games, Huber scored 40 points across six appearances: 25 in attack, seven from blocks and eight from serves. He converted 67.57% of his attacks. His biggest scoring match came in the semifinal against the United States, when he supplied 15 points as Poland came back to win in five sets and advance to its first Olympic men’s volleyball final since 1976.
France won the final, leaving Poland with silver. The medal was Huber’s first Olympic podium and later brought him national recognition in Poland, including the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
2025 World Bronze and a 2026 Health Break
Huber did not play in Poland’s 2025 VNL title campaign. He returned to the national-team group during preparations for the World Championship and was named in the final 14-player roster for the tournament in the Philippines.
Poland reached the semifinals before losing to Italy, then defeated Czechia 3–1 in the third-place match to claim the first World Championship bronze medal in the country’s men’s history. Huber therefore added a senior World Championship medal to his Olympic, European and VNL record.
His 2026 international season took a different direction. Before Poland announced its squad, Huber said that continuing health problems meant he would not be available to Nikola Grbić that summer. He described the decision as difficult and expressed hope that he would represent Poland again in the future. As a result, Poland’s 2026 VNL and EuroVolley titles are not part of Huber’s personal medal record.
Playing Style & Strengths
Huber’s blocking production is the clearest statistical signature of his game. The 149 block points recorded during his 2023–24 PlusLiga season were far ahead of the rest of the league, and his 13-block match against Projekt Warszawa showed how heavily he could influence a match from a position that does not normally generate wing-spiker scoring totals. The pattern continued after he moved to Japan: he immediately led the 2025–26 SV.League in blocks per set.
That blocking impact is paired with unusually substantial scoring for a middle. Huber scored more than 400 league points in his record-setting 2023–24 Polish season, then converted 59.1% of his attacks in his first year with Wolfdogs. At Paris 2024, he finished at 67.57% in attack. Those numbers reflect a player who is not dependent on blocks alone for point production; when the setter keeps him involved, Huber can carry a larger first-tempo workload than many middles.
Serving provides the third major component of his scoring profile. He recorded 47 aces in the 2023–24 PlusLiga season, eight at the Paris Olympics and 20 during his first SV.League campaign. His five-ace performance in the 2023 European Championship final is the clearest major-match example. For a 207 cm middle blocker, the combination of high block volume, efficient attacking and direct serving points gives Huber a wider scoring footprint than the position usually demands.
Major Achievements
Selected National Team Honors
| Year | Competition | Result |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | CEV U20 European Championship | Gold Medal |
| 2017 | FIVB U21 World Championship | Gold Medal |
| 2019 | Volleyball Nations League | Bronze Medal |
| 2019 | FIVB World Cup | Silver Medal |
| 2021 | Volleyball Nations League | Silver Medal |
| 2021 | CEV European Championship | Bronze Medal |
| 2023 | Volleyball Nations League | Gold Medal |
| 2023 | CEV European Championship | Gold Medal |
| 2024 | Volleyball Nations League | Bronze Medal |
| 2024 | Olympic Games, Paris | Silver Medal |
| 2025 | FIVB World Championship | Bronze Medal |
Huber’s 2022 absence followed his Achilles injury, while he did not take part in Poland’s 2025 VNL title run or the 2026 national-team season. Those competitions are therefore excluded from his personal honors here.
Selected Club Honors
| Season / Year | Competition | Team | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | Polish Cup | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | Winner |
| 2021–22 | Polish Championship | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | Champion |
| 2021–22 | CEV Champions League | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | Champion |
| 2022–23 | Polish Cup | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | Winner |
| 2022–23 | Polish Championship | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | Runner-up |
| 2022–23 | CEV Champions League | ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle | Champion |
| 2023–24 | Polish Championship | Jastrzębski Węgiel | Champion |
| 2023–24 | CEV Champions League | Jastrzębski Węgiel | Runner-up |
| 2024–25 | Polish Cup | Jastrzębski Węgiel | Winner |
| 2024–25 | CEV Champions League | Jastrzębski Węgiel | Bronze Medal |
| 2025 | Emperor’s Cup | Wolfdogs Nagoya | Winner |
Selected Individual Awards
| Year / Season | Competition | Award |
|---|---|---|
| 2021–22 | PlusLiga | Best Middle Blocker |
| 2023 | CEV European Championship | Best Middle Blocker |
| 2023–24 | PlusLiga | Most Valuable Player |
| 2023–24 | PlusLiga | Best Middle Blocker |
| 2023–24 | PlusLiga | Best Blocker |
| 2023–24 | CEV Champions League | Best Middle Blocker |
| 2024–25 | PlusLiga | Best Middle Blocker |
| 2024–25 | PlusLiga | Best Blocker |
| 2025–26 | SV.League | Top Blocker |
| 2025–26 | SV.League | Best Six — Middle Blocker |
Wolfdogs’ official profile lists the Polish and European awards from Huber’s final seasons before moving to Japan, while the SV.League confirms both his 2025–26 blocking title and Best Six selection.
Off the Court & Public Recognition
Huber’s roots remain closely associated with Brzozów and Humniska in southeastern Poland, where local publications followed his development long before his senior national-team career. His move to Japan in 2025 was his first professional experience outside Poland and became a major personal as well as sporting change; Wolfdogs quoted him describing the transfer as an important moment in his life.
He is also a long-time football supporter of Lazio. During his Jastrzębski period, Huber received an invitation to attend the Rome derby and shared the visit through his verified Instagram account.
Following Poland’s Paris 2024 Olympic silver medal, Huber was awarded the Knight’s Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta for sporting achievement and for contributing to the promotion of Poland internationally.
Where Is Norbert Huber Playing Now?
As of October 2026, Norbert Huber plays for Wolfdogs Nagoya and wears number 99. The club renewed his contract for the 2026–27 SV.League season after his first year in Japan produced an Emperor’s Cup title, a league-leading blocking rate and Best Six recognition. Wolfdogs’ current roster continues to list him among its middle blockers.
His national-team situation is different from his club status. Huber remains an established Polish international, but he chose not to participate in the 2026 representative season because of health concerns. He said when announcing the decision that he hoped to meet the national team again in the future, so the move was framed as a break rather than a formal retirement from international volleyball.
For 2026–27, his immediate competitive focus is therefore Wolfdogs Nagoya. He enters his second Japanese season after leading the SV.League’s blocking rankings in his first.
Recent Performance Snapshot
The figures below cover Huber’s full 2025–26 SV.League campaign, including the postseason.
| Competition | Matches | Attack Points | Block Points | Aces | Total Points | Attack Success |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025–26 SV.League | 42 | 254 | 106 | 20 | 380 | 59.1% |
During the regular season alone, Huber produced 97 blocks in 142 sets, a league-best 0.68 per set. Wolfdogs advanced through the quarterfinals before losing in the semifinals and finished fourth in the final standings.
Frequently Asked Questions
How old is Norbert Huber?
Norbert Huber was born on 14 August 1998 in Brzozów, Poland. He is 28 years old as of October 2026.
How tall is Norbert Huber?
Wolfdogs Nagoya lists Huber at 207 cm, approximately 6 feet 9 inches. Volleyball World currently lists him at 206 cm.
What position does Norbert Huber play?
Huber plays as a middle blocker. Blocking is the most statistically distinctive part of his game, but he also produces significant attacking and serving numbers for the position.
Which club does Norbert Huber play for?
Huber plays for Wolfdogs Nagoya in Japan’s SV.League. He joined the club in 2025 and renewed his contract for the 2026–27 season.
What number does Norbert Huber wear?
Huber wears number 99 for Wolfdogs Nagoya. Number 99 has also been his established number with the Poland men’s national team in major competitions.
Why is Norbert Huber not playing for Poland in 2026?
Huber withdrew from the 2026 national-team season because of health problems. He informed head coach Nikola Grbić that he would not be available and said he hoped to represent Poland again in the future.
Has Norbert Huber won the Champions League?
Yes. Huber won the CEV Champions League twice with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle, in 2022 and 2023. He later finished runner-up with Jastrzębski Węgiel in 2024 and earned bronze with the club in 2025.
Has Norbert Huber won an Olympic medal?
Yes. Huber won the silver medal with Poland at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. He scored 40 points during the tournament, including 15 in the semifinal victory over the United States.
References
- Wolfdogs Nagoya — Norbert Huber official player profile
- Wolfdogs Nagoya — 2026–27 contract renewals including Norbert Huber
- Wolfdogs Nagoya — Norbert Huber joins the club for the 2025–26 season
- SV.League — Norbert Huber official player statistics
- SV.League — 2025–26 statistical leaders
- SV.League — 2025–26 individual awards and Best Six
- ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle — Norbert Huber Achilles injury medical update
- ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle — Norbert Huber joins ZAKSA
- Volleyball World — Norbert Huber Paris 2024 player statistics
- Polish Volleyball Federation — Poland’s 2025 World Championship roster
- Volleyball World — Poland win their first World Championship bronze in 2025
- Office of the President of Poland — Paris 2024 medalists receive state decorations
