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{{Short description|Polish volleyball player}}
{{Infobox volleyball player
| name             = Michał Ruciak
| image            = Michał Ruciak.jpg
| caption          = Ruciak in 2010
| fullname         = Michał Zygmunt Ruciak
| nickname         = ''Rucek''
| birth_date       = {{Birth date and age|1983|8|22|df=y}}
| birth_place      = [[Świnoujście]], Poland
| hometown         = 
| position         = Outside hitter 
| height           = 1.90 m
| nationalteam     = {{vb|POL}} <small>(166)</small>
| nationalyears    = 2004–2014
| years            = 2002–2003<br> 2003–2004<br> 2004–2008<br> 2008–2015<br> 2015–2016<br> 2016–2018<br> 2018–2020<br> 2020–2022
| clubs            = [[Morze Bałtyk Szczecin]]<br> [[Skra Bełchatów]]<br> [[AZS Olsztyn (volleyball)|AZS Olsztyn]]<br> [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]<br> [[BKS Visła Bydgoszcz|Transfer Bydgoszcz]]<br> [[Stocznia Szczecin|Espadon Szczecin]]<br> [[Czarni Radom]]<br> [[Stal Nysa]]
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport| Men's [[volleyball]] }}
{{MedalCountry| {{POL}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|FIVB World Cup]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2011 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup|2011 Japan]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[FIVB Volleyball World League|FIVB World League]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2012 FIVB Volleyball World League|2012 Sofia]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 FIVB Volleyball World League|2011 Gdańsk]]|}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Men's European Volleyball Championship|CEV European Championship]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship|2009 Turkey]]|}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship|2011 Austria/Czech Republic]]|}}
}}

'''Michał Zygmunt Ruciak''' (born 22 August 1983) is a Polish former professional [[volleyball]] player. He was a member of the [[Poland men's national volleyball team|Poland national team]] from 2004 to 2014, a participant in the [[Olympic Games]] [[2012 Summer Olympics|London 2012]], the [[2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship|2009 European Champion]] and the [[2012 FIVB Volleyball World League|2012 World League]] winner.

==Personal life==
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[[File:Michał Ruciak (8087190316).jpg|thumb|Ruciak during the match with [[Trefl Gdańsk]] on 14 October 2012.]]
Ruciak was born in [[Świnoujście]], [[Poland]]. On 22 September 2007 he married Justyna (née Terlecka). They have two sons: Rafał (born on 2 June 2008) and Filip (born on 18 March 2011). In 2014, they split up. In 2016, he married Paulina. In April 2018, they revealed they are expecting their first child.

==Career==
===Club===
He began to play with Maraton Świnoujście, later moving to Morze Szczecin, [[Skra Bełchatów]] and [[PZU AZS Olsztyn|AZS Olsztyn]]. In 2008 moved to [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]. After 7 seasons in [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]], he left this club in April 2015.<ref>[http://www.plusliga.pl/news/id/11128 ''Zmiany w ZAKSIE''] – plusliga.pl – 21-04-2015</ref>

===National team===
Michał Ruciak was in the Polish squad when the Polish national team won the gold medal of [[2009 Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship 2009]].<ref>[http://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionMatches.aspx?ID=387 ''2009 CEV European Championships Results''] – cev.eu – 03-09-2009</ref> On September 14, 2009 he was awarded [[Order of Polonia Restituta|Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta]].<ref>[http://www.prezydent.pl/aktywnosc/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art,695,reprezentacja-siatkarzy-odznaczona-przez-prezydenta.html ''Reprezentacja siatkarzy odznaczona przez prezydenta''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140309231119/http://www.prezydent.pl/aktywnosc/ordery-i-odznaczenia/art%2C695%2Creprezentacja-siatkarzy-odznaczona-przez-prezydenta.html |date=2014-03-09 }} – prezydent.pl – 15-09-2009</ref> The Order was conferred on the following day by the Prime Minister of Poland, [[Donald Tusk]]. He won with Polish team three medals in 2011 - silver at [[2011 FIVB Men's World Cup|World Cup]]<ref>[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldCup/2011/Men/viewPressRelease.asp?No=33340&Language=en ''Poland shoot up World Rankings on back of World Cup silver''] – fivb.org – 06-12-2011</ref> and two bronzes at [[2011 FIVB Volleyball World League|World League]]<ref>[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2011/FIVB_WorldLeague_FinalReport_2011/#/78/ ''2011 FIVB Volleyball World League Final Report''] – fivb.org – 10-07-2011</ref> and [[2011 Men's European Volleyball Championship|European Championship]].<ref>[http://www.cev.eu/Competition-Area/CompetitionNews.aspx?NewsID=10999&ID=14 ''Bartosz Kurek is the man of the day as Poland strikes bronze at EuroVolley''] – cev.eu – 18-09-2011</ref> He is a gold medalist of [[2012 FIVB Volleyball World League|World League 2012]] in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]].<ref>[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=35977&Language=en# ''Poland beat USA to claim first World League title''] – fivb.org – 08-07-2012</ref><ref>[http://www.fivb.org/EN/Volleyball/Competitions/WorldLeague/2012/viewPressRelease.asp?No=35974&Language=en# ''Poland wins historical gold at the 2012 World League''] – fivb.org – 08-07-2012</ref>

==Honours==
===Club===
* '''[[CEV Cup]]'''
** [[File:Simple silver cup.svg|16px]] [[2010–11 CEV Cup|2010–11]] – with [[ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle]]
* '''Domestic'''
** '''2004–05''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2004–05 Polish Volleyball League|Polish Championship]], with [[AZS Olsztyn (volleyball)|AZS Olsztyn]]
** '''2010–11''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2010–11 PlusLiga|Polish Championship]], with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2012–13''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[2012–13 Polish Men's Volleyball Cup|Polish Cup]], with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2012–13''' [[File:Silver medal with cup.svg|16px]] [[2012–13 PlusLiga|Polish Championship]], with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** '''2013–14''' [[File:Simple gold cup.svg|16px]] [[2013–14 Polish Men's Volleyball Cup|Polish Cup]], with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle

===Youth national team===
* '''2003''' [[File:Gold medal world centered-2.svg|16px]] [[2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's U21 World Championship|FIVB U21 World Championship]]

===Individual awards===
* '''2013:''' [[2012–13 Polish Men's Volleyball Cup#Awards|Polish Cup]] – Best server
* '''2014:''' [[2013–14 Polish Men's Volleyball Cup#Awards|Polish Cup]] – Best receiver

===State awards===
* '''2009:''' [[File:POL Polonia Restituta Kawalerski BAR.svg|60px|Ribbon]] [[Order of Polonia Restituta|Knight's Cross of Polonia Restituta]]

===Statistics===
* [[2008–09 PlusLiga]] – [https://www.plusliga.pl/statsRanking/tournament_1/2008.html Best receiver]
* [[2011–12 PlusLiga]] – [https://www.plusliga.pl/statsRanking/tournament_1/2011.html Best receiver]
* [[2017–18 PlusLiga]] – [https://www.plusliga.pl/statsRanking/tournament_1/2017.html Best receiver]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons}}
* {{CEV player|4635|Player profile}}
* [https://www.plusliga.pl/players/id/51 Player profile] at ''PlusLiga.pl'' {{in lang|pl}}
* [https://volleybox.net/michal-ruciak-p895 Player profile] at ''Volleybox.net''

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