Anja Spasojević (Cyrillic: Ања Спасојевић; born 4 July 1983) is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player who was last played as wing spiker for Dinamo Krasnodar in Russia. She began her professional career in Red Star Belgrade, and then played in Asystel Novara, Voléro Zürich, Fenerbahçe Acıbadem, Universitet Belgorod, RC Cannes, Universal Volley Modena, Ufimochka Ufa and then was ended her career in Dinamo Krasnodar. With Serbia national team, Spasojević won bronze medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship and silver medal at the 2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship.
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| Full name | Anja Spasojević | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Aki | |||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 4 July 1983 Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Belgrade | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 308 cm (121 in) | |||||||||||||||||
| Block | 300 cm (120 in) | |||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Wing spiker | |||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Retired | |||||||||||||||||
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Personal life
editAnja Spasojević is fluent in Serbian, English,[1] Italian[2] and German.[3]
Controversies
editSpasojević did not play for Serbia national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament due to an injury, and it attracted many controversies.[4] She explained she had had problems with injuries since the 2007 European Championship, but that "some persons did not believe it was a serious injury".[4] Spasojević also confirmed the conflict with the team manager Zoran Terzić and the rest of the team,[5] and that the two had tried to settle things down.[6] She announced she would not play for the national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but that she might return in the future.[7] But from that period Spasojević was not capped for the national team.
Clubs
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Crvena Zvezda (1998–04)
Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara (2004–07)
Voléro Zürich (2007–08)
Fenerbahçe Acıbadem (2008–09)
Universitet Belgorod (2009–10)
RC Cannes (2010–12)- Universal Volley Modena (2012–13)
- Ufimochka Ufa (2013)
- Dinamo Krasnodar (2013–14)
Awards
editIndividuals
edit- 2002 Best Sportswoman of 2002 Best Sportswoman of SD Crvena Zvezda
- 2006–07 CEV Cup "Best Server"
Clubs
edit- 2006 Italian Super Cup -
Champion, with Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara - 2006 CEV Top Teams Cup - Champion, with Asystel Novara
- 2007 CEV Cup -
Bronze Medal, with Asystel Novara - 2009 Turkish Championship - Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
National Senior Team
edit- 2006 FIVB World Championship - Bronze Medal
- 2007 European Championship -
Silver Medal
References
edit- ^ Anja Spasojević at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
- ^ Media.rs: Anja Spasojević: O svemu osim o odbojci Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (5 August 2008)
- ^ Blic: Anja: Momci mi retko prilaze (29 June 2008)
- ^ a b Naslovi.net: Anja Spasojević: Kasno je za Peking Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (2 May 2008)
- ^ Naslovi.net: Odbojka: OI neostvarivi san (2 May 2008)
- ^ Vesti.rs: Spasojević: Kasno je i za Japan i za Peking (2 May 2008)
- ^ SrbijaSport.com: Anja Spasojević ne odustaje od reprezentacije Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine (2 May 2008)
External links
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- Anja Spasojević at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
- Anja Spasojević at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Anja Spasojević at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
