Eva Yaneva

Eva Yaneva (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Ева Янева) (born 31 July 1985 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball player. She currently plays for Sariyer Belediyesi in Turkey.

Career

She started playing volleyball in 1996 at the age of 11 with CSKA Sofia.

Yaneva has played for teams that finished 7th and 8th in the 2004 and 2006 European Championships, respectively; the 2006 champion of the French Cup; and three champions of Bulgaria.

Club history

Yaneva played for CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) from 1996 to 2004, then for Stinol Lipetsk (Russia) from 2004 to 2005 and for RC Cannes (France) from 2005 to present.

National team

Yaneva is a key player for the Bulgaria women's national volleyball team and has captained it on occasions. In 2011, she was banned from participating in the 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship due to supposed disciplinary breaches, but has since then been reinstated to the national side and continues to be a regular for the team.

Clubs

• CSKA Sofia (1996-2004)
• Indesit Lipetsk (2004-2005)
• RC Cannes (2005-2010)
• Omichka Omsk (2010-2011)
• Dynamo Moscow (2011-2012)
• JT Marvelous (2012-2013)
• RC Cannes (2013-2014)
• Dynamo Kazan (2014-2015)
• CSM București (jan 2015-may 2015)
• Tianjin Volleyball (2015-2016)
• Sarıyer Bld. (2016-)

Honours

• 2009 Women's European Volleyball League - Third place, with Bulgaria
• 2012 Women's European Volleyball League - Runner-Up, with Bulgaria