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Anja Spasojević
Serbian volleyball player

Anja Spasojević

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Intro
Serbian volleyball player
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Work field
Gender
Female
Place of birth
Belgrade, Belgrade City, Serbia, Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Age
41 years
Stats
Height:
187
Weight:
75
The details (from wikipedia)

Biography

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.

Personal life

Anja Spasojević is fluent in Serbian, English, Italian and German.

Controversies

Spasojević did not played for Serbia national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament due to an injury, and it attracted lots of controversies. 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". Spasojević also confirmed the conflict with the team manager Zoran Terzić and the rest of the team, and that the two had tried to settle things down. She announced she would not play for the national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but that she might return in the future. But from that period Spasojević was not capped for the national team.

Clubs

  • Serbia and Montenegro Crvena Zvezda (1998–04)
  • Italy Sant’Orsola Asystel Novara (2004–07)
  • Switzerland Voléro Zürich (2007–08)
  • Turkey Fenerbahçe Acıbadem (2008–09)
  • Russia Universitet Belgorod (2009–10)
  • France RC Cannes (2010–12)
  • Italy Universal Volley Modena (2012–13)
  • Russia Ufimochka Ufa (2013)
  • Russia Dinamo Krasnodar (2013–14)

Awards

Individuals

  • 2002 Best Sportswoman of 2002 Best Sportswoman of SD Crvena Zvezda
  • 2006–07 CEV Cup "Best Server"

Clubs

  • 2006 Italian Super Cup - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Sant’Orsola Asystel Novara
  • 2006 CEV Top Teams Cup - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Asystel Novara
  • 2007 CEV Cup - Med 3.png Bronze Medal, with Asystel Novara
  • 2009 Turkish Championship - Simple cup icon.svg Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem

National Senior Team

  • 2006 FIVB World Championship - Med 3.png Bronze Medal
  • 2007 European Championship - Med 2.png Silver Medal
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