Anja Spasojević

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Anja Spasojević
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Personal information
Full nameAnja Spasojević
NicknameAki
NationalitySerbian
Born (1983-07-04) 4 July 1983 (age 38)
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
HometownBelgrade
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike308 cm (121 in)
Block300 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionWing spiker
Current clubRetired
Career
YearsTeams
1998–2004
2004–2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2010
2010–2012
2012–2013
2013
2013–2014		Crvena Zvezda
Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara
Voléro Zürich
Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
Universitet Belgorod
RC Cannes


Dinamo Krasnodar
National team
2000–2003
2003–2006
2006–2008		 FR Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Honours
Women's Volleyball
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Japan Team
European Championship
Silver medal – second place 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg Team
Last updated: 28 August 2010

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, , 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,[1] Italian[2] and German.[3]

Controversies[]

Spasojević 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.

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Awards[]

Individuals[]

Clubs[]

National Senior Team[]

References[]

  1. ^ Anja Spasojević at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
  2. ^ Media.rs: Anja Spasojević: O svemu osim o odbojci Archived July 25, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (5 August 2008)
  3. ^ Blic: Anja: Momci mi retko prilaze (29 June 2008)
  4. ^ a b Naslovi.net: Anja Spasojević: Kasno je za Peking Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (2 May 2008)
  5. ^ Naslovi.net: Odbojka: OI neostvarivi san (2 May 2008)
  6. ^ Vesti.rs: Spasojević: Kasno je i za Japan i za Peking (2 May 2008)
  7. ^ SrbijaSport.com: Anja Spasojević ne odustaje od reprezentacije Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine (2 May 2008)

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