Dragan Travica
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| Full name | Dragan Travica | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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August 28, 1986 Zagreb, Croatia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 90 kg (200 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 335 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 325 cm | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Setter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current team |
 Belogorie Belgorod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 13 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: October 5, 2014 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986 in Zagreb, Croatia) is an Italian volleyball player of Serbian origins, a member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Russian club Belogorie Belgorod, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games London 2012, silver medalist of the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014), Italian Champion (2012).
Personal life
He was born in Zagreb, Croatia the son of volleyball player and coach Ljubomir Travica. He has sister Mihaela, who is Cristian Savani's wife.
Career
He started his career with Sisley Treviso's youth team and, after one year with Sira Cucine Falconara, he debuted in the Serie A1 (Italy's top division) in 2004 with Kerakoll Modena. In 2005-2006 he played in the Serie A2 at Crema, obtaining the promotion to Serie A1 and winning the award as best Under-23 player in the category. The following year he again played in A2 in Milan, again obtaining the promotion and the A2 Italian Cup.
Travica debuted for Italy national team in 2007 at Forlì. He later played for Modena again and then for Monza, while in 2011-2013 he was a player of Lube Banca Macerata. Currently, he has been played for Russian club Belogorie Belgorod since 2013.
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