Aleksandar Atanasijević

Aleksandar Atanasijević
Personal information
Full name Aleksandar Atanasijević
Nickname Aleks
Nationality Serbian
Born (1991-09-04) September 4, 1991
Belgrade, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 92 kg (203 lb)
Spike 350 cm (140 in)
Block 329 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current club Italy Sir Safety Perugia
Number 14
Career
YearsTeams
2007–2011
2011–2013
2013–		Serbia OK Partizan
Poland PGE Skra Bełchatów
Italy Sir Safety Perugia
National team
2011– Serbia
Honours
Competitor for  Serbia
Men's volleyball
European Championship
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
2013 Denmark/Poland
World League
2015 Rio de Janeiro
Last updated: 20 July 2015

Aleksandar Atanasijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Атанасијевић) (born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbian national team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, European Champion 2011, bronze medalist of the European Championship 2013, medalist of leagues: Serbian, Polish and Italian.

Career

During the match PGE Skra Bełchatów against Lotos Trefl Gdańsk at Ergo Arena.

Clubs

During the match PGE Skra Bełchatów against Lotos Trefl Gdańsk at Ergo Arena.
During the match PGE Skra Bełchatów against Lotos Trefl Gdańsk at Ergo Arena.
As a player of Sir Safety Perugia in season 2013/2014.

His first professional club was Serbian OK Partizan. His trainer was Slavko Barandzic. In 2011 he moved to Polish Champion, one of the most successful Polish team of PlusLiga - PGE Skra Bełchatów.[1] In his first season playing in Poland was mainly a substitute for spiker Mariusz Wlazły. In the second season, has become a major player on his positions repeatedly winning the statuette for best player of the match. With PGE Skra Belchatów he won silver medal of Polish Championship in 2011/2012. He has silver medal of Club World Championships from 2012. He won with the club from Bełchatów Polish Cup in 2012. In 2012 PGE Skra Belchatów with Atanasijević gained silver medal of CEV Champions League after the match against Zenit Kazan on Final Four in Łódź, Poland. The match ended controversially, because the judge didn't see the error of the Russian player and finished the match despite the fact that the audience and the players saw the error on screen.[2] In 2013 moved to Italian club - Sir Safety Perugia.[3] In season 2013/2014 won silver medal of Italian Championship after losing matches against Lube Banca Macerata.[4][5] On May 2014 signed new three-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia.[6]

National team

He is a gold medalist of European Championship 2011[7] and bronze medalist of European Championship 2013. He was a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On July 19, 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with United States 0–3 and achieved silver medal.[8][9] Atanasijević received individual award for the Best Opposite Spiker.[10]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

FIVB Club World Championship

National championships

National team

Individually

References

  1. ↑ Aleksandar Atanasijević zagra w Skrze Bełchatów - przegladligowy.com - 14-06-2011
  2. ↑ Zenit KAZAN shatters PGE Skra dreams of home glory - cev.lu - 18-03-2012
  3. ↑ Atanasijević podpisał kontrakt z Sir Safety Perugia - m-volley.pl - 06-05-2013
  4. ↑ SCUDETTO ALLA LUBE! APPLAUSI ALLA GRANDE SIR! - sirsafetyperugia.it - 04-05-2014
  5. ↑ APOTEOSI LUBE IN GARA 4 A PERUGIA: SIAMO CAMPIONI D'ITALIA - lubevolley.it - 04-05-2014
  6. ↑ Serie A: Aleksandar Atanasijević na dłużej w zespole Sir Safety Perugia - sportowe.fakty.pl - 08-05-2014
  7. ↑ Serbia is the 2011 European champion! - cev.lu - 18-09-2011
  8. ↑ FRANCE UPSET SERBIA TO CLAIM FIRST WORLD LEAGUE TITLE - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
  9. ↑ FRANCE PREVAIL OVER SERBIA TO CLAIM GOLD; USA FINISH THIRD - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
  10. ↑ FRANCE’S EARVIN NGAPETH LEADS WORLD LEAGUE DREAM TEAM - fivb.org - 19-07-2015

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Awards
Preceded by
Russia Maxim Mikhaylov		 Best Scorer of
FIVB Club World Championship
2012 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Russia Maxim Mikhaylov		 Best Scorer of
CEV European Championship
2013 		Succeeded by
-
Preceded by
Brazil Wallace de Souza		 Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB World League
2015 		Succeeded by
TBD
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