Maja Ognjenović

Maja Ognjenović
Personal information
Full name	Maja Ognjenović
Nationality	Serbia
Born	(1984-08-06) August 6, 1984 Zrenjanin
Hometown	Zrenjanin
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	66 kg (146 lb)
Spike	290 cm (110 in)
Block	270 cm (110 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Nordmeccanica Piacenza
National team
2005 - Serbia
Honours Women's Volleyball Competitor for  Serbia and Montenegro World Championship 2006 Japan Team Competitor for  Serbia European Championships 2011 Serbia / Italy Team 2007 Belgium / Luxembourg Team 2015 Netherlands / Belgium Team World Cup 2015 Japan FIVB World Grand Prix 2011 Macau Team 2013 Sapporo Team European League 2010 Ankara Team 2012 Karlovy Vary Team Universiade 2009 Belgrade Team
Last updated: September 2015

Maja Ognjenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Огњеновић; born August 6, 1984) is a female Serbian volleyball player and the captain^[1] of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship, silver medal at the 2007 European Championship, and bronze medal at the 2006 World Championship.

Career

Maja won a gold medal at the 2011 European League, also winning the Best Setter award with her national team.^[2] She repeated the individual Best Setter award as her team claimed the Bronze medal in the 2012 European League.^[3][4]

Clubs

• OK Postar (2002–2003)
• Crvena Zvezda (2003–2005)
• Poštar 064 Belgrad (2005–2006)
• Metal Galati (2006–2008)
• Monte Schiavo Jesi (2008–2009)
• Eczacıbaşı Zentiva (2009–2010)
• Olympiacos (2010-2011)
• Liu Jo Volley Modena (2011-2012)
• Impel Wrocław (2012-2013)
• Chemik Police (2013-2015)
• Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza (2015-)

Awards

Individuals

• 2006 Best Sportswoman of Vojvodina
• 2007 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2008-09 CEV Challenge Cup Final Four "Best Setter"
• 2010 European League "Best Setter"
• 2011 European League "Best Setter"
• 2011 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2012 European League "Best Setter"
• 2015 European Championship "Best Setter"

National Team

Senior Team

• 2009 European League - Gold Medal
• 2010 European League - Gold Medal
• 2011 European League - Gold Medal
• 2012 European League - Bronze Medal

Universiade

• 2009 Summer Universiade - Silver Medal

Clubs

• 2003/2004 Serbian Championship - Champion, with Crvena Zvezda
• 2006/2007 Romanian Championship - Champion, with Metal Galati
• 2007/2008 Romanian Championship - Champion, with Metal Galati
• 2008/2009 CEV Challenge Cup - Champion, with Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi
• 2013/2014 Polish volleyball league - Champion, with Chemik Police

References

1. ↑ "Odbojkašice žele Belgiju u četvrtfinalu". Arena Sport. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015. 
2. ↑ CEV (2011-07-15). "Serbia claims third consecutive crown". Retrieved 2011-07-16. 
3. ↑ CEV (2012-07-06). "Czech ladies claim European League title". Retrieved 2012-07-07. 
4. ↑ CEV (2012-07-06). "Serbia adds bronze medal to its impressive tally". Retrieved 2012-07-07. 

External links

• FIVB Profile

Serbia – 2008 Summer Olympics Jelena Nikolić Jovana Brakočević Ivana Đerisilo Nataša Krsmanović Brižitka Molnar Jovana Vesović Maja Ognjenović Vesna Čitaković Maja Simanić Sanja Malagurski Stefana Veljković Suzana Ćebić

Serbia – 2012 Summer Olympics Jovana Brakočević Ivana Đerisilo Bojana Živković Nataša Krsmanović Brankica Mihajlović Jovana Vesović Maja Ognjenović Stefana Veljković Milena Rašić Suzana Ćebić Sanja Starović Jelena Blagojević

Serbia – 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup (2nd place) 3 Buša 4 Živković 5 M. Popović 6 Malešević 9 Mihajlović 10 Ognjenović 11 Veljković 12 Nikolić 13 Bjelica 15 Stevanović 16 Rašić 17 S. Popović 18 Ćebić 19 Bošković Coach: Zoran Terzić

Serbia – 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship (3rd place) 3 Buša 4 Živković 5 M. Popović 6 Malešević 9 Mihajlović 10 Ognjenović 11 Veljković 12 Nikolić 13 Bjelica 15 Stevanović 16 Rašić 17 S. Popović 18 Ćebić 19 Bošković Coach: Zoran Terzić