Aleksandar Atanasijević
Aleksandar Atanasijević | |||||
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![]() Atanasijević in 2020 | |||||
Personal information | |||||
Nickname | Aleks, Magnum, Bata | ||||
Born | Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | 4 September 1991||||
Height | 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) | ||||
Weight | 99 kg (218 lb) | ||||
Spike | 360 cm (142 in) | ||||
Block | 338 cm (133 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Opposite | ||||
Current club | Olympiacos | ||||
Career | |||||
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Aleksandar Atanasijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Атанасијевић; born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Olympiacos. Atanasijević took part in 2 Olympic Games (London 2012, Paris 2024) and is a two–time European Champion (2011, 2019) with Serbia.[1]
Career
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His first professional club was Serbian OK Partizan. His trainer was Slavko Balandžić. In 2011, he moved to PGE Skra Bełchatów, one of the most successful teams in the Polish PlusLiga. In his first season in Poland, he was mainly a substitute player for Mariusz Wlazły. In the second season, he has become a major player on his position repeatedly winning the statuette for best player of the match. With PGE Skra Belchatów, he won a silver medal of the Polish Championship, Polish Cup, and a silver medal of the Club World Championship. In 2012, Atanasijević won a silver medal of the CEV Champions League after the match against Zenit Kazan during the Final Four held in Łódź, Poland.[2] In 2013, he moved to Italian club – Sir Safety Perugia. In 2014, he won a silver medal of the Italian Championship after losing matches against Lube. In May 2014, he signed a new three–year contract with Sir Safety Perugia.
National team
[edit]He is a gold medalist of 2011 European Championship, and bronze medalist of the 2013 European Championship.[3] He was a member of the national team at the Olympic Games London 2012. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national team with him in squad reached the final of the 2015 World League, but lost to France (0–3), and eventually achieved a silver medal. Atanasijević received an individual award for the Best Opposite Spiker of the tournament.
Honours
[edit]Club
[edit]- CEV Champions League
2011–12 – with PGE Skra Bełchatów
2016–17 – with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- Domestic
- 2010–11
Serbian Championship, with OK Partizan
- 2011–12
Polish Cup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2012–13
Polish SuperCup, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- 2017–18
Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- 2017–18
Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- 2017–18
Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- 2018–19
Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- 2019–20
Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- 2023–24
Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Bright
- 2010–11
Youth national team
[edit]- 2009
CEV U19 European Championship
- 2009
FIVB U19 World Championship
- 2013
FIVB U23 World Championship
Individual awards
[edit]- 2009: CEV U19 European Championship – Best opposite spiker
- 2009: FIVB U19 World Championship – Most valuable player
- 2010: CEV U20 European Championship – Best spiker
- 2011: FIVB U21 World Championship – Best scorer
- 2012: FIVB Club World Championship – Best scorer
- 2013: CEV European Championship – Best scorer
- 2013: FIVB U23 World Championship – Best opposite spiker
- 2014: Italian Championship – Best scorer
- 2014: Italian Championship – Best spiker
- 2015: Italian Championship – Best scorer
- 2015: Italian Championship – Best spiker
- 2015: FIVB World League – Best opposite spiker
- 2016: Italian Championship – Best scorer
- 2016: Italian Championship – Best spiker
- 2017: CEV Champions League – Best opposite spiker
- 2018: Italian Cup – Most valuable player
- 2018: Italian Championship – Most valuable player
- 2018: CEV Champions League – Best server
- 2018: CEV Champions League – Best scorer
- 2019: CEV Champions League – Best spiker
- 2019: CEV Champions League – Best scorer
- 2019: CEV European Championship – Best opposite spiker
- 2019: Italian Cup – Best scorer
- 2024: Chinese Championship – Best opposite spiker
References
[edit]- ^ "Ατανασίεβιτς: Χαρούμενος που έρχομαι σε έναν από τους κορυφαίους συλλόγους της Ευρώπης σε όλα τα αθλήματα". athlosnews.gr (in Greek). 20 August 2024. Retrieved 20 August 2024.
- ^ "Zenit KAZAN shatters PGE Skra dreams of home glory". CEV. 18 March 2012. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
- ^ "Serbia is the 2011 European champion!". CEV. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 10 March 2021.
External links
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- Aleksandar Atanasijević at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Aleksandar Atanasijević at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Aleksandar Atanasijević at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Aleksandar Atanasijević at Volleybox.net
- Aleksandar Atanasijević at Olympedia
- Aleksandar Atanasijević at Olympics.com
- Aleksandar Atanasijević at Olympic.org (archived)
- Aleksandar Atanasijević at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
- Aleksandar Atanasijević on Instagram
- 1991 births
- Living people
- Volleyball players from Belgrade
- Serbian men's volleyball players
- European champions for Serbia
- Olympic volleyball players for Serbia
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Skra Bełchatów players
- Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players
- Opposite hitters