Anja Spasojević

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Anja Spasojević
Personal information
Full name Anja Spasojević
Nationality  Serbia
Born (1983-07-04) 4 July 1983
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Hometown Belgrade
Height 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 75 kg (165 lb)
Spike 308 cm (121 in)
Block 300 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
Position Wing spiker
Current club RC Cannes
Number 15
Career
YearsTeams
1998—2004
2004—2007
2007—2008
2008—2009
2009—2010
2010—2011
OK Crvena Zvezda
Sant’Orsola Asystel Novara
Voléro Zürich
Fenerbahçe Acıbadem
Universitet Belgorod
RC Cannes
National team
2006—presentSerbia (former Serbia and Montenegro)
Last updated: 28 August 2010

Anja Spasojević (Cyrillic: Ања Спасојевић; born 4 July 1983) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays 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 and Fenerbahçe Acıbadem. 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 lots of 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]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

Clubs

National Senior Team

References

External links

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