Dragan Travica

Dragan Travica
Personal information
Full name Dragan Travica
Nationality Italian
Born (1986-08-28) August 28, 1986
Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight 98 kg (216 lb)
Spike 335 cm (132 in)
Block 325 cm (128 in)
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Current team Turkey Halkbank Ankara
Number 4 (club), 13 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2000–2002
2002–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2011
2011–2013
2013–2015
2015–
Italy Volley Treviso
Italy Pallavolo Falconara
Italy Kerakoll Modena
Italy Pallavolo Reima Crema
Italy Sparkling Volley Milan
Italy Trenkwalder Modena
Italy Gabeca Montichiari
Italy Lube Banca Macerata
Russia Belogorie Belgorod
Turkey Halkbank Ankara
National team
2007– Italy
Last updated: 4 March 2016

Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, a former member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Russian club Belogorie Belgorod, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014) and Italian Champion (2012).

Personal life

He was born in Zagreb, Croatia, the son of Serbian volleyball player and head 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. Then he played for Russian club Belogorie Belgorod.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

National championships

National team

Individually

External links

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Awards
Preceded by
Poland Paweł Zagumny
Best Setter of
CEV European Championship

2011
Succeeded by
Russia Sergey Grankin
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