Anja Spasojević

Anja Spasojević
Personal information
Full name	Anja Spasojević
Nickname	Aki
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1983-07-04) 4 July 1983 (age 41) 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	Retired
Career
Years Teams 1998–2004 2004–2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2012 2012–2013 2013 2013–2014 Crvena Zvezda Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara Voléro Zürich Fenerbahçe Acıbadem Universitet Belgorod RC Cannes Universal Volley Modena Ufimochka Ufa Dinamo Krasnodar
National team
2000–2003 2003–2006 2006–2008  Yugoslavia  Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia
Honours Women's Volleyball World Championship 2006 Japan Team European Championship 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg Team
Last updated: 28 August 2010

Anja Spasojević (Cyrillic: Ања Спасојевић; born 4 July 1983) is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player who was last played 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, Fenerbahçe Acıbadem, Universitet Belgorod, RC Cannes, Universal Volley Modena, Ufimochka Ufa and then was ended her career in Dinamo Krasnodar. 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 many 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] But from that period Spasojević was not capped for the national team.

Clubs

• Crvena Zvezda (1998–04)
• Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara (2004–07)
• Voléro Zürich (2007–08)
• Fenerbahçe Acıbadem (2008–09)
• Universitet Belgorod (2009–10)
• RC Cannes (2010–12)
• Universal Volley Modena (2012–13)
• Ufimochka Ufa (2013)
• Dinamo Krasnodar (2013–14)

Awards

Individuals

• 2002 Best Sportswoman of 2002 Best Sportswoman of SD Crvena Zvezda
• 2006–07 CEV Cup "Best Server"

Clubs

• 2006 Italian Super Cup - Champion, with Sant'Orsola Asystel Novara
• 2006 CEV Top Teams Cup - Champion, with Asystel Novara
• 2007 CEV Cup - Bronze Medal, with Asystel Novara
• 2009 Turkish Championship - Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem

National Senior Team

• 2006 FIVB World Championship - Bronze Medal
• 2007 European Championship - Silver Medal

References

1. Anja Spasojević at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
2. Media.rs: Anja Spasojević: O svemu osim o odbojci Archived 25 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine (5 August 2008)
3. Blic: Anja: Momci mi retko prilaze (29 June 2008)
4. Naslovi.net: Anja Spasojević: Kasno je za Peking Archived 2008-08-19 at the Wayback Machine (2 May 2008)
5. Naslovi.net: Odbojka: OI neostvarivi san (2 May 2008)
6. Vesti.rs: Spasojević: Kasno je i za Japan i za Peking (2 May 2008)
7. SrbijaSport.com: Anja Spasojević ne odustaje od reprezentacije Archived 2011-07-16 at the Wayback Machine (2 May 2008)

External links

• Anja Spasojević at the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball
• Anja Spasojević at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Anja Spasojević at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)