Ekrem Lagumdžija

Ekrem Lagumdžija
Personal information
Nationality	Bosnian
Born	(1965-03-10) 10 March 1965 (age 59) Sarajevo, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Career
Years Teams 1985–1988 1988–1992 1992–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 2001–2002 SOK Mostar Vojvodina Novi Sad[1] Aris Thessaloniki Jeans Hatù Bologna[2] AEK Athens OK Sinpos
National team
1990–1993 1995–1997  Yugoslavia  Yugoslavia

Ekrem Lagumdžija (Serbian Cyrillic: Экрем Лагумджия; born 10 March 1965) is a Bosniak former professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for the Yugoslavia national team.^[3]

He has a volleyball academy named SMEČ^[4] which is connected to VakıfBank Volleyball Academy in Sarajevo.^[5]

Personal life

His sons Adis Lagumdžija and Mirza Lagumdžija also play volleyball and both are play for Turkey national team^[6] because there was no Bosnia and Herzegovina men's national volleyball team.^[7][8]

Honours^[3]

Club

• Yugoslavia Championship
  • 1988–89 with Vojvodina Novi Sad
  • 1990–91 with Vojvodina Novi Sad
  • 1989–90 with Vojvodina Novi Sad
• Serbia and Montenegro Championship
  • 1991–92 with Vojvodina Novi Sad
• Yugoslavia Cup
  • 1988, 1990, 1991 with Vojvodina Novi Sad
• Serbia and Montenegro Cup
  • 1991–92 with Vojvodina Novi Sad
• Greek Volleyball League
  • 1993–94 with Aris Thessaloniki
  • 1992–93 with Aris Thessaloniki

International

• Mediterranean Games
  • 1991^[9]

Individual awards

• 1991: European Championship – Best spiker^[10]

References

1. "Reprezentativci". okvojvodina.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
2. "Volley, intervista ad Adis Lagumdzija: "Sono cresciuto sognando l'Italia"". sportsenators.it (in Italian). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
3. "Volleybox Profile". volleybox.net (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
4. "OA SMEČ Profile". oasmec.ba (in Bosnian). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
5. "Sarajevo Volleyball School". VakıfBank SK (in Turkish). Retrieved 31 December 2024.
6. "Voleybolcu Ekrem Lagumdzija'nın oğulları Adis ve Mirza aynı takımda mücadele ediyor". indyturk.com (in Turkish). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 30 December 2024.
7. "Braća Lagumdžija srušila Srbiju na početku kvalifikacija za Olimpijske igre". klix.ba (in Bosnian). 30 September 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
8. "Turci "ukrali" mlade talente iz BiH, a dobili vrhunske zvezde: Adis Lagumdžija glavni adut, Mirza čeka šansu". mozzartsport.com (in Serbian). 12 September 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
9. "Atina 1991". olimpijskimuzej.rs (in Serbian). 17 December 2019. Retrieved 31 December 2024.
10. "Ekrem Lagumdžija za FTV: Ženska odbojka u BiH ima veću perspektivu". federalna.ba (in Bosnian). 4 May 2021. Retrieved 31 December 2024.

External links

• Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
• Player profile at Volleybox.net