Dragan Travica
Dragan Travica | |||||
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Nationality | Italian | ||||
Born | Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 28 August 1986||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||
Spike | 335 cm (132 in) | ||||
Block | 320 cm (126 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Setter | ||||
Current club | ![]() | ||||
Number | 14 | ||||
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Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Olympiacos Piraeus, 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 coach Ljubomir Travica, but he grew up in Italy, where his father played volleyball and later coached. His sister is the wife of another Italian volleyball player Cristian Savani.
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
- CEV Champions League
2013/2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod
- Men's Club World Championship
2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod
- CEV Challenge Cup
2022/2023 – with Olympiacos Piraeus
- National championships
- 2011/2012
Italian Championship, with Lube Banca Macerata
- 2014/2015
Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2015/2016
Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2020/2021
Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Umbria
- 2021/2022
Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Umbria
- 2022/2023
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos
- 2023/2024
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos
- 2011/2012
- National cups
- 2012
Italian SuperCup, with Lube Banca Macerata
- 2013
Russian Cup, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2013
Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2014
Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2015
Turkish SuperCup, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2020
Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Umbria
- 2022
Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Umbria
- 2024
Hellenic Cup with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2012
- National team
- 2011
CEV European Championship
- 2012
Olympic Games
- 2013
FIVB World League
- 2013
CEV European Championship
- 2014
FIVB World League
- 2011
Individual awards
- 2011: CEV European Championship – Best setter
- 2023: CEV Challenge Cup – Most valuable player
- 2023: Hellenic Championship – Best setter
External links
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References
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- Italian people of Serbian descent
- Italian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Italian Champions of men's volleyball
- Italian expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players
- Italian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Serbs of Croatia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Iran
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Italian expatriate volleyball players
- Naturalised volleyball players
- Italian volleyball biography stubs