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Aleksandar Atanasijević
Personal information
NicknameAleks, Magnum, Bata
NationalitySerbia Serb
Born (1991-09-04) 4 September 1991 (age 32)
Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia, Serbia
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight92 kg (203 lb)
Spike350 cm (138 in)
Block329 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite
Current clubItaly Sir Safety Perugia
Number14
Career
YearsTeams
2007–2011
2011–2013
2013–		Serbia Partizan
Poland Skra Bełchatów
Italy Sir Safety Perugia
National team
2011–Serbia Serbia
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing  Serbia
FIVB World League
Silver medal – second place 2015 Rio de Janeiro
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Austria/Czech Republic
Gold medal – first place 2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Denmark/Poland
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Poland

Aleksandar Atanasijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Атанасијевић) (born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian volleyball player, member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, participant of the 2012 Olympic Games, 2011 European Champion, 2019 European Champion, medalist of leagues: Serbian, Polish and Italian.[1]

Career

During the match PGE Skra Bełchatów against LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk at Ergo Arena.

Clubs

During the match PGE Skra Bełchatów against LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk at Ergo Arena.
During the match PGE Skra Bełchatów against LOTOS Trefl Gdańsk at Ergo Arena.
As a player of Sir Safety Perugia in the season 2013/2014.

His first professional club was Serbian Partizan. His trainer was Slavko Barandzic. In 2011 he moved to Polish Champion, one of the most successful Polish teams of PlusLiga – PGE Skra Bełchatów.[2] In his first season playing in Poland was mainly a substitute for spiker Mariusz Wlazły. In the second season, he has become a major player on his position repeatedly winning the statuette for best player of the match. With PGE Skra Belchatów he won silver medal of Polish Championship in 2011/2012, Polish Cup in 2012 and silver medal of Club World Championships in 2012. In 2012 PGE Skra Belchatów with Atanasijević gained silver medal of CEV Champions League after the match against Zenit Kazan during the Final Four in Łódź, Poland.[3] In 2013 he moved to Italian club – Sir Safety Perugia.[4] In season 2013/2014 he won a silver medal of Italian Championship after losing matches against Lube Banca Macerata. On May 2014 he signed a new three-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia.[5]

National team

He is a gold medalist of European Championship 2011[6] and bronze medalist of European Championship 2013. He was a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On July 19, 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with France 0–3 and achieved silver medal.[7][8] Atanasijević received individual award for the Best Opposite Spiker.[9]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Youth national team

Individual awards

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Awards
Preceded by Best Scorer of
FIVB Volleyball Men's Club World Championship
2012 		Succeeded by
–
Preceded by Best Scorer of
CEV European Championship
2013 		Succeeded by
–
Preceded by Best Opposite Spiker of
FIVB World League
2015 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Opposite Spiker of
CEV Champions League
2017/2018 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Aleksandar Atanasijević". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-04.
  2. ^ Aleksandar Atanasijević zagra w Skrze Bełchatów – przegladligowy.com – 14 June 2011
  3. ^ Zenit KAZAN shatters PGE Skra dreams of home glory – cev.eu – 18 March 2012
  4. ^ Atanasijević podpisał kontrakt z Sir Safety Perugia Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine – m-volley.pl – 6 May 2013
  5. ^ Serie A: Aleksandar Atanasijević na dłużej w zespole Sir Safety Perugia – sportowe.fakty.pl – 8 May 2014
  6. ^ Serbia is the 2011 European champion! [dead link] – cev.eu – 18 September 2011
  7. ^ France upset Serbia to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 19 July 2015
  8. ^ France prevail over Serbia to claim gold; USA finish third – fivb.org – 19 July 2015
  9. ^ France’s Earvin Ngapeth leads World League Dream Team – fivb.org – 19 July 2015
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