Maja Ognjenović
Maja Ognjenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a Serbian volleyball player and the captain[1] of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship, silver medal at the 2007 European Championship, and bronze medal at the 2006 World Championship and silver medal at Rio Olympics 2016.
Career
Ognjenović won a gold medal at the 2011 European League, also winning the Best Setter award with her national team.[2] She repeated the individual Best Setter award as her team claimed the bronze medal in the 2012 European League.[3][4] At the end of season 2017–18 of Turkish Women's Volleyball League she will be transferred to Russian club WVC Dynamo Moscow.[5]
Clubs
- OK Postar (2002–2003)
- Crvena Zvezda (2003–2005)
- Poštar 064 Belgrad (2005–2006)
- Metal Galati (2006–2008)
- Monte Schiavo Jesi (2008–2009)
- Eczacıbaşı Zentiva (2009–2010)
- Olympiacos (2010–2011)
- Liu Jo Volley Modena (2011–2012)
- Impel Wrocław (2012–2013)
- Chemik Police (2013–2015)
- Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza (2015–2016)
- Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2016–2018)
- WVC Dynamo Moscow (2018-2019)
- VakıfBank S.K. (2019-2020)
Awards
Individual
- 2007 European Championship "Best Setter"
- 2008-09 CEV Challenge Cup Final Four "Best Setter"
- 2010 European League "Best Setter"
- 2011 European League "Best Setter"
- 2011 European Championship "Best Setter"
- 2012 European League "Best Setter"
- 2015 European Championship "Best Setter"
- 2019 European Championship "Best Setter"
National team
Senior team
- 2009 European League - Gold Medal
- 2010 European League - Gold Medal
- 2011 European League - Gold Medal
- 2012 European League - Bronze Medal
Universiade
- 2009 Summer Universiade - Silver Medal
Clubs
- 2003/2004 Serbian Championship - Champion, with Crvena Zvezda
- 2006/2007 Romanian Championship - Champion, with Metal Galati
- 2007/2008 Romanian Championship - Champion, with Metal Galati
- 2008/2009 CEV Challenge Cup - Champion, with Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi
- 2010/2011 Greek Cup - Champion, with Olympiacos[6]
- 2013/2014 Polish volleyball league - Champion, with Chemik Police
- 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship - Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
- 2018 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA
- 2019 FIVB Club World Championship – Bronze medal, with VakıfBank
References
- ^ "Odbojkašice žele Belgiju u četvrtfinalu". Arena Sport. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
- ^ CEV (2011-07-15). "Serbia claims third consecutive crown". Archived from the original on 2011-07-22. Retrieved 2011-07-16.
- ^ CEV (2012-07-06). "Czech ladies claim European League title". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ CEV (2012-07-06). "Serbia adds bronze medal to its impressive tally". Retrieved 2012-07-07.
- ^ worldofvolley.com/News
- ^ Ολυμπιακός-ΑΕΚ 3-2: Το πρώτο Κύπελλο της ιστορίας της κατέκτησε η γυναικεία ομάδα βόλεϊ του Ολυμπιακού, που σε έναν συναρπαστικό τελικό στη Σάμο νίκησε με 3-2 την ΑΕΚ. sport24.gr, 16/04/2011 (in Greek)
External links
- 1984 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zrenjanin
- Serbian women's volleyball players
- Olympiacos Women's Volleyball players
- Eczacıbaşı volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Serbia
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Serbia
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European champions for Serbia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Romania
- Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Serbian expatriates in Greece
- Serbian expatriates in Italy
- Serbian expatriates in Poland
- Serbian expatriates in Romania
- Serbian expatriates in Turkey
- Universiade medalists in volleyball
- Universiade silver medalists for Serbia