Dragan Travica

Dragan Travica
Dragan Travica
Personal information
Full name	Dragan Travica
Nationality	Italian
Born	August 28, 1986 (age 37); Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	98 kg (216 lb)
Spike	335 cm (132 in)
Block	325 cm (128 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current team	Kioene Padova
Number	4 (club), 13 (national team)
Career
2000–2002; 2002–2003; 2003–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2008; 2008–2009; 2009–2011; 2011–2013; 2013–2015; 2015–2016; 2016–2017; 2017–	Volley Treviso; Pallavolo Falconara; Kerakoll Modena; Pallavolo Reima Crema; Sparkling Volley Milan; Trenkwalder Modena; Gabeca Montichiari; Lube Banca Macerata; Belogorie Belgorod; Halkbank Ankara; Shahrdari Urmia; Kioene Padova
National team
2007–	Italy
Honours
Representing Italy
Men’s Volleyball
Olympic Games
European Championships
World League
	Last updated: 7 October 2017

Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, a former member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Kioene Padova, 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 head coach Ljubomir Travica. His sister is the wife of 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.