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Valeriya Korotenko
Personal information
Full nameValeriya Korotenko
NationalityAzerbaijani
Born (1984-01-29) 29 January 1984 (age 40)
Baku, Soviet Union
HometownBaku, Azerbaijan
Height1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight68 kg (150 lb)
Spike286 cm (113 in)
Block272 cm (107 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubAzerrail Baku
Number12
Career
YearsTeams
2000–2001
2001–2007
2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–2018
Lokomotiv Baku
Azerrail Baku
Voléro Zürich
Azerrail Baku
Fenerbahçe
Azerrail Baku
National team
2002–2017Azerbaijan

Valeriya Korotenko (born 29 January 1984) is a retired Azerbaijani volleyball player who played as a Libero. She was a member of Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team and was selected as the Best Libero of European Volleyball Championship in 2005 and 2017.

Career

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Born in Baku, Valeriya first played volleyball at age nine and joined the school volleyball team.

She played 180 times for the Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team and was awarded the best libero of 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

Korotenko was a member of Azerrail Baku and Volero Zurich before joining Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team. She won the bronze medal at the 2008–09 CEV Cup playing with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem and was awarded "Best Receiver".

Korotenko played with Azerrail Baku winning the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League championship[1] and she became Best Libero.[2]

Awards

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Individuals

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  • 2001-02 CEV Top Teams Cup "Best Libero"
  • 2004-05 CEV Champions' League "Best Libero"
  • 2005 European Championship "Best Libero"
  • 2005 Yeltsin Cup "Best Libero"
  • 2005-06 CEV Champions' League "Best Libero"
  • 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix - European Qualification "Best Libero"
  • 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix Preliminary Round "Best Libero"
  • 2007-08 Turkish League "Best Libero"
  • 2008-09 CEV Cup "Best Libero"
  • 2010 World Championship 2nd Qualification Round "Best Receiver"
  • 2010 World Championship 2nd Qualification Round "Best Libero"
  • 2010 World Championship 3rd Qualification Round "Best Receiver"
  • 2009-10 Azerbaijan Cup "Best Libero"
  • 2010-2011 CEV GM Challenge Cup Final "Best Player"
  • 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League "Best Libero"
  • 2017 European Championship "Best Libero"

Club

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References

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  1. ^ "Azerbaijan F: Scudetto per l'Azerrail" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 9 April 2016. Archived from the original on 5 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
  2. ^ "Azərbaycan çempionatının ən yaxşıları". Apa Sport (in Azerbaijani). 11 April 2016. Archived from the original on 31 May 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.
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Awards
Preceded by Best Libero of
European Championship

2017
Succeeded by
TBD