Silvija Popović | |||||
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||
Born | Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | 15 March 1986||||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||
Weight | 65 kg (143 lb) | ||||
Spike | 286 cm (113 in) | ||||
Block | 276 cm (109 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Libero | ||||
Current club | CSM Lugoj | ||||
Number | 8 | ||||
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Silvija Popović (Serbian: Силвија Поповић; born 13 March 1986) is a Serbian female professional volleyball player, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at both the 2011 European Championship and the 2018 World Championship.
Career
With her club Rabita Baku Popović won the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship.[1]
Popović won the bronze medal at the 2015 FIVB Club World Championship,[2] playing with the Swiss club Voléro Zürich. She also won the tournament's Best Libero award.[3]
Clubs
- Poštar 064 Belgrade (2006–2009)
- Rabita Baku (2009–2012)
- Voléro Zürich (2013–2018)
- Altay VC (2018-present)
Awards
Individual
- 2009–10 CEV Cup Final Four "Best libero"
- 2015 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Libero"
- 2017 FIVB Club World Championship "Best Libero"
- 2018 FIVB Volleyball World Championship - European Qualification in Poland "Best Libero"
Clubs
- 2011 FIVB Club World Championship - Champion, with Rabita Baku
- 2015 FIVB Club World Championship - Bronze medal, with Voléro Zürich
- 2017 FIVB Club World Championship - Bronze medal, with Voléro Zürich
References
- ^ "Team Composition – BAK / Rabita Baku". FIVB. 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
- ^ "Eczacibasi from the top of Europe to the top of the world". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
External links
Categories:
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Nikšić
- Serbs of Montenegro
- Serbian women's volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games
- European Games medalists in volleyball
- European Games bronze medalists for Serbia
- Volleyball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- Olympic silver medalists for Serbia
- Olympic volleyball players for Serbia
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics
- European champions for Serbia
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland
- Summer World University Games medalists in volleyball
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Serbia
- Medalists at the 2009 Summer Universiade
- Volleyball players at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan
- Serbia and Montenegro women's volleyball players
- Expatriate volleyball players in Kazakhstan
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Azerbaijan
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Romania
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players
- Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics