Aleksandar Atanasijević | |||||
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Atanasijević in 2013
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Nickname | Aleks, Magnum | ||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||
Born |
Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
September 4, 1991 ||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
Weight | 92 kg (203 lb) | ||||
Spike | 350 cm (140 in) | ||||
Block | 329 cm (130 in) | ||||
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Position | Opposite | ||||
Current club | Sir Safety Perugia | ||||
Number | 14 | ||||
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Last updated: 10 February 2017 |
Aleksandar Atanasijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Атанасијевић; born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Sir Safety Perugia, a participant of the 2012 Olympic Games , 2011 European Champion, medalist of leagues: Serbian, Polish and Italian.
His first professional club was Serbian OK Partizan. His trainer was Slavko Barandzic. In 2011 he moved to Polish Champion, one of the most successful Polish team of PlusLiga – PGE Skra Bełchatów. In his first season playing in Poland was mainly a substitute for spiker Mariusz Wlazły. In the second season, has become a major player on his positions repeatedly winning the statuette for best player of the match. With PGE Skra Belchatów he won silver medal of Polish Championship in 2011/2012. He has silver medal of Club World Championships from 2012. He won with the club from Bełchatów Polish Cup in 2012. In 2012 PGE Skra Belchatów with Atanasijević gained silver medal of CEV Champions League after the match against Zenit Kazan on Final Four in Łódź, Poland. The match ended controversially, because the judge didn't see the error of the Russian player and finished the match despite the fact that the audience and the players saw the error on screen. In 2013 moved to Italian club – Sir Safety Perugia. In season 2013/2014 won silver medal of Italian Championship after losing matches against Lube Banca Macerata. On May 2014 signed new three-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia.