Anja Spasojević


Anja Spasojević is a retired Serbian professional volleyball player who was last played as wing spiker for Dinamo Krasnodar in Russia. She began her professional career in Red Star Belgrade, and then played in Asystel Novara, Voléro Zürich, Fenerbahçe Acıbadem, Universitet Belgorod, RC Cannes, Universal Volley Modena, Ufimochka Ufa and then was ended her career in Dinamo Krasnodar. With Serbia national team, Spasojević won Bronze medal at the 2006 FIVB Women's World Championship and Silver medal at the 2007 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

Personal life

Anja Spasojević is fluent in Serbian, English, Italian and German.

Controversies

Spasojević did not played for Serbia national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics qualification tournament due to an injury, and it attracted many controversies. She explained she had had problems with injuries since the 2007 European Championship, but that "some persons did not believe it was a serious injury". Spasojević also confirmed the conflict with the team manager Zoran Terzić and the rest of the team, and that the two had tried to settle things down. She announced she would not play for the national team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, but that she might return in the future. But from that period Spasojević was not capped for the national team.

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