Maja Ognjenović

Maja Ognjenović
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	6 August 1984 Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Hometown	Zrenjanin, Serbia
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	67 kg (148 lb)
Spike	300 cm (120 in)
Block	293 cm (115 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Nordmeccanica Piacenza
Career
Years Teams 2002–2003 2003–2005 2005–2006 2006–2008 2008–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2015 2015–2016 2016– OK Postar Crvena Zvezda Poštar 064 Belgrad Metal Galati Monte Schiavo Jesi Eczacıbaşı Zentiva Olympiacos Liu Jo Volley Modena Impel Wrocław Chemik Police Piacenza Eczacıbaşı VitrA
National team
2005–2006 2007 –  Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia
Honours Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team World Championship 2006 Japan European Championships 2011 Serbia/Italy 2007 Belgium/Luxembourg 2015 Netherlands/Belgium World Cup 2015 Japan FIVB World Grand Prix 2011 Macau 2013 Sapporo European League 2010 Ankara 2012 Karlovy Vary Universiade 2009 Belgrade Team

Maja Ognjenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Маја Огњеновић; born 6 August 1984) is a female Serbian volleyball player and the captain^[1] of the Serbia women's national volleyball team. With the national team, she won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship, silver medal at the 2007 European Championship, and bronze medal at the 2006 World Championship.

Career

Maja won a gold medal at the 2011 European League, also winning the Best Setter award with her national team.^[2] She repeated the individual Best Setter award as her team claimed the Bronze medal in the 2012 European League.^[3][4]

Clubs

• OK Postar (2002–2003)
• Crvena Zvezda (2003–2005)
• Poštar 064 Belgrad (2005–2006)
• Metal Galati (2006–2008)
• Monte Schiavo Jesi (2008–2009)
• Eczacıbaşı Zentiva (2009–2010)
• Olympiacos (2010–2011)
• Liu Jo Volley Modena (2011–2012)
• Impel Wrocław (2012–2013)
• Chemik Police (2013–2015)
• Rebecchi Nordmeccanica Piacenza (2015–2016)
• Eczacıbaşı VitrA (2016-)

Awards

Individual

• 2006 Best Sportswoman of Vojvodina
• 2007 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2008-09 CEV Challenge Cup Final Four "Best Setter"
• 2010 European League "Best Setter"
• 2011 European League "Best Setter"
• 2011 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2012 European League "Best Setter"
• 2015 European Championship "Best Setter"

National team

Senior team

• 2009 European League - Gold Medal
• 2010 European League - Gold Medal
• 2011 European League - Gold Medal
• 2012 European League - Bronze Medal

Universiade

• 2009 Summer Universiade - Silver Medal

Clubs

• 2003/2004 Serbian Championship - Champion, with Crvena Zvezda
• 2006/2007 Romanian Championship - Champion, with Metal Galati
• 2007/2008 Romanian Championship - Champion, with Metal Galati
• 2008/2009 CEV Challenge Cup - Champion, with Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi
• 2013/2014 Polish volleyball league - Champion, with Chemik Police
• 2016 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship - Champion, with Eczacıbaşı VitrA

References

1. "Odbojkašice žele Belgiju u četvrtfinalu". Arena Sport. 29 September 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2015.
2. CEV (2011-07-15). "Serbia claims third consecutive crown". Retrieved 2011-07-16.
3. CEV (2012-07-06). "Czech ladies claim European League title". Retrieved 2012-07-07.
4. CEV (2012-07-06). "Serbia adds bronze medal to its impressive tally". Retrieved 2012-07-07.

External links

• FIVB Profile