Silvija Popović

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.

Silvija Popović
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1986-03-15) 15 March 1986
Nikšić, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spike286 cm (113 in)
Block276 cm (109 in)
Volleyball information
PositionLibero
Current clubAltay VC
Number8
Career
YearsTeams
2006–2009
2009–2012
2013–2018
2018-present		Postar 064 Belgrade
Rabita Baku
Voléro Zürich
Altay VC
National team
2009-present Serbia
Honours
Volleyball
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
World Championship
2018 JapanTeam
European Championships
2011 Serbia/Italy
2019 Turkey
2015 Netherlands/Belgium
World Cup
2015 Japan
FIVB World Grand Prix
2011 Macau
2013 Sapporo
European Games
2015 BakuTeam
European League
2011 Istanbul
Universiade
2009 BelgradeTeam

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

Awards

Individual

Clubs

References
  1. "Team Composition – BAK / Rabita Baku". FIVB. 2011. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  2. "Volero get it right on third try". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
  3. "Eczacibasi from the top of Europe to the top of the world". Zurich, Switzerland: FIVB. 10 May 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2015.
Awards
Preceded by
Ekaterina Ulanova
Fabiana de Oliveira		 Best Libero of
FIVB Club World Championship
2015
2017		 Succeeded by
Fabiana de Oliveira
Hatice Gizem Örge
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