Aleksandar Atanasijević


Aleksandar Atanasijević 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, 2019 European Champion, multi-medalist of leagues: Serbian, Polish and Italian.

Career

Clubs

His first professional club was Serbian Partizan. His trainer was Slavko Barandzic. In 2011 he moved to Polish Champion, one of the most successful Polish teams of PlusLiga – PGE Skra Bełchatów. In his first season playing in Poland was mainly a substitute for spiker Mariusz Wlazły. In the second season, he has become a major player on his position repeatedly winning the statuette for best player of the match.
With PGE Skra Belchatów he won silver medal of Polish Championship in 2011/2012, Polish Cup in 2012 and silver medal of Club World Championships in 2012. In 2012 PGE Skra Belchatów with Atanasijević gained silver medal of CEV Champions League after the match against Zenit Kazan during the Final Four in Łódź, Poland. In 2013 he moved to Italian club – Sir Safety Perugia. In season 2013/2014 he won a silver medal of Italian Championship after losing matches against Lube Banca Macerata. On May 2014 he signed a new three-year contract with Sir Safety Perugia.

National team

He is a gold medalist of European Championship 2011 and bronze medalist of European Championship 2013. He was a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On July 19, 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with France 0–3 and achieved silver medal. Atanasijević received individual award for the Best Opposite Spiker.

Sporting achievements