Dragan Travica
Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Sir Safety Perugia, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014) and Italian Champion (2012).
Contents
- 1 Personal life
- 2 Career
- 3 Sporting achievements
- 3.1 Individual awards
- 4 External links
- 5 References
Personal life
He was born in Zagreb, Croatia, the son of Serbian volleyball player and coach Ljubomir Travica. His sister is the wife of another Italian volleyball player Cristian Savani.
Career
He started his career with Sisley Treviso's youth team and, after one year with Sira Cucine Falconara, he debuted in the Serie A1 (Italy's top division) in 2004 with Kerakoll Modena. In 2005-2006 he played in the Serie A2 at Crema, obtaining the promotion to Serie A1 and winning the award as best Under-23 player in the category. The following year he again played in A2 in Milan, again obtaining the promotion and the A2 Italian Cup.
Travica debuted for Italy national team in 2007 at Forlì. He later played for Modena again and then for Monza, while in 2011-2013 he was a player of Lube Banca Macerata. Then he played for Russian club Belogorie Belgorod.
Sporting achievements
- CEV Champions League
- 2013/2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod
- National championships
- 2011/2012 Italian Championship, with Lube Banca Macerata
- 2012/2013 Italian SuperCup, with Lube Banca Macerata
- 2013/2014 Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2014/2015 Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2014/2015 Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2015/2016 Turkish SuperCup, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2015/2016 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- National team
- 2011 CEV European Championship
- 2012 Olympic Games
- 2013 FIVB World League
- 2013 CEV European Championship
- 2014 FIVB World League
Individual awards
- 2011: CEV European Championship - Best Setter
External links
- LegaVolley player profile