Dragan Travica
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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 Olympiacos Piraeus, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games,[1] silver medalist at the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014) and Italian Champion (2012).
Personal life
He was born in Zagreb, Croatia, the son of Serbian volleyball player and coach Ljubomir Travica, but he grew up in Italy, where his father played volleyball and later coached. 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
- Men's Club World Championship
- CEV Challenge Cup
- National championships
- 2011/2012 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Lube Banca Macerata
- 2014/2015 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2015/2016 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2020/2021 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Umbria
- 2021/2022 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Umbria
- 2022/2023 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos
- 2023/2024 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos
- National cups
- 2012 File:Simple gold cup.svg Italian SuperCup, with Lube Banca Macerata
- 2013 File:Simple gold cup.svg Russian Cup, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2013 File:Simple gold cup.svg Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2014 File:Simple gold cup.svg Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod
- 2015 File:Simple gold cup.svg Turkish SuperCup, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2020 File:Simple gold cup.svg Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Umbria
- 2022 File:Simple gold cup.svg Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Umbria
- 2024 File:Simple gold cup.svg Hellenic Cup with Olympiacos Piraeus
- National team
Individual awards
- 2011: CEV European Championship – Best setter
- 2023: CEV Challenge Cup – Most valuable player
- 2023: Hellenic Championship – Best setter
References
- ↑ "Dragan Travica". Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC.
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External links
- LegaVolley player profile
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- Dragan Travica at Olympics.com
- Dragan Travica at the Comitato Olimpico Nazionale Italiano (in Italian)
- Commons link is the pagename
- 1986 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Zagreb
- Italian people of Serbian descent
- Italian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players for Italy
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Naturalised citizens of Italy
- Olympic bronze medalists for Italy
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Italian Champions of men's volleyball
- Italian expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) players
- Italian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Serbs of Croatia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Iran
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Italian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Italian expatriate volleyball players
- Naturalised volleyball players
- 21st-century Italian sportsmen