Damir Bjelopoljak

Damir Bjelopoljak is a Bosnian volleyball player at the highest national level. He was born in Kakanj, Bosnia and Herzegovina. He plays for OK Kakanj[1] in the Premier League of Volleyball of Bosnia and Herzegovina. He is 194 cm tall and plays as Setter.[2]

Damir Bjelopoljak
Personal information
Full nameDamir Bjelopoljak
Born (1979-05-15) 15 May 1979
Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4+1⁄2 in)
Volleyball information
Positionsetter
Current clubOK Kakanj
Career
YearsTeams
1994-1999
1999-2004
2005-2010		OK Kakanj
OK SINPOS
OK Kakanj
National team
2000–2004Bosnia and Herzegovina
Honours
Men’s Premier League of Volleyball of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gold medal – first place 2004 Team
Gold medal – first place 2005 Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Team
National Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Gold medal – first place 2004 Team
Gold medal – first place 2006 Team
Gold medal – first place 2008 Team
Gold medal – first place 2009 Team

Damir Bjelopoljak has spent most of his playing career at OK Kakanj, Bosnia's most successful volleyball club,[3] 1994–1999, 2004–2006 and 2008-2010. He was a member of the Premier League of Volleyball of Bosnia and Herzegovina national championship winning team 4 times (2004, 2005, 2008 and 2010)[4]) and the National Cup of Bosnia and Herzegovina 5 times (2004, 2006, 2008, 2009 and 2010).[2]

He has been a member of OK Kakanj's national Cup and League double-winning team three times, including the third consecutive occasion in 2010.[5] He has also competed for the club at European level in the CEV Challenge Cup in 2008[6] and 2010.[7]

Clubs
Club Country From To
OK Kakanj  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1994 1999
OK SINPOS  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 2004
OK Kakanj  Bosnia and Herzegovina 2000 2009

See also

Almir Aganović, Haris Zolota, Ermin Lepić

References
  1. http://kakanjlive.com/prikaz.php?subaction=showfull&id=1263473593&archive=1263852964&start_from=&ucat=3&cstart=81%5B%5D
  2. Link to team and player details at OK Kakanj website via www.kakanjskiportal.com or www.ok-kakanj.com currently broken - 30 December 2010
  3. Sports123.com Volleyball, Men: Bosnia & Herzegovina: Championship Archived November 28, 2010, at the Wayback Machine, accessed 26 December 2010
  4. "Bez konkurencije u BiH" (PDF). Superinfo. Zenica. 19 April 2008. p. 13. Retrieved 27 December 2010.
  5. "Kakanj ponovo ostvario duplu krunu" (in Bosnian, "Kakanj wins double crown", by Mak, 24.4.10, sportsport.ba website Archived 2011-01-03 at the Wayback Machine, accessed 27 December 2010
  6. "Kakanj ostvario i drugu pobjedu" (in Bosnian, "Yet another victory for Kakanj"), by V. Pulić, 19.10.08, sportsport.ba website, accessed 27 December 2010
  7. kakanjlive.com "Trasira kakanjski put u Evropu" (in Bosnian, "Kakanj on track for Europe"), by A. Zeki, KakanjLive, 14.1.2010, accessed 27 December 2010
  • Photograph of 2010 Cup and League double-winning team, Aganović, Salihović, Karišik, Karić, Hernandez, Zolota, Knežević, Lepić, Bešlić, Ćorić, Bjelopoljak, trainer Almir Begić, accessed 27 December 2010


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