Dragan Stanković

Dragan Stanković (Serbian Cyrillic: Драган Станковић, born 18 October 1985) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, a member of Serbian national team and Italian club Modena Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, bronze medalist of the World Championship, European Champion 2011, medalist of World League.

Dragan Stanković
Personal information
Born (1985-10-18) 18 October 1985
Zaječar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height2.05 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight94 kg (207 lb)
Spike355 cm (140 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionMiddle blocker
Current clubModena Volley
Number7
Career
YearsTeams
2001–2004
2004–2008
2008–2009
2009–2019
2019–2020
2020–		OK Timok Zaječar
OK Crvena Zvezda
Budvanska Rivijera Budva
Cucine Lube Civitanova
You Energy Volley
Modena Volley
National team
2005–2006
2006–		Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
World League
Silver medal – second place2005 BelgradeTeam
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2005 Italy/Serbia and MontenegroTeam
Representing  Serbia
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place2010 ItalyTeam
World League
Gold medal – first place2016 KrakówTeam
Silver medal – second place2008 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Silver medal – second place2009 BelgradeTeam
Silver medal – second place2015 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Bronze medal – third place2010 CórdobaTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2011 Austria/Czech RepublicTeam
Bronze medal – third place2007 RussiaTeam
Bronze medal – third place2013 Denmark/PolandTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 PolandTeam
Last updated: 3 September 2017

In 2020 Stanković changed the Federation of origin, playing with the Italian sporting nationality from the 2020-2021 season.[1]

Career

National team

His been a long time member of Serbian national team, where he became squad captain after Bojan Janić decided to retire from national team. With national team he won a gold medal at the European Championships in 2011 which was held in Austria and Czech Republic. In his collection he also have a four silver medals and one bronze from the World Leagues. In 2010 he won a bronze medal in the World Championship in Italy, so as on three European Championships before. He was also a participant of Olympic Games in London in 2012. On 19 July 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with United States 0–3 and achieved silver medal.[2][3]

Sporting achievements

FIVB Club World Championship

CEV Champions League

CEV Challenge Cup

National championships

National team

References
  1. "Dragan Stanković will play as Italian next season". Volleytimes.com. 24 July 2020.
  2. FRANCE UPSET SERBIA TO CLAIM FIRST WORLD LEAGUE TITLE - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
  3. FRANCE PREVAIL OVER SERBIA TO CLAIM GOLD; USA FINISH THIRD - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
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