Andrija Gerić

Andrija Gerić
Personal information
Born	(1977-01-24) January 24, 1977 Novi Sad, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	101 kg (223 lb)
Spike	350 cm (140 in)
Block	323 cm (127 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle Blocker
National team
1995–2003 2003–2006 2006–2009 Yugoslavia  Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia
Honours Men's volleyball Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 1996 Atlanta Team World Championship 1998 Japan European Championship 2001 Czech Republic 1997 Netherlands 1999 Austria 2005 ITA / SCG 2007 Russia World Grand Champions Cup 2001 Japan World Cup 2003 Japan World League 2003 Madrid 2005 Belgrade 2008 Rio de Janeiro 2009 Belgrade 2002 Belo Horizonte 2004 Rome

Andrija Gerić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Герић, pronounced [ǎndrija ɡěːritɕ]; born January 24, 1977 in Novi Sad, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12.

Gerić made a debut for the national team on July 7, 1995 in Greece when FR Yugoslavia defeated Greece 0-3. In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković) won the Olympic gold medal.

During his club's career he played for OK Vojvodina, Bossini Montichiari‚ Lube Banca Marche Macerata and Icom Latina from Italy, Panathinaikos VC from Greece and Fenerbahçe from Turkey. He won Champions League, CEV Cup, domestic Championships of Serbia, Italy and Turkey, as well as Serbian and Italian domestic Cup.

Career

• 1993–99 OK Vojvodina Novi Sad
• 1999-01 Bossini Montichiari
• 2001-02 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
• 2002-03 Icom Latina
• 2003-08 Lube Banca Marche Macerata
• 2008-09 Panathinaikos Athens
• 2009-10 Top Volley Latina
• 2010-11 Fenerbahçe Istanbul
• 2011-12 OK Vojvodina Novi Sad

Palmares

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Andrija Gerić.

• Profile at Lube Banca Macerata website
• Profile at FIVB website
• Andrija Geric personal website