Valeriya Mammadova

Valeriya Məmmədova
Personal information
Full name Valeriya Mammadova-Korotenko
Nationality Azerbaijani
Born (1984-01-29) 29 January 1984
Baku, Soviet Union
Hometown Baku, Azerbaijan
Height 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight 68 kg (150 lb)
Spike 286 cm (113 in)
Block 272 cm (107 in)
Volleyball information
Position Libero
Current club Azerrail Baku
Number 12
Career
YearsTeams
2000–2001
2001–2007
2007
2007–2008
2008–2009
2009–		Lokomotiv Baku
Azerrail Baku
Voléro Zürich
Azerrail Baku
Fenerbahçe
Azerrail Baku
National team
2002–Azerbaijan

Valeriya Mammadova (née Korotenko, Azerbaijani: Valeriya Məmmədova; Russian: Валерия Мамедова; born 29 January 1984) is an Azerbaijani professional volleyball player. She is currently playing for Azerrail Baku.[1]

Career

Born in Baku, Valeriya first played volleyball at age nine and joined the school volleyball team.

She played 180 times for the Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team and was awarded the best libero of 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship.

Mammadova was a member of Azerrail Baku and Volero Zurich before joining Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team. She won the bronze medal at the 2008–09 CEV Cup playing with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem and was awarded "Best Receiver".

She is married to Azerbaijani judoka Nijat Mammadov.[2]

Mammadova played with Azerrail Baku winning the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League championship[3] and she became Best Libero.[4]

Awards

Individuals

  • 2001-02 CEV Top Teams Cup "Best Libero"
  • 2004-05 CEV Champions' League "Best Libero"
  • 2005 European Championship "Best Libero"
  • 2005 Yeltsin Cup "Best Libero"
  • 2005-06 CEV Champions' League "Best Libero"
  • 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix - European Qualification "Best Libero"
  • 2006 FIVB World Grand Prix Preliminary Round "Best Libero"
  • 2007-08 Turkish League "Best Libero"
  • 2008-09 CEV Cup "Best Libero"
  • 2010 World Championship 2nd Qualification Round "Best Receiver"
  • 2010 World Championship 2nd Qualification Round "Best Libero"
  • 2010 World Championship 3rd Qualification Round "Best Receiver"
  • 2009-10 Azerbaijan Cup "Best Libero"
  • 2010-2011 CEV GM Challenge Cup Final "Best Player"
  • 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League "Best Libero"
  • 2017 European Championship "Best Libero"

Club

References

  1. ↑ http://www.cev.lu/Competition-Area/CompetitionTeamDetails.aspx?ID=551&TeamID=7520
  2. ↑ "Valeriya Korotenko: "Nişanlım məndən daha yaxşı yemək bişirir"" (in Azerbaijani). Archived from the original on 2011-07-06. Retrieved 2009-04-29.
  3. ↑ "Azerbaijan F: Scudetto per l'Azerrail" (in Italian). Volleyball.it. 2016-04-09. Archived from the original on 2016-05-05. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
  4. ↑ "Azərbaycan çempionatının ən yaxşıları". Apa Sport (in Azerbaijani). 2016-04-11. Archived from the original on 2016-05-31. Retrieved 2016-04-21.
Awards
Preceded by
Russia Anna Malova		 Best Libero of
European Championship
2017		 Succeeded by
TBD
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.