Dragan Travica

Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, a former member of Italy men's national volleyball team and Italian club Kioene Padova, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014) and Italian Champion (2012).

Dragan Travica
Personal information
Full nameDragan Travica
NationalityItalian
Born (1986-08-28) August 28, 1986
Zagreb, SR Croatia, Yugoslavia
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight98 kg (216 lb)
Spike335 cm (132 in)
Block325 cm (128 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current teamKioene Padova
Number4 (club), 13 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2000–2002
2002–2003
2003–2005
2005–2006
2006–2008
2008–2009
2009–2011
2011–2013
2013–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–
Volley Treviso
Pallavolo Falconara
Kerakoll Modena
Pallavolo Reima Crema
Sparkling Volley Milan
Trenkwalder Modena
Gabeca Montichiari
Lube Banca Macerata
Belogorie Belgorod
Halkbank Ankara
Shahrdari Urmia
Kioene Padova
National team
2007– Italy
Last updated: 7 October 2017

Personal life

He was born in Zagreb, Croatia, the son of Serbian volleyball player and head coach Ljubomir Travica. His sister is the wife of 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

Clubs

CEV Champions League

National championships

National team

Individually

Awards
Preceded by
Paweł Zagumny
Best Setter of
CEV European Championship

2011
Succeeded by
Sergey Grankin
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