Eva Yaneva

Eva Yaneva (Bulgarian Cyrillic: Ева Янева) (born 31 July 1985 in Sofia) is a Bulgarian volleyball player. She currently plays for Sariyer Belediyesi in Turkey.

Eva Yaneva
Personal information
Full nameEva Yaneva
NicknameEva
Born (1985-07-31) July 31, 1985
Sofia, Bulgaria
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike298 cm (117 in)
Block290 cm (114 in)
Volleyball information
Positionoutside hitter
Current clubCSM Bucharest
Number8
National team
Bulgaria

Career

She started playing volleyball in 1996 at the age of 11 with CSKA Sofia.[1]

Yaneva has played for teams that finished 7th and 8th in the 2004 and 2006 European Championships, respectively; the 2006 champion of the French Cup; and three champions of Bulgaria.

Club history

Yaneva played for CSKA Sofia (Bulgaria) from 1996 to 2004, then for Stinol Lipetsk (Russia) from 2004 to 2005 and for RC Cannes (France) from 2005 to present.

National team

Yaneva is a key player for the Bulgaria women's national volleyball team and has captained it on occasions. In 2011, she was banned from participating in the 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship due to supposed disciplinary breaches,[2] but has since then been reinstated to the national side and continues to be a regular for the team.[3]

Clubs

Awards

National team

References
  1. "Конете са голямата любов на Ева Янева. Цялото семейство сме скиори, признава волейболистката" (in Bulgarian). 7sport.net. 2009-08-21. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-10-30.
  2. "Страшимира Филипова наследи Ева Янев като капитан на националния отбор". sportal.bg. 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
  3. "Реабилитираха Ева Янева, новият наставник избра 16 имена". topsport.bg. 2011-10-11. Retrieved 2013-03-10.
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