Ana Živojinović
Personal information
Full nameAna Živojinović
Nationality Serbia
Born (1991-07-04) July 4, 1991
Valjevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight74 kg (163 lb)
Spike280 cm (110 in)
Block268 cm (106 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current clubSerbia OK Crvena zvezda Belgrade
Number4
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2006
2006–2012
2012–2013
2013–2015
2015–2017
2017–2018
2018-2019
2019-2020
2021-		Serbia Srbijanka Valjevo
Serbia Vizura Belgrade
Turkey Besiktas Istanbul
France ASPTT Mulhouse
Greece Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
Turkey Beylikdüzü
Romania CSM Volei Alba Blaj
Greece Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus
Serbia OK Crvena zvezda Belgrade
National team
0000Serbia Serbia
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Serbia
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2011 Serbia / ItalyTeam
FIVB World Grand Prix
Bronze medal – third place2011 Macau
Bronze medal – third place2013 SapporoTeam
European League
Gold medal – first place2011 IstanbulTeam
Last updated: 31 May 2017

Ana Živojinović (née Lazarević; born July 4, 1991) is a professional volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in Serbia and Italy. At club level, she plays for OK Crvena zvezda Belgrade in Serbian Volley league.

Career

Ana Lazarević took her first steps in volleyball in 2005, in the Academy of Srbijanka of Valjevo, a club of her hometown. In Servjianka she remained for only a year, since in 2006 she was transferred to Vizoura Belgrade. She remained for six years in the club of the Serbian capital, took the second place of the 2010-11 Serbian Championship, and was runners up of the Cup of Serbia in the same year as well. In 2012 she decided to leave her homeland and travel to Turkey for Besiktas Istanbul, but she remained there for just one season.

In 2013, Ana Lazarević was signed by ASPTT Mulhouse, a team of the town with the same name in France, where she remained for two years. With ASPTT Mulhouse she was awarded as Best Receiver in the 2014 edition of CEV Women's Challenge Cup, in the third place of her team in that year's competition.[1]

In the summer of 2015, Lazarević moved to Greece and was transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus, where she remained until the summer of 2017. With the Red-whites of Piraeus she won the double twice (Hellenic Championship and Hellenic Cup) in the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons. Moreover, she was named the Most Valuable Player (M.V.P.) at the 2017 Hellenic Cup.[2]
At the same season she was runner up of the European Challenge Cup, in the incredible course of Olympiacos to the final of the competition.

After one year in Beylikdüzü of Istanbul for personal reasons, she moved in 2018 to Romanian Alba Blaj,[3] with which she won both the Romanian championship and Cup, but also the Silver Medal of 2018–19 Women's CEV Cup.[4]

In the summer of 2019, Ana Lazarevic returned to Greece, to Olympiacos Piraeus[5] as Ana Živojinović, after marrying water polo player Stefan Živojinović, who was also transferred to Olympiacos that same year.[6]

In May 2021, after one year of absence due to pregnancy, she returned to Serbia and signed for OK Crvena zvezda Belgrade, club that she support since childhood.[7]

International career

Ana Lazarević has been a member of the Serbian National Team since 2011. She has 30 entries (July 2015) and she has won two gold medals in European competitions as well as the bronze medal at the 2013 Volleyball World Grand Prix.[8]

Sporting achievements

National Team

Clubs

International competitions

National championships

National trophies

Individuals

References

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