Biljana Gligorović

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Biljana Gligorović (born 31 January 1982) is a Croatian former professional international volleyball player, who played as setter. During her career so far she has played in the championships of Italy, Russia, Greece, Romania and Azerbaijan. She competed for Croatia at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biljana Gligorović
Personal information
NicknameBibi
NationalityCroatian
Born (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982 (age 42)
Pula, Croatia
HometownAthens
Height1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight65 kg (143 lb)
Spike305 cm (120 in)
Block287 cm (113 in)
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Current clubG.S.Ilioupoly
Number1
Career
YearsTeams
1997-1998
1998-2000
2000-2001
2001-2002
2002-2003
2003-2005
2005-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-2009
2009-2010
2010-2011
2011-2012
2012-2013
2013-2014
2015-2017
2017-2018
2018-2019
Croatia Ντουμπρόβνικ
Croatia Ριέκα
Italy Ρέτζιο Καλάμπρια
Italy Βόλει Ιμόλα
Russia Φακέλ Νόβι Ουρενγκόι
Italy Σαντεράμο Σπορτ
Italy Μέγκιους Βόλει Κλαμπ
Italy Αλτάμουρα Βόλει
Italy Τσιέρι Βόλει
Greece Ολυμπιακός Πειραιώς
Greece Απολλώνιος
Romania Ντιναμό Βουκουρεστίου
Azerbaijan ΒΚ Μπακού
Greece Ηρακλής Κηφισιάς
Greece Α.Ο. Βριλήσσια
Greece Ηλιούπολη
Greece Άρης
Greece Ηλιούπολη
National team
1997-2012 Croatia 180 participationCroatia
Medal record
Women's volleyball
Representing  Croatia
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara Team

Born in Croatia, has been in Italy since she was very young and signed her first professional contract with Italian Reggio Calabria. In the first year with Calabria, Gligorovic managed to win two titles, namely the Italian Super Cup (2000) and the Italian Championship (2001). After her successful pass from the Calabria, Gligorovic continued to compete in teams in Italy for the next seven years, namely until 2008. The teams that he played during the seven years were Volley Imola, Santeram Sport, Megui Volley Club, Altemura Volley and Chieri Volley. In 2008 she decided to leave Italy and travel to Greece on behalf of Olympic Piraeus, The Piraeus team stayed for a year without a title. However, he managed to conquer the second place in the final score of the Greek championship. The next season she continued to compete in Greece by wearing Apollonius shirt. In 2010, Biljana Gligorovic decided to move to Romania on behalf of Dynamo Bucharest. She remained in the Bucharest team for a year but did not manage to win a title. After the end of the 2010–11 season, Gligorovic moved to Baku, a team in Azerbaijan, where he also stayed for a year. With the Baku team taking third place in the country championship and the bronze medal at the Challenge Cup In 2012 she decided to return to Greece on behalf of Hercules Kifissias. Kifissia's team stayed for a year as they moved to Vrilissia in the summer of 2013. In 2015 she competed in the team of Ilioupoli for two years. In 2017 she moves on behalf of ARIS in Thessaloniki where they reach the final of the championship. In 2018 she returns to Ilioupolis where she closes her career.

References

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  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Biljana Gligorović". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2016-12-03.
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