Serbian professional volleyball player
Marta Drpa (Serbian Cyrillic: Марта Дрпа; born 20 April 1989) is a Serbian professional volleyball player. She was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games and 2015 European Championship.[1][2] She also won the championships at the 2010 National League A in Switzerland and 2016 Cupa României in Romania with Voléro Zürich and CSM Târgoviște respectively.[3][4] Her current club is PAOK.
Career
National team
Drpa is a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team since 2006.[5] Her main accomplishments as a junior player were awarded in 2005 and 2007 when Serbia won 2nd place in both World Championship and University Games.[6]
She was part of the squad that won the bronze medals at the 2015 European Games held in Azerbaijan and 2015 European Championship held in Belgium and the Netherlands.[7][8] She also took part at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix that happened in the United States.[9] Their team finished at 8th place after the tournament.[10]
She was part of 25 national selections in total.[11]
Serbian clubs
Drpa's professional volleyball career debuted in 2005 when she was just 16 years old. From 2005 to 2009, she was a member of Crvena Zvezda Beograd, a club that plays in the Volleyball League of Serbia, the highest level of women's volleyball league in the country.[12] Her most notable achievement with the club is when they won the bronze medal at the 2007–2008 CEV Cup.[13]
She left Serbia after her season with the Red Star Belgrade. In 2013, she went back and joined Železničar Lajkovac. She played with the club for a year then transferred to NIS Spartak Subotica for the 2014 to 2015 season.[14] The club won the silver medal in the Volleyball League of Serbia.[15]
In December 2014, she was awarded as the MVP in the Wiener Städtische Liga.[16]
Other countries
Drpa started playing outside Serbia in 2009. She joined Voléro Zürich, a club that plays in the National League A, the highest volleyball league in Switzerland. She led the team to its 5th championship title.[17]
In 2015, she went to Italy to join Obiettivo Risarcimento, a club that plays in the Serie A1, the highest level club competition in the country. She stayed with the team for a season.[18]
In the same year, she went to Romania to reinforce CSM Târgoviște, a club that plays in the country's top professional volleyball league, Divizia A1.[19] The club won the 2015–2016 championship in the Romanian Women's Volleyball Cup.[20]
In 2016, she moved to Germany to join SC Potsdam, a volleyball club that plays in the Bundesliga.[21] The team ranked at 4th place in the 2016–2017 season and finished at 7th place after the 2017–2018 championship.[22][23]
In 2018, she went to the Philippines to join the Cocolife Asset Managers, a club that plays in the Philippine Super Liga.[24] The club finished at 4th place at the 2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference.[25]
Drpa played again in the Bundesliga in Germany for the 2018/2019 season. Her club, SC Potsdam, finished at 4th place.[26][27]
In 2019, she joined Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, a Russian volleyball club that plays in the Super League and European Cup.[28]
Personal life
Drpa was born in Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia to ethnic Serb parents. In 1995, she became a refugee in FR Yugoslavia after exodus of Serbs during Operation Storm.[29][30]
Clubs
Awards
Individuals
National team
Junior
Senior
Clubs
References
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