Jovana Brakočević

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Jovana Brakočević
Jovana Brakočević
2013 at Vakıfbank İstanbul
portrait
Date of birth March 5, 1988
place of birth Zrenjanin , Yugoslavia
size 1.96 m
position Diagonal / universal
societies
2004–2007
2007–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2014
2014–2015
2016
2016–2017
2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
since 2019 		Poštar 064 Belgrad
Spes Volley Conegliano
Guangzhou Evergrande
JT Marvelous
Vakıfbank İstanbul
Azerrail Baku
Imoco Volley Conegliano
LJ Nordmeccanica Modena
Altai VC
CSM Bucharest
Budowlani Łódź
AGIL Volley Novara
National team
236 times A national team
successes
2006
2007
2007
2008
2011
2012
2013
2013
2013
2013
2014
2014
2016
2016
2018
2018 		World Cup third
Serbian champion
EM second
Olympic champion European
champion
Olympic 11th
Turkish cup winner
Turkish champion
Champions League
club world champion
Turkish cup winner
Turkish champion
Italian champion
Olympic silver
Romanian cup winner
Romanian champion

As of March 26, 2020

Jovana Brakočević ( Serbian - Cyrillic Јована Бракочевић ; born March 5, 1988 in Zrenjanin , Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian volleyball player .

Career

Jovana Brakočević played in the Serbian national team from 2006 to 2016 in the diagonal position. She took part in the Olympic Games three times, finished fifth in Beijing in 2008 , eleventh in London in 2012 and won the silver medal in Rio de Janeiro in 2016 . Moreover occupied Brakočević in the 2006 World Cup third place and was 2007 European silver medalist and 2011 European champion . There were also victories in the Europa League in 2009 and 2011 . Brakočević played for the following clubs: Poštar 064 Belgrade (2007 Serbian champion), Spes Volley Conegliano , Guangzhou Evergrande (China), JT Marvelous (Japan), Vakıfbank İstanbul (2013 and 2014 Turkish double, 2013 Champions League and Club World Cup victory) and Azerrail Baku . After a baby break, Brakočević entered the final round of the A1 series at Imoco Volley Conegliano and became Italian champion. In 2016/17 she played for LJ Nordmeccanica Modena and at the end of the season for the Kazakh Altai VC. Since December 2017 she has been active in Romania at CSM Bucharest and won the national double in 2018. After a season in Poland with Budowlani Łódź , she has been back in Italy for AGIL Volley Novara since 2019 . Brakočević has received several individual awards at various international competitions (“Most Valuable Player”, “Best Attacker” etc.).

Private

Brakočević is married to the Italian Marcello Canzian. The two have had a son Viktor since 2015.

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personal data
SURNAME Brakočević, Jovana
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Бракочевић, Јована (Serbian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Serbian volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 5, 1988
PLACE OF BIRTH Zrenjanin