Martina Šamadan

Martina Šamadan
portrait
Date of birth	September 11, 1993
place of birth	Split, Croatia
size	1.93 m
position	Middle block
societies
until 2015 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019 since 2019	Virginia Commonwealth University Seattle University CS Volei Alba-Blaj HAOK Mladost Zagreb Imoco Volley Conegliano Yamamay Busto Arsizio Allianz MTV Stuttgart
National team
	Junior national team A national team
successes
2019	Winner of the CEV Cup
As of September 10, 2019

Martina Šamadan (born September 11, 1993 in Split ) is a Croatian volleyball player .

Career

Šamadan studied from 2012 to 2015 first at Virginia Commonwealth University and then at Seattle University . After completing her studies, she went to Romania in 2016 and played for CS Volei Alba-Blaj . The middle blocker was active at HAOK Mladost Zagreb in the 2017/18 season . With the Croatian national team , she took part in the European Golden League and the World Cup in Japan in 2018 . In the 2018/19 season she first played for Imoco Volley Conegliano in the Italian league . In January 2019, however, she was signed by league rival Yamamay Busto Arsizio . The club won the CEV Cup , but Šamadan was not used because of their previous involvement in Conegliano. In the summer, the Croatian moved to the German champions Allianz MTV Stuttgart .

At the beginning of her career she also played beach volleyball . In 2011 she took part in the U20 European Championships in Tel Aviv-Jaffa with Zrinka Šutalo . With Jea Turić she won the Croatian junior championship in 2012. In 2013 she took part in the U23 World Cup in Mysłowice with Sara Radanović .

Web links

• Profile at the German Volleyball Bundesliga (VBL)
• Profile at the European Volleyball Federation CEV (English)
• Profile at Seattle University (English)
• Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)
• Profile at the world association FIVB (English)
• Profile in the Beach Volleyball Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Profile at Virginia Commonwealth University (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Profile at Seattle University (English)
3. ↑ Profile at the European Volleyball Federation CEV (English)
4. ↑ ^{a b} Imoco Conegliano: al centro arriva Martina Samadan. volleynews.it, August 31, 2018, accessed September 10, 2019 (Italian). 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Martina Samadan comes to the Neckar. Allianz MTV Stuttgart, May 31, 2019, accessed on September 10, 2019 . 
6. ↑ Busto Arsizio: L'UYBA ingaggia Martina Samadan. volleyball.it, January 12, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 (Italian). 
7. ↑ Volley: Cev Femminile, Busto è in Romania per la finale d'andata. Corriere dello Sport - Stadio , March 18, 2019, accessed September 10, 2019 (Italian).