Marko Podraščanin

Marko Podraščanin (Serbian: Марко Подрашчанин, born 29 August 1987) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Itas Trentino, participant of the Olympic Games (Beijing 2008 and London 2012), bronze medallist at the 2010 World Championship, 2011 European Champion, 2019 European Champion, gold medallist at the 2016 World League.

Marko Podraščanin
Personal information
Nationality	Serb
Born	(1987-08-29) 29 August 1987 (age 36) Novi Sad, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	2.04 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	101 kg (223 lb)
Spike	358 cm (141 in)
Block	340 cm (134 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Middle blocker
Current club	Itas Trentino
Number	18
Career
Years Teams 2005–2007 2007–2008 2008–2016 2016–2020 2020– Vojvodina Novi Sad Corigliano Volley Volley Lube Sir Safety Perugia Trentino Volley
National team
2006 2006– Serbia and Montenegro Serbia
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Serbia FIVB World Championship 2010 Italy FIVB World League 2016 Kraków 2008 Rio de Janeiro 2009 Belgrade 2015 Rio de Janeiro 2010 Córdoba CEV European Championship 2011 Austria/Czech Republic 2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia 2007 Russia 2013 Denmark/Poland 2017 Poland

Personal life

On May 25, 2014 married to Milena. On May 5, 2015 his wife gave birth to their daughter, Mila.^[1]

Career

National team

On July 19, 2015, Podraščanin was part of the Serbian national team that made it to the final of the World League. Serbia finished silver medallists after losing 0-3 to France in the final.^[2][3]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

• CEV Champions League
  •   2023/2024 – with Itas Trentino
  •   2016/2017 – with Sir Sicoma Colussi Perugia
  •   2020/2021 – with Itas Trentino

• FIVB Club World Championship
  •   Brasil 2021 – with Itas Trentino
  •   Brazil 2022 – with Trentino Itas

• CEV Challenge Cup
  •   2010/2011 – with Lube Banca Marche Macerata

• National championships
  • 2005/2006   Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
  • 2006/2007   Serbian Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
  • 2008/2009   Italian SuperCup, with Lube Banca Marche Macerata
  • 2008/2009   Italian Cup, with, with Lube Banca Marche Macerata
  • 2011/2012   Italian Championship, with Lube Banca Marche Macerata
  • 2012/2013   Italian SuperCup, with Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata
  • 2013/2014   Italian Championship, with Cucine Lube Banca Marche Macerata
  • 2014/2015   Italian SuperCup, with Cucine Lube Banca Marche Treia
  • 2017/2018   Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
  • 2017/2018   Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
  • 2017/2018   Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
  • 2018/2019   Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
  • 2019/2020   Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
  • 2021/2022   Italian SuperCup, with Itas Trentino
  • 2022/2023   Italian Cup, with Itas Trentino
  • 2022/2023   Italian Championship, with Itas Trentino

Individual awards

• 2008: FIVB World League – Best Middle Blocker
• 2011: CEV European Championship – Best Middle Blocker
• 2015: Italian SuperCup – Most Valuable Player
• 2017: CEV Champions League – Best Middle Blocker
• 2018: CEV Champions League – Best Middle Blocker
• 2021: CEV European Championship – Best Middle Blocker
• 2022 FIVB Club World Championship – Best Middle Blocker

References

1. FIORI D'ARANCIO PER MARKO PODRASCANIN E MILENA - lubevolley.it - 25-05-2014
2. FRANCE UPSET SERBIA TO CLAIM FIRST WORLD LEAGUE TITLE - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
3. FRANCE PREVAIL OVER SERBIA TO CLAIM GOLD; USA FINISH THIRD - fivb.org - 19-07-2015

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marko Podraščanin.

• Marko Podraščanin at the European Volleyball Confederation  
• Marko Podraščanin at LegaVolley.it
• Marko Podraščanin at WorldofVolley.com
• Marko Podraščanin at Volleybox.net
• Marko Podraščanin at Olympedia  
• Marko Podraščanin at Olympics.com
• Marko Podraščanin at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
• Marko Podraščanin on Instagram  

Awards
Preceded by   Gustavo Endres	Best Blocker of FIVB World League 2008	Succeeded by   Robertlandy Simón
Preceded by   Viktor Yosifov	Best Middle Blocker of CEV European Championship 2011 2021 ex aequo   Piotr Nowakowski	Succeeded by TBD
Preceded by   Sebastian Sole   Russell Holmes	Best Middle Blocker of CEV Champions League 2016/2017 ex aequo   Artem Volvich 2017/2018 ex aequo   Dragan Stanković	Succeeded by Not awarded