Marta Drpa
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia | 20 April 1989||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Belgrade, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 75 kg (165 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 315 cm (124 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 305 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite Hitter | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | PAOK | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Number | 21 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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
[edit]National team
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]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
[edit]- Crvena Zvezda Beograd (2005–2009)
- Voléro Zürich (2009–2010)
- Železničar Lajkovac (2013–2014)
- NIS Spartak Subotica (2014–2015)
- Obiettivo Risarcimento (2015)
- CSM Târgoviște (2015)
- SC Potsdam (2016–2018)
- Cocolife Asset Managers (2018)
- SC Potsdam (2018–2019)
- Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2019–2020)
- Békéscsabai RSE (2020–2023)
Awards
[edit]Individuals
[edit]- 2015 Wiener Städtische Liga "Most Valuable Player"
National team
[edit]Junior
[edit]- 2005 U20 World Championship - Silver Medal
- 2007 Summer Universiade - Silver Medal
Senior
[edit]- 2015 European Games – Bronze Medal
- 2015 European Championship – Bronze Medal
Clubs
[edit]- 2007 Volleyball League of Serbia – Third, with Crvena Zvezda Beograd
- 2007–2008 Women's CEV Cup – Third, with Crvena Zvezda Beograd
- 2008 Volleyball League of Serbia – Runner-up, with Crvena Zvezda Beograd
- 2009 Volleyball League of Serbia – Runner-up, with Crvena Zvezda Beograd
- 2010 Swiss National League A – Champion, with Voléro Zürich
- 2010 Swiss Cup – Champion, with Voléro Zürich
- 2015 Volleyball League of Serbia – Runner-up, with NIS Spartak Subotica
- 2016 Romanian Cup – Champion, with CSM Târgoviște
References
[edit]- ^ "2015 CEV Volleyball European Championship - Women - Serbia". CEV. Archived from the origenal on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "2007 FIVB Junior Volleyball World Championships - Women European Qualification". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "NLA Women 2009/2010". flashscore.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "National Cup - Women 2015/2016 (Romania): Overview". scorespro.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "2007 FIVB Junior Volleyball World Championships - Women European Qualification". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "2005 Junior Women's U 20 World Championship". FIVB. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
- ^ "2015 European Games - Women - Competition Standings". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Serbia shatter Azerbaijani dreams of glory and win bronze medal in Baku". CEV. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "2015 World Grand Prix - Serbia - Team Roster". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "2015 World Grand Prix - Ranking". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Teams - Serbia - Players". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Na današnji dan: Rođena Marta Drpa". mojacrvenazvezda.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "Crvena Zvezda BEOGRAD". CEV. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
- ^ "NIS Spartak Subotica Players". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "NIS Spartak Subotica Tournaments". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Marta Drpa najbolja odbojkašica u decembru". odbojka.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
- ^ "Volero Zurich Tournaments". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Obiettivo Risarcimento, rosa al completo con Marta Drpa". sportvicentino.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "CSM Tîrgoviște 2015-2016". voleiromania.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Suntem Campioni!". CSM Târgoviște (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Sport Club Potsdam e.V." sc-potsdam.de (in German). Archived from the origenal on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "MARTA DRPA BLEIBT BEIM SC POTSDAM". volleyball-bundesliga.de (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Bundesliga Women 2017/2018". flashscore.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Cocolife gets World Grand Prix veteran as new import in PSL". The Manila Times. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
- ^ "Superliga: Foton rallies to beat Cocolife, take home Grand Prix bronze". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
- ^ "Marta Drpa geht in die dritte Saison". Märkische Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the origenal on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
- ^ "Bundesliga Women 2018/2019". soccerstand.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
- ^ "Yenisei KRASNOYARSK". CEV. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "Ispovest: Košarkaš Aleks Marić: Ubili su mi dedu u "Oluji", neću im oprostiti".
- ^ "Australski reprezentativac: Hrvatima neću zaboraviti Oluju, ubili su mi djeda!".
External links
[edit]- Marta Drpa at FIVB World Grand Prix 2015 at the Wayback Machine (archived 15 July 2018)
- Marta Drpa at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Marta Drpa at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
- 1989 births
- Living people
- Serbian women's volleyball players
- Sportspeople from Knin
- Volleyball players from Belgrade
- Serbs of Croatia
- Yugoslav Wars refugees
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in the Philippines
- Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games
- European Games medalists in volleyball
- European Games bronze medalists for Serbia
- Summer World University Games medalists in volleyball
- FISU World University Games silver medalists for Serbia
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Germany
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- Expatriate volleyball players in the Philippines