Marta_Drpa

Marta Drpa

Marta Drpa

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 Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.[5]

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Career

National team

Drpa is a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team since 2006.[6] 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.[7]

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.[8][9] She also took part at the 2015 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix that happened in the United States.[10] Their team finished at 8th place after the tournament.[11]

She was part of 25 national selections in total.[12]

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.[13] Her most notable achievement with the club is when they won the bronze medal at the 2007–2008 CEV Cup.[14]

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.[15] The club won the silver medal in the Volleyball League of Serbia.[16]

In December 2014, she was awarded as the MVP in the Wiener Städtische Liga.[17]

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.[18]

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.[19]

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.[20] The club won the 2015–2016 championship in the Romanian Women's Volleyball Cup.[21]

In 2016, she moved to Germany to join SC Potsdam, a volleyball club that plays in the Bundesliga.[22] The team ranked at 4th place in the 2016–2017 season and finished at 7th place after the 2017–2018 championship.[23][24]

In 2018, she went to the Philippines to join the Cocolife Asset Managers, a club that plays in the Philippine Super Liga.[25] The club finished at 4th place at the 2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference.[26]

Drpa played again in the Bundesliga in Germany for the 2018/2019 season. Her club, SC Potsdam, finished at 4th place.[27][28]

In 2019, she joined Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, a Russian volleyball club that plays in the Super League and European Cup.[29]

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.[30][31]

Clubs

Awards

Individuals

National team

Junior

Senior

Clubs

References

  1. [1]
    "2015 CEV Volleyball European Championship - Women - Serbia". CEV. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. [2]
    "2007 FIVB Junior Volleyball World Championships - Women European Qualification". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. [3]
    "NLA Women 2009/2010". flashscore.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. [4]
    "National Cup - Women 2015/2016 (Romania): Overview". scorespro.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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    "5 Marta DRPA". CEV. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
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    "2007 FIVB Junior Volleyball World Championships - Women European Qualification". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  7. [7]
    "2005 Junior Women's U 20 World Championship". FIVB. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  8. [8]
    "2015 European Games - Women - Competition Standings". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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    "Serbia shatter Azerbaijani dreams of glory and win bronze medal in Baku". CEV. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
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    "2015 World Grand Prix - Serbia - Team Roster". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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    "2015 World Grand Prix - Ranking". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  12. [12]
    "Teams - Serbia - Players". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  13. [13]
    "Na današnji dan: Rođena Marta Drpa". mojacrvenazvezda.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. [14]
    "Crvena Zvezda BEOGRAD". CEV. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  15. [15]
    "NIS Spartak Subotica Players". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. [16]
    "NIS Spartak Subotica Tournaments". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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    "Marta Drpa najbolja odbojkašica u decembru". odbojka.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
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    "Volero Zurich Tournaments". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
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    "Obiettivo Risarcimento, rosa al completo con Marta Drpa". sportvicentino.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  20. [20]
    "CSM Tîrgoviște 2015-2016". voleiromania.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  21. [21]
    "Suntem Campioni!". CSM Târgoviște (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  22. [22]
    "Sport Club Potsdam e.V." sc-potsdam.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  23. [23]
    "MARTA DRPA BLEIBT BEIM SC POTSDAM". volleyball-bundesliga.de (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  24. [24]
    "Bundesliga Women 2017/2018". flashscore.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  25. [25]
    "Cocolife gets World Grand Prix veteran as new import in PSL". The Manila Times. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  26. [26]
    "Superliga: Foton rallies to beat Cocolife, take home Grand Prix bronze". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  27. [27]
    "Marta Drpa geht in die dritte Saison". Märkische Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  28. [28]
    "Bundesliga Women 2018/2019". soccerstand.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  29. [29]
    "Yenisei KRASNOYARSK". CEV. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  30. [30]
    "Ispovest: Košarkaš Aleks Marić: Ubili su mi dedu u "Oluji", neću im oprostiti".
  31. [31]
    "Australski reprezentativac: Hrvatima neću zaboraviti Oluju, ubili su mi djeda!".
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