Andrija_Gerić

Andrija Gerić

Andrija Gerić

Serbian volleyball player

Andrija Gerić (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Герић, pronounced [ǎndrija ɡěːritɕ]; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12.

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Career

Gerić made a debut for the national team on 7 July 1995 in Greece when FR Yugoslavia defeated Greece 0-3. In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković) won the Olympic gold medal.[1]

During his club's career he played for OK Vojvodina, Bossini Montichiari‚ Lube Banca Marche Macerata and Icom Latina from Italy, Panathinaikos VC from Greece and Fenerbahçe from Turkey. He won Champions League, CEV Cup, domestic Championships of Serbia, Italy and Turkey, as well as Serbian and Italian domestic Cup.

Career

Palmares

Club

National team

  • Olympic gold medal: 2000
  • Olympic bronze medal: 1996
  • World Championship's silver medal: 1998
  • European Championship's gold medal: 2001
  • European Championship's silver medal: 1997
  • European Championship's bronze medal: 2005, 2007
  • World League's silver medal: 2003, 2006, 2008

Individual awards

References

  1. [1]
    Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Andrija Gerić". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
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