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Marta Drpa

Marta Drpa Esenkal (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.

Marta Drpa Esenkal
Drpa at the 2018 PSL Grand Prix Conference
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1989-04-20) 20 April 1989 (age 35)
Knin, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
HometownBelgrade, Serbia
Height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight75 kg (165 lb)
Spike315 cm (124 in)
Block305 cm (120 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOpposite Hitter
Current clubPAOK
Number21
Career
YearsTeams
2005–2009
2009–2010
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015
2015
2016–2018
2018
2018–2019
2019–2020
2020–2023
2023
2023–2024
2024–		Crvena Zvezda Beograd
Voléro Zürich
Železničar Lajkovac
NIS Spartak Subotica
Obiettivo Risarcimento
CSM Târgoviște
SC Potsdam
Cocolife Asset Managers
SC Potsdam
Yenisey Krasnoyarsk
Békéscsabai RSE
Maccabi Haifa
SK Prometey
PAOK
National team
2006–Serbia Serbia
Honours
Women's Volleyball
Representing  Serbia
European Games
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Baku Team
U20 World Championship
Silver medal – second place 2005 Ankara/Istanbul Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Netherlands/Belgium Team

Career

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National team

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Awards

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Individuals

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National team

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Junior

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Senior

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Clubs

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References

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  1. ^ "2015 CEV Volleyball European Championship - Women - Serbia". CEV. Archived from the original on 4 July 2017. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  2. ^ "2007 FIVB Junior Volleyball World Championships - Women European Qualification". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  3. ^ "NLA Women 2009/2010". flashscore.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  4. ^ "National Cup - Women 2015/2016 (Romania): Overview". scorespro.com. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  5. ^ "2007 FIVB Junior Volleyball World Championships - Women European Qualification". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  6. ^ "2005 Junior Women's U 20 World Championship". FIVB. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  7. ^ "2015 European Games - Women - Competition Standings". CEV. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  8. ^ "Serbia shatter Azerbaijani dreams of glory and win bronze medal in Baku". CEV. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  9. ^ "2015 World Grand Prix - Serbia - Team Roster". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  10. ^ "2015 World Grand Prix - Ranking". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  11. ^ "Teams - Serbia - Players". FIVB. Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  12. ^ "Na današnji dan: Rođena Marta Drpa". mojacrvenazvezda.net (in Serbian). Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  13. ^ "Crvena Zvezda BEOGRAD". CEV. Retrieved 16 April 2018.
  14. ^ "NIS Spartak Subotica Players". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  15. ^ "NIS Spartak Subotica Tournaments". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  16. ^ "Marta Drpa najbolja odbojkašica u decembru". odbojka.org (in Serbian). Retrieved 13 April 2018.
  17. ^ "Volero Zurich Tournaments". women.volleyball-movies.net. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  18. ^ "Obiettivo Risarcimento, rosa al completo con Marta Drpa". sportvicentino.it (in Italian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  19. ^ "CSM Tîrgoviște 2015-2016". voleiromania.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  20. ^ "Suntem Campioni!". CSM Târgoviște (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  21. ^ "Sport Club Potsdam e.V." sc-potsdam.de (in German). Archived from the original on 24 June 2019. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  22. ^ "MARTA DRPA BLEIBT BEIM SC POTSDAM". volleyball-bundesliga.de (in German). Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  23. ^ "Bundesliga Women 2017/2018". flashscore.com. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  24. ^ "Cocolife gets World Grand Prix veteran as new import in PSL". The Manila Times. Retrieved 17 April 2018.
  25. ^ "Superliga: Foton rallies to beat Cocolife, take home Grand Prix bronze". ABS-CBN Sports. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
  26. ^ "Marta Drpa geht in die dritte Saison". Märkische Allgemeine (in German). Archived from the original on 26 January 2022. Retrieved 15 June 2018.
  27. ^ "Bundesliga Women 2018/2019". soccerstand.com. Retrieved 8 July 2019.
  28. ^ "Yenisei KRASNOYARSK". CEV. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  29. ^ "Ispovest: Košarkaš Aleks Marić: Ubili su mi dedu u "Oluji", neću im oprostiti".
  30. ^ "Australski reprezentativac: Hrvatima neću zaboraviti Oluju, ubili su mi djeda!".
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