Aleksandar Atanasijević
Aleksandar Atanasijević is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Olympiacos. Atanasijević took part in 2 Olympic Games and is a two–time European Champion with Serbia.
Personal life
He is married with Bulgarian professional volleyball player Elitsa Vasileva-Atanasijević who plays as an outside hitter for Panionios V.C. in Greece.Career
Club
His first professional club was Serbian OK Partizan. His trainer was Slavko Balandžić. In 2011, he moved to PGE Skra Bełchatów, one of the most successful teams in the Polish PlusLiga. In his first season in Poland, he was mainly a substitute player for Mariusz Wlazły. In the second season, he has become a major player on his position repeatedly winning the statuette for best player of the match. With PGE Skra Belchatów, he won a silver medal of the Polish Championship, Polish Cup, and a silver medal of the Club World Championship. In 2012, Atanasijević won a silver medal of the CEV Champions League after the match against Zenit Kazan during the Final Four held in Łódź, Poland. In 2013, he moved to Italian club – Sir Safety Perugia. In 2014, he won a silver medal of the Italian Championship after losing matches against Lube. In May 2014, he signed a new three–year contract with Sir Safety Perugia. With the Italian team he won several titles, such as the Italian championship in 2018, the Italian Cup in 2018 and 2019, as well as the Italian Super Cup in 2018, 2020 and 2021. He was also runner-up in the 2017 CEV Champions League.He then won the Chinese Championship in 2024 with Shanghai Bright, and in the same year he signed a contract with the Greek team Olympiacos. With the Piraeus team in the 2024-25 season he won three cups, the League Cup, the Super Cup and the Hellenic Cup. He was also runner-up in the Hellenic Championship in the same season.
National team
He is a gold medalist of 2011 European Championship, and bronze medalist of the 2013 European Championship. He was a member of the national team at the Olympic Games London 2012. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national team with him in squad reached the final of the 2015 World League, but lost to France, and eventually achieved a silver medal. Atanasijević received an individual award for the Best Opposite Spiker of the tournament.Honours
Club
CEV Champions League- * 2011–12, with PGE Skra Bełchatów
- * 2016–17, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2017–18, with Sir Safety Conad PerugiaClub World Championship
- * 2012, with PGE Skra BełchatówNational championships
- * 2010–11 Serbian Championship, with OK Partizan
- * 2011–12 Polish Championship, with Skra Bełchatów
- * 2015–16 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2017–18 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2018–19 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2020–21 Italian Championship, Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2023–24 Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Bright
- * 2024–25 Hellenic championship, with Olympiacos PiraeusNational cups
- * 2010–11 Serbian Cup, with OK Partizan
- * 2011–12 Polish Cup, with Skra Bełchatów
- * 2012–13 Polish SuperCup, with Skra Bełchatów
- * 2013–14 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2017–18 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2017–18 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2018–19 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2019–20 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2019–20 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2020–21 Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2020–21 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Conad Perugia
- * 2024–25 Hellenic League Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- * 2024 Hellenic Super Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- * 2024–25 Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
- * 2025–26 Hellenic League Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus