Lazar Koprivica

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Lazar Koprivica
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Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1991-11-08) 8 November 1991 (age 33)
Volleyball information
Positionright side hitter
Number4 (national team)
Career
YearsTeams
2009–2015 Flag of Serbia.svg OK Crvena Zvezda
2015–2016 Flag of France.svg Rennes Volley 35
2016 Flag of Greece.svg Iraklis Thessaloniki V.C.
2016–present Flag of Romania.svg SCM U Craiova
National team
2015 Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Flag of Serbia.svg  Serbia
World U23 Championship
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2013 Brazil

Lazar Koprivica (born 8 November 1991) is a Serbian male volleyball player. He played for his home club OK Crvena Zvezda Belgrade from 2009 to 2015, winning four championship titles. [1] He continued his international career in France at Rennes Volley 35 (2015/16), [2] in Greece at Iraklis Thessaloniki V.C. (2016) and in Romania at SCM U Craiova (2017). [3] [4]

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As a junior, Koprivica played for various selections of the national team, and won bronze medals at both the 2010 European Junior Championship and the 2011 World Junior Championship, and a silver at the 2013 U-24 championship in Brazil. [1] With the B-section of the Serbia men's national volleyball team he competed at the 2015 European Games in Baku. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "На данашњи дан: Рођен Лазар Копривица". Moja Crvena Zvezda (in Serbian). Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  2. 1 2 "Koprivica napustio Zvezdu". Večernje novosti. 5 July 2015. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  3. ↑ "Lazar Koprivica". olimpicsports.net. Retrieved 8 February 2017.
  4. ↑ "Volei (M): Koprivica Lazar, noul jucător al echipei de volei masculin SCMU Craiova". Sportul Doljean (in Romanian). 21 January 2017. Retrieved 8 February 2017.


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