Valeriya Korotenko | |||||
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Full name | Valeriya Korotenko | ||||
Nationality | Azerbaijani | ||||
Born | Baku, Soviet Union | 29 January 1984||||
Hometown | Baku, Azerbaijan | ||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||
Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||
Spike | 286 cm (113 in) | ||||
Block | 272 cm (107 in) | ||||
Volleyball information | |||||
Position | Libero | ||||
Current club | Azerrail Baku | ||||
Number | 12 | ||||
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Valeriya Korotenko (born 29 January 1984) is a retired Azerbaijani volleyball player who played as a Libero. She was a member of Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team and was selected as the Best Libero of European Volleyball Championship in 2005 and 2017.
Born in Baku, Valeriya first played volleyball at age nine and joined the school volleyball team.
She played 180 times for the Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team and was awarded the best libero of 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship.
Korotenko was a member of Azerrail Baku and Volero Zurich before joining Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team. She won the bronze medal at the 2008–09 CEV Cup playing with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem and was awarded "Best Receiver".
Korotenko played with Azerrail Baku winning the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League championship [1] and she became Best Libero. [2]
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