Dragan Stanković | |
Birth Date: | 18 October 1985 |
Birth Place: | Zaječar, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
Height: | 2.05 m |
Weight: | 94 kg |
Spike: | 355 cm |
Block: | 330 cm |
Position: | Middle blocker |
Currentclub: | Modena Volley |
Currentnumber: | 7 |
Years: | 2001–2004 2004–2008 2008–2009 2009–2019 2019–2020 2020– |
Clubs: | OK Timok Zaječar OK Crvena Zvezda Budvanska Rivijera Budva Cucine Lube Civitanova You Energy Volley Modena Volley |
Nationalteam: | Serbia and Montenegro Serbia |
Nationalyears: | 2005–2006 2006– |
Updated: | 3 September 2017 |
Dragan Stanković (Serbian: Драган Станковић, born 18 October 1985) is a Serbian professional volleyball player, a member of Serbian national team and Italian club Modena Volley, a participant of the Olympic Games London 2012, bronze medalist of the World Championship, European Champion 2011, medalist of World League.
In 2020 Stanković changed the Federation of origin, playing with the Italian sporting nationality from the 2020-2021 season.[1]
He has been a long time member of Serbian national team, where he became squad captain after Bojan Janić decided to retire from national team. With national team he won a gold medal at the European Championships in 2011 which was held in Austria and Czech Republic. In his collection he also have a four silver medals and one bronze from the World Leagues. In 2010 he won a bronze medal in the World Championship in Italy, so as on three European Championships before. He was also a participant of Olympic Games in London in 2012. On 19 July 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with United States 0–3 and achieved silver medal.[2] [3]