Valeriya Korotenko | |
Fullname: | Valeriya Korotenko |
Nationality: | Azerbaijani |
Birth Date: | 29 January 1984 |
Birth Place: | Baku, Soviet Union |
Hometown: | Baku, Azerbaijan |
Height: | 1.74 m |
Weight: | 68 kg |
Spike: | 286 cm |
Block: | 272 cm |
Position: | Libero |
Currentclub: | Azerrail Baku |
Currentnumber: | 12 |
Years: | 2000–2001 2001–2007 2007 2007–2008 2008–2009 2009–2018 |
Clubs: | Lokomotiv Baku Azerrail Baku Voléro Zürich Azerrail Baku Fenerbahçe Azerrail Baku |
Nationalyears: | 2002–2017 |
Nationalteam: | Azerbaijan |
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]