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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.

Career

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]

Awards

Individuals

Club

Notes and References

  1. News: Azerbaijan F: Scudetto per l'Azerrail. Volleyball.it. it. 2016-04-09. 2016-04-21. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20160505021709/http://www.volleyball.it/notizie.asp?notizia_id=117739&n=117739. 2016-05-05.
  2. News: Azərbaycan çempionatının ən yaxşıları. Apa Sport. az. 2016-04-11. 2016-04-21. https://web.archive.org/web/20160531053629/http://www.m.apasport.az/news/116603. 2016-05-31. dead.