Alexandra Sobo (born ) is a Romanian female

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player, playing the middle blocker position. She is part of the

Romania women's national volleyball team The Romania women's national volleyball team is governed by the Federaţia Română de Volei and takes part in international volleyball competitions. Results European Championship * 1949 — 4th place * 1950 — 5th place * 1951 — ''did not ...

. Throughout the last 14 years her stature combined with her long arms (2 metres wingspan) and elevation has made Sobo one of the most powerful middle blockers in Europe, with top blocking abilities and precise one-foot attacks. Stats from the

2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 29th edition of the Women's European Volleyball Championship, European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyba ...

rank her among the top centers of the game. Sobo first played in the Romanian national league at the age of 15, while her first international appearance was in the 2003/2004

Women's CEV Cup The Women's CEV Cup, formerly known as CEV Cup Winners' Cup (from 1972 to 2000) and CEV Top Teams Cup (from 2000 to 2007), is the second-top official competition for women's volleyball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. It is organized b ...

. She has won the Romanian National League two times, as well as winning the Romanian Cup twice. Internationally, Alexandra Sobo has played in most of the European Cups for clubs, including

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and

BVA Cup The BVA Cup ( Balkan Volleyball Association Cup) is a volleyball competition contested by the respective national volleyball championship winning teams of nations in the Balkans. The tournament was founded in 2008 under the auspices of the Balkan V ...

. In the 2014/2015 CEV Champions League Sobo was selected for the dream team of Leg 5 as the middle blocker, after defeating Nantes VB 3-1. Sobo 3

She competed at the

, where she started each of the group games. However Romania was eliminated in the group round, after playing against Germany, Serbia and the Czech Republic. On club level she has played the last two seasons for

CSM Târgoviște (women's volleyball) Clubul Sportiv Municipal Târgoviște, commonly known as CSM Târgoviște, is a professional volleyball club based in Târgoviște, Romania, that competes in the CEV Cup. Honours Domestic * Cupa României : Winners (2): 2016, 2024 * Supe ...

, team that won the Romanian Cup and the Romanian national league 2nd place in the 2015/2016 season as well as the Romanian Supercup in 2016, after defeating

CS Volei Alba-Blaj Clubul Sportiv Municipal Volei Alba Blaj, commonly known as CSM Volei Alba Blaj, is a professional women's volleyball club based in Blaj, Transylvania, Romania, that competed in the CEV Cup. History In 2018, Alba reached the CEV Champions L ...

. Previously Sobo has also played for Stiinta Bacau and Unic LPS Piatra Neamt

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* * 1987 births Living people Romanian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Sportspeople from Cluj-Napoca 21st-century Romanian sportswomen {{Romania-volleyball-bio-stub