Maria Likthtenchtein, also spelled Likhtenstein or Liechtenstein (russian: Мария Лихтенштейн, hr, Marija Lihtenštajn, born 7 February 1976) is a retired female

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player who played for the Russian (1993–1996) and the Croatian (1997–2007) national volleyball teams. She played for clubs in Russia, Croatia, Italy, Belgium, Greece and Turkey. Her retirement was announced in 2013, she won club and national team titles during her career.

Career

Club

Her club career spanned in Russia, Croatia, Italy, Belgium, Greece and Turkey. She won the Russian Super League on five occasions, all with Uralochka Ekaterinburg and has also won the Croatian League and the

Belgian League The Belgian Pro League,(officially the Jupiler Pro League due to sponsorship reasons with Jupiler), is the top league competition for association football clubs in Belgium. Contested by 18 clubs since the 2020–21 Belgian First Division A, 2020 ...

National teams

She was part of the

Russia women's national volleyball team The Russia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Russian Volleyball Federation and participated in international volleyball competitions. They played from 1949 to 1991 as the Soviet Union and as the CIS in 1992. In response to the ...

champion at the

1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 1993 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 18th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Brno and Zlín, Czech Republic from 24 September ...

and third place at the

1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 1995 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 19th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Arnhem and Groningen (city), Groningen, Netherla ...

. From 1997 onwards she competed for the

Croatia women's national volleyball team , image_flag = Flag of Croatia.svg , image_coat = Coat of arms of Croatia.svg , anthem = " Lijepa naša domovino"("Our Beautiful Homeland") , image_map = , map_caption = , capi ...

at the

1998 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 1998 FIVB Women's World Championship was the thirteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 3 to 12 November 1998 in Tokyo, Tokuyama, Matsumoto, Kagoshima, Nagoya, Fukuoka, and Osaka ...

in Japan and the runners-up team at the

1999 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 1999 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 21st edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Rome and Perugia, Italy from 20 to 25 September ...

Clubs

This is an incomplete list of the clubs she played for. * Uralochka Ekaterinburg (before 1998) * OK Dubrovnik (1998–1999) * OK Kaštela (1999–2000) *

HAOK Mladost Hrvatski akademski odbojkaški klub Mladost or simply HAOK Mladost is a Croatian professional volleyball team based in Zagreb which is part of the HAŠK Mladost sports society. It was established in 1945. HAOK is the most successful Croatian volley ...

(2000–2001) * Uralochka-NTMK (2001–2002) * Terra Sarda Tortolì (2004–2005) * Dauphines Charleroi (2005–2006) * Euphony Tongere (2006–2007)

References

1976 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Place of birth missing (living people) Croatian women's volleyball players Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Belgium {{Russia-volleyball-bio-stub