Elitsa Vasileva-Atanasijević (born Elitsa Vasileva

Bulgarian Cyrillic The Bulgarian Cyrillic alphabet () is used to write the Bulgarian language. The Cyrillic alphabet was originally developed in the First Bulgarian Empire during the 9th – 10th century AD at the Preslav Literary School. It has been used in Bulga ...

: Елица Василева; 13 May 1990 in

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) is an international volleyball player from

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Career

She has represented

CSKA Sofia CSKA Sofia () is a Bulgarian professional association football club based in Sofia and currently competing in the country's premier football competition, the First League. ''CSKA'' is an abbreviation for ''Central Sports Club of the Army'' ...

and also played in the Italian, Brazilian, South Korean, and Turkish top-level leagues. In December 2013, during her time in

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, Vasileva achieved 57 points in a single match, setting a world record.

National team

Vasileva has on many occasions served as

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of the team. *

2012 Women's European Volleyball League The 2012 Women's European Volleyball League was the fourth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from twelve European countries. A preliminary league round was played from June ...

- Runner-Up, with

(she also won the best spiker and best scorer individual awards). *

2013 Women's European Volleyball League The 2013 Women's European Volleyball League was the fifth edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which featured women's national volleyball teams from eight European countries. A preliminary league round was played from June 13 ...

- Third place, with

2021 Women's European Volleyball League The 2021 Women's European Volleyball League was the 12th edition of the annual Women's European Volleyball League, which features women's national volleyball teams from 20 European countries. The tournament had two divisions: the Golden League, f ...

, winning a gold medal.

Clubs

(2005–2007) * Esperia Cremona (2007–2009) * Sirio Perugia (2009–2010) * Zanetti Bergamo (2010–2012) * Vôlei Amil/Campinas (2012–2013) *

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(2013–2014) * Vakıfbank İstanbul (2014–2015) * Dinamo Kazan (2015–2018) *

Pallavolo Scandicci Pallavolo Scandicci is an Italian professional women's volleyball club based in Scandicci that plays in the Serie A1, known also by its sponsored name Savino del Bene Scandicci. Previous names Due to sponsorship, the club have competed under th ...

(2018-2019) * Igor Gorgonzola Novara (2019-2020) *

(2020-2021) * Dinamo Moscow (2021–2022)

Personal life

She is married with Serbian professional

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player

Aleksandar Atanasijević Aleksandar Atanasijević ( sr-cyrl, Александар Атанасијевић; born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Olympiacos. Atanasijević took part in 2 Olympic Games (Lon ...

who plays as an opposite spiker for

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

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* 1990 births Living people Bulgarian women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Dupnitsa European Games competitors for Bulgaria Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Outside hitters Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil Expatriate volleyball players in South Korea Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Bulgarian expatriate volleyball players in Russia Bulgarian expatriates in Italy Serie A1 (women's volleyball) players Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) players {{Bulgaria-volleyball-bio-stub