Yelyzaveta Samadova-Ruban (born 3 March 1995) is a Ukrainian-born Azerbaijani

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player who plays for

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and Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team as an outside spiker.

Career

Originally from Ukraine, Samadova started her professional career at

Rabita Baku Telekom Baku (formerly named Rabita Baku) was an Azerbaijani women's volleyball club. Telekom was an eight-time champion of Azerbaijani Superleague and the winner of the 2011 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship, FIVB Club World Champion ...

in 2014. During the 2016-17 season, she was the captain of Telekom Baku and won the championship in Azerbaijani Super League and became the MVP of the season. In summer of 2017, she transferred to the Italian Serie A1 team, Pallavolo Scandicci. In summer of 2018, she transferred to the Russian Superleague team, Leningradka Saint-Petersburgbr>

National team

Samadova made her debut for Azerbaijani senior team in 2015. She helped her team earn gold at the

2016 Women's European Volleyball League The 2016 Women's European Volleyball League was the eighth edition of the annual tournament. It was held from 3 June to 3 July 2016. The tournament featured 12 teams. Azerbaijan won their first title after defeating Slovakia in the final. Pool ...

and

2017 Islamic Solidarity Games The 4th Islamic Solidarity Games () was a multinational, multi-sport event that was held in Baku, Azerbaijan, from May 12 to 22, 2017. Previously, the event was held in Saudi Arabia in 2005 and Indonesia in 2013. The second event, originally sch ...

. She also played for Azerbaijan in the

2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2017 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 30th edition of the European Volleyball Championship, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. The tournament was co-hosted by Azerb ...

and reached the semifinals.

Personal life

Samadova is dating

Jovan Krneta Jovan Krneta (Serbian Cyrillic: Јован Крнета; born 4 May 1992) is a Serbian footballer who plays as a defender. Career Jovan began his career with Partizan youth squad. Few times he was even included in their first team, but never ...

, Serbian professional football player who currently plays for

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in Azerbaijani Premier League.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Ruban, Yelyzaveta 1995 births Living people Volleyball players from Kharkiv Ukrainian women's volleyball players Azerbaijani women's volleyball players Ukrainian emigrants to Azerbaijan Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Outside hitters Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Italy Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Russia Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Romania Expatriate volleyball players in Romania Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in volleyball Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen