Dragan Travica

Dragan Travica
Dragan Travica
Personal information
Nationality	Italian
Born	28 August 1986 (age 37); Zagreb, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Weight	94 kg (207 lb)
Spike	335 cm (132 in)
Block	320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Current club	Olympiacos
Number	14
Career
2000–2002; 2002–2003; 2003–2005; 2005–2006; 2006–2008; 2008–2009; 2009–2011; 2011–2013; 2013–2015; 2015–2016; 2016–2017; 2017; 2017–2020; 2020–2022; 2022–	Volley Treviso; Pallavolo Falconara; Modena Volley; Pallavolo Reima Crema; Sparkling Volley Milan; Modena Volley; Pallavolo Gabeca; Volley Lube; Belogorie Belgorod; Halkbank Ankara; Shahrdari Urmia; Modena Volley ; Pallavolo Padova; Sir Safety Perugia; Olympiacos Piraeus
National team
2007–	Italy
Honours
Representing Italy
Men's volleyball
Olympic Games
CEV European Championship
FIVB World League

Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Olympiacos Piraeus, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014) and Italian Champion (2012).

Personal life[edit]

He was born in Zagreb, Croatia, the son of Serbian volleyball player and coach Ljubomir Travica, but he grew up in Italy, where his father played volleyball and later coached. His sister is the wife of another Italian volleyball player Cristian Savani.

Career[edit]

He started his career with Sisley Treviso's youth team and, after one year with Sira Cucine Falconara, he debuted in the Serie A1 (Italy's top division) in 2004 with Kerakoll Modena. In 2005-2006 he played in the Serie A2 at Crema, obtaining the promotion to Serie A1 and winning the award as best Under-23 player in the category. The following year he again played in A2 in Milan, again obtaining the promotion and the A2 Italian Cup.

Travica debuted for Italy national team in 2007 at Forlì. He later played for Modena again and then for Monza, while in 2011-2013 he was a player of Lube Banca Macerata. Then he played for Russian club Belogorie Belgorod.