Filip Cveticanin (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Цветићанин; born 19 June 1996) is a Portuguese male volleyball player for the Portugal national team.[2] His parents, both with sporting background, moved from Serbia to Portugal in 1994. He started to play volleyball at the age of 14 for GDC Gueifaes and later signed for Castelo Maia GC, before joining Benfica in 2017. 199 cm high, he plays as middle blocker.[1]
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| Nationality | Portuguese | ||||
| Born | 19 June 1996[1] Funchal, Portugal | ||||
| Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||
| Weight | 90 kg (198 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 360 cm (142 in)[1] | ||||
| Block | 330 cm (130 in)[1] | ||||
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After participating in the Portugal national junior team, Cveticanin made a debut for the senior national team at 2015 FIVB Volleyball World League,[3] and has played since in the 2016 World League and qualifying games for the 2017 European Championships.[4]
Honours edit
Benfica
- Portuguese First Division: 2018–19
- Portuguese Cup: 2018–19
References edit
- ^ a b c d "Filip Cveticanin". FIVB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
- ^ "Venho para um clube de topo" Archived 2017-05-30 at the Wayback Machine (in Portuguese)
- ^ "Team Roster – Portugal". clubworldchampionships.2012.men.fivb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
- ^ "Filip Cveticanin at Scoresway".
External links edit
- Profile at FIVB.org
- Filip Cveticanin: «É fácil progredir quando se está com os melhores», (in Portuguese)
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