Marta Drpa ( sr-cyrl, Марта Дрпа; born 20 April 1989) is a Serbian professional

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player. She was a member of the

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that won the bronze medals at the

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and 2015 European Championship. She also won the championships at the 2010 National League A in

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and 2016 Cupa României in

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with Voléro Zürich and CSM Târgoviște respectively. Her current club is Yenisey Krasnoyarsk.

Career

National team

Drpa is a member of the

since 2006. Her main accomplishments as a junior player were awarded in 2005 and 2007 when

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won 2nd place in both

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and University Games. She was part of the squad that won the bronze medals at the

held in

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and 2015 European Championship held in

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and the

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. She also took part at the

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that happened in the

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. Their team finished at 8th place after the tournament. She was part of 25 national selections in total.

Serbian clubs

Drpa's professional volleyball career debuted in 2005 when she was just 16 years old. From 2005 to 2009, she was a member of Crvena Zvezda Beograd, a club that plays in the

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, the highest level of women's volleyball league in the country. Her most notable achievement with the club is when they won the bronze medal at the 2007–2008 CEV Cup. She left Serbia after her season with the Red Star Belgrade. In 2013, she went back and joined Železničar Lajkovac. She played with the club for a year then transferred to NIS Spartak Subotica for the 2014 to 2015 season. The club won the silver medal in the

. In December 2014, she was awarded as the

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in the Wiener Städtische Liga.

Other countries

Drpa started playing outside Serbia in 2009. She joined Voléro Zürich, a club that plays in the National League A, the highest volleyball league in

. She led the team to its 5th championship title. In 2015, she went to

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to join Obiettivo Risarcimento, a club that plays in the Serie A1, the highest level club competition in the country. She stayed with the team for a season. In the same year, she went to

to reinforce CSM Târgoviște, a club that plays in the country's top professional volleyball league, Divizia A1. The club won the 2015–2016 championship in the Romanian Women's Volleyball Cup. In 2016, she moved to

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to join SC Potsdam, a volleyball club that plays in the

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. The team ranked at 4th place in the 2016–2017 season and finished at 7th place after the 2017–2018 championship. In 2018, she went to the

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to join the

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, a club that plays in the

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. The club finished at 4th place at the

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. Drpa played again in the

for the 2018/2019 season. Her club, SC Potsdam, finished at 4th place. In 2019, she joined Yenisey Krasnoyarsk, a

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volleyball club that plays in the

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and European Cup.

Personal life

Drpa was born in

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to ethnic Serb parents. In 1995, she became a refugee in

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after exodus of Serbs during

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Clubs

* Crvena Zvezda Beograd (2005–2009) * Voléro Zürich (2009–2010) * Železničar Lajkovac (2013–2014) * NIS Spartak Subotica (2014–2015) * Obiettivo Risarcimento (2015) * CSM Târgoviște (2015) * SC Potsdam (2016–2018) *

(2018) * SC Potsdam (2018–2019) * Yenisey Krasnoyarsk (2019–2020)

Awards

Individuals

* ''2015 Wiener Städtische Liga "Most Valuable Player"''

National team

Junior

* 2005 U20 World Championship - Silver Medal *

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- Silver Medal