Valeriya Mammadova ( née Korotenko, az, Valeriya Məmmədova; born 29 January 1984) is a retired Azerbaijani

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

player who played as a Libero. She was a member of

Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team The Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team ( az, Azərbaycan qadın milli voleybol komandası) is formed by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation (AVF) and represents Azerbaijan in international CEV and FIVB tournaments. Competitive rec ...

and was selected as the Best Libero of European Volleyball Championship in 2005 and

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Career

Born in Baku, Valeriya first played volleyball at age nine and joined the school volleyball team. She played 180 times for the

and was awarded the best libero of

2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 24th edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Pula and Zagreb, Croatia from 17 to 25 September ...

. Mammadova was a member of Azerrail Baku and Volero Zurich before joining Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team. She won the bronze medal at the 2008–09 CEV Cup playing with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem and was awarded "Best Receiver". She is married to Azerbaijani judoka Nijat Mammadov. Mammadova played with Azerrail Baku winning the 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League championship and she became Best Libero.

Awards

Individuals

* ''2001-02 CEV Top Teams Cup "Best Libero"'' * ''2004-05 CEV Champions' League "Best Libero"'' * ''2005 European Championship "Best Libero"'' * ''2005 Yeltsin Cup "Best Libero"'' * ''2005-06 CEV Champions' League "Best Libero"'' * ''2006 FIVB World Grand Prix - European Qualification "Best Libero"'' * ''2006 FIVB World Grand Prix Preliminary Round "Best Libero"'' * ''2007-08 Turkish League "Best Libero"'' * ''2008-09 CEV Cup "Best Libero"'' * ''2010 World Championship 2nd Qualification Round "Best Receiver"'' * ''2010 World Championship 2nd Qualification Round "Best Libero"'' * ''2010 World Championship 3rd Qualification Round "Best Receiver"'' * ''2009-10 Azerbaijan Cup "Best Libero"'' * ''2010-2011 CEV GM Challenge Cup Final "Best Player"'' * '' 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League "Best Libero"'' * '' 2017 European Championship "Best Libero"''

Club

* 2001-02

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...

Champion, with Azerrail Baku * 2007 Swiss Women's Volleyball League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Voléro Zürich * 2008-09

Turkish Women's Volleyball League The Turkish Women's Volleyball League ( tr, Türkiye Kadınlar Voleybol 1. Ligi) officially called the Sultans League (Turkish: Sultanlar Ligi), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Turkey. It is run by the Turkish Volleyball Fe ...

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Acıbadem * 2010-11

Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League The Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League ( az, Azərbaycan Volleybol Superliqası), is the highest professional women's volleyball league in Azerbaijan. It is run by the Azerbaijan Volleyball Federation. It is considered to be among the top ...

Runner-Up, with Azerrail Baku * 2012–13 Azerbaijan Women's Volleyball Super League - Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with Azerrail Baku * 2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League - Simple cup icon

Champion, with Azerrail Baku

References

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* 1984 births Living people Sportspeople from Baku Azerbaijani women's volleyball players Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Expatriate volleyball players in Switzerland Expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Fenerbahçe S.K. (women's volleyball) players European Games competitors for Azerbaijan Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games Lokomotiv Baku volleyball players Liberos Azerbaijani people of Ukrainian descent Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland {{Azerbaijan-volleyball-bio-stub