Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova (russian: Любо́вь Влади́мировна Соколо́ва (Шашко́ва), also known as Lyubov Kılıç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova, born 4 December 1977) is a retired

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player. She was a member of the national team that won the gold medals at 2006 and 2010 World Championship in Japan and the silver medals at the

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in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in

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Personal life

She married Turkish former volleyball player Aytaç Kılıç when she was playing for

Eczacıbaşı Istanbul Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. The group with 44 companies has 11,400 employees and a combined net turnover of TL 11.1 billion in 2020. Group Eczacıbaşı's core sectors are building products, ...

. She has a son from her ex-husband. She has Turkish as well as Russian citizenship.

Career

Sokolova has numerous individual awards in all categories. In 2006, she was honored "Best player of Europe". She won the 2006–07 CEV Top Teams Cup with the Spanish team Grupo 2002 Murcia, and was awarded "Most Valuable Player" and "Best Server". Sokolova won the bronze medal at the

2010–11 CEV Champions League The 2010–11 CEV Champions League was the 52nd edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. Participating teams League round 24 teams were drawn to 6 pools of 4 teams eac ...

with Fenerbahçe. In May 2016, Sokolova announced her retirement from sports.

Clubs

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(1992–1995) * Rossy Moscow (1995–1996) * Mladost Zagabria (1997–1998) * Hitachi (1998–1999) * Uralotchka NTMK Ekaterinburg (1999–2000) *

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(2000–2001) * Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo (2002–2005) * Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi (2005–2006) * Grupo 2002 Murcia (2006–2007) * Zarechie Odintsovo (2007–2009) * Monte Schiavo Banca Marche Jesi (2009–2010) * Fenerbahçe (2010–2012) *

(2012–2013) *

Dinamo Krasnodar Dinamo Krasnodar (''russian: Динамо Краснодар'') is a Russian women's volleyball club based in Krasnodar. It was founded in 1946 and plays in the super league, the top Russian league. History Soviet years Founded in 1946, the club ...

(2013–2016, 2017–2018)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Server"'' * '' 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker"'' * '' 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Receiver"'' * ''2001 European Volleyball Championship "Best Server"'' * ''2001 European Volleyball Championship "Best Receiver"'' * ''2004 Cev Challenge Cup "Best server"'' * ''2004 Cev Challenge Cup "Most Valuable Player"'' * ''2005 European Champions League "Most valuable player"'' * ''2005 European Champions League "Best Spiker"'' * ''2006 CEV "Best player of European"'' * '' 2007 European Championship "Best Receiver"'' * '' 2006–07 Top Teams Cup "Most Valuable Player"'' * '' 2006–07 Top Teams Cup "Best Server"'' * ''2011 Aroma League Women's Championship "Most Valuable Player"''

Clubs

* 2001 Turkish Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Eczacibasi Istanbul * 2001 Turkish Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Eczacibasi Istanbul * 2003–04 CEV Challenge Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo * 2004 Italian Championship – Scudetto

Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo * 2004 Italian Super Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo *

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Champion, with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo * 2006 Spanish Super Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia * 2007 Spanish Queen Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia * 2007 Spanish Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia * 2007 CEV Top Teams Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Grupo 2002 Murcia * 2008 Russian Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Zarechie Odintsovo * 2008 Russian Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Zarechie Odintsovo * 2010 Turkish Super Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe * 2010 FIVB World Club Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe *

– Bronze medal, with Fenerbahçe * 2010–11 Aroma Women's Volleyball League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe * 2011–12 CEV Champions League – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Fenerbahçe Universal * 2012 Turkish Volleyball Super Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with

Eczacıbaşı VitrA Eczacıbaşı Holding is a Turkish industrial group of companies founded in 1942. The group with 44 companies has 11,400 employees and a combined net turnover of TL 11.1 billion in 2020. Group Eczacıbaşı's core sectors are building products, ...

* 2012-2013 Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with

* 2012-2013 Turkish Women's Volleyball League – Gorm silver cup

Runner-Up, with

* 2014–2015 CEV Cup – Champion, with

* 2015 Clubs World Championship – Runner-Up, with

* 2015–2016 CEV Cup – Champion, with

References

External links

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FIVB Profile

CEV Profile
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sokolova, Lioubov 1977 births Living people Russian women's volleyball players Turkish women's volleyball players Russian emigrants to Turkey Turkish expatriate sportspeople in Spain Turkish people of Russian descent Naturalized citizens of Turkey Eczacıbaşı volleyball players Fenerbahçe volleyballers Olympic volleyball players of Russia Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Russia Olympic medalists in volleyball Russian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Russian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate volleyball players in Spain Sportspeople from Moscow Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics