Alejandro Raúl Spajić Torres (born May 7, 1976) is an

Argentine Argentines, Argentinians or Argentineans are people from Argentina. This connection may be residential, legal, historical, or cultural. For most Argentines, several (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of their ...

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 Summ ...

player. Spajić is clearly a volleyball player both for

Argentina Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic, is a country in the southern half of South America. It covers an area of , making it the List of South American countries by area, second-largest country in South America after Brazil, the fourt ...

and his club. His background is somewhat similar to another world-class volleyball player namely

Marcos Milinkovic Marcos Antonio Milinkovic (born 22 December 1971) is an Argentine coach and former volleyball player. While playing for the Argentine men's national volleyball team, Milinkovic won a bronze medal at the 1991 Pan American Games in Havana and a g ...

. Alejandro Spajić's parents are immigrants of

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origin. With the professional club Lokomotiv Belgorod, he won the bronze medal at the

2004–05 CEV Champions League The 2004–05 CEV Champions League was the 46th edition of the highest level European volleyball club competition organised by the European Volleyball Confederation. League round Pool A Pool B Pool C Pool D Playoffs Playoff 12 ...

and was awarded "Best Spiker".

Clubs

* Obras San Juan (1993–2000) * Stade Poitevin Volley-Ball Poitiers (2000–2002) * Obras San Juan (2002–2003) * Bolívar Buenos Aires (2003–2004) * Lokomotiv Belgorod (2004–2006) * Drean Bolívar (2009–2010) * Union de Formosa (2011-actualidad)

Awards

Individuals

* '' 2004–05 CEV Champions League "Best Spiker"''

Clubs

* 1995 Argentine Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Obras San Juan * 2001 Argentine Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Obras San Juan * 2003 Argentine Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Obras San Juan *

– Bronze Medal, with Lokomotiv Belgorod * 2005 Russian Championship – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Lokomotiv Belgorod * 2006 Russian Cup – Simple cup icon

Champion, with Lokomotiv Belgorod

References

External links

FIVB Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Spajic, Alejandro 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from San Juan, Argentina Argentine men's volleyball players Argentine people of Croatian descent Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic volleyball players for Argentina Argentine expatriate sportspeople in France Argentine expatriate sportspeople in Russia 20th-century Argentine sportsmen 21st-century Argentine sportsmen