Andrija Gerić ( sr-cyrl, Андрија Герић, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12.

Career

Gerić made a debut for the national team on 7 July 1995 in

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when FR Yugoslavia defeated Greece 0-3. In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković) won the Olympic gold medal. During his club's career he played for OK Vojvodina, Bossini Montichiari‚ Lube Banca Marche Macerata and Icom Latina from

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, Panathinaikos VC from

and Fenerbahçe from

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. He won Champions League,

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, domestic Championships of

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and

, as well as Serbian and Italian domestic Cup.

Career

* 1993–99 OK Vojvodina Novi Sad * 1999-01 Bossini Montichiari * 2001-02 Lube Banca Marche Macerata * 2002-03 Icom Latina * 2003-08 Lube Banca Marche Macerata * 2008-09 Panathinaikos Athens * 2009-10 Top Volley Latina * 2010-11 Fenerbahçe Istanbul * 2011-12 OK Vojvodina Novi Sad

Palmares

Club

* Champions League: 2002 *

: 2005, 2006 * Serbian Championship: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 * Serbian Cup: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2012 * Italian Championship: 2006 * Italian Cup: 2008 * Turkish Championship: 2011

National team

* Olympic gold medal: 2000 * Olympic bronze medal: 1996 * World Championship's silver medal: 1998 * European Championship's gold medal: 2001 * European Championship's silver medal: 1997 * European Championship's bronze medal: 2005, 2007 * World League's silver medal: 2003, 2006, 2008

Individual awards

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2000: best blocker * World League 2003: best blocker * World League 2003: best server * World Cup 2003: best blocker * Best Sportsman of Vojvodina: 2003

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