Ivana Nešović ( sr-cyr, Ивана Нешовић; born 23 July 1988) is a

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player from Serbia, playing as an opposite for South Korean club

Gyeongbuk Gimcheon Hi-pass Gimcheon Korea Expressway Corporation Hi-Pass () is a South Korean professional women's volleyball team. The team was founded in 1970 and became fully professional in 2005. They are based in Gimcheon and are members of the Korea Volleyball Fede ...

and the

Serbia women's national volleyball team The Serbia women's national volleyball team is governed by the Volleyball Federation of Serbia and takes part in international volleyball competitions. FIVB considers Serbia the inheritor of the records of SFR Yugoslavia (1948–1992) and Serbi ...

Career

Her professional career started in 2003 in

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, and in the same season the club won the national championship. During her stay in Red Star for three years she was a captain and was named as the most talented young player. Nešović was a member of the Red Star until 2010, when after a successful season she signed a contract with Italian club Asystel Novara. In the 2010/11 season she played for Asystel, and played the next season for

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from Southern Italy. After the half-season in

South Korea South Korea, officially the Republic of Korea (ROK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the southern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders North Korea along the Korean Demilitarized Zone, with the Yellow Sea to the west and t ...

n club Seongnam KEC Hi-pass, Nešović signed a contract with

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ese team Denso Airybees. On 19 September 2012, Denso Airybees announced her joining. On January 15 2015, Nešović signed with

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós (, Olympic Association of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number of different competitive departments which participate in football, ...

Trophies

* National Championship of Serbia and Montenegro (2003/2004) * National Championship of Serbia (2009/2010) * Serbia Cup (2010) *

Greek Women's Volleyball Cup The Greek women's Volleyball Cup began in the 1998–99 season and is organized by Hellenic Volleyball Federation (ΕΟΠΕ). So far, seven clubs have won the cup. Olympiacos women's volleyball, Olympiacos is the most successful club in the competi ...

(2015)

Individual awards

* 2008 - Best player of National Championship in October * 2012 - Best player in South Korea in February

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Nesovic, Ivana 1988 births Living people Serbian women's volleyball players 21st-century Serbian sportswomen Olympiacos SFP (women's volleyball) players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in South Korea Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in South Korea Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Japan Serbian expatriate volleyball players in China Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Greece Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey Volleyball players from Belgrade