Aleksandar Atanasijević

Aleksandar Atanasijević (; born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Olympiacos. Atanasijević took part in 2 Olympic Games (London 2012, Paris 2024) and is a two–time European Champion (2011, 2019) with Serbia.

Personal life He is married with Bulgarian professional volleyball player Elitsa Vasileva-Atanasijević who plays as an outside hitter for Panionios in Greece.

Career Club During the match PGE Skra Bełchatów against Lotos Trefl Gdańsk at Ergo Arena.

His first professional club was Serbian OK Partizan. His trainer was Slavko Balandžić. In 2011, he moved to PGE Skra Bełchatów, one of the most successful teams in the Polish PlusLiga. In his first season in Poland, he was mainly a substitute player for Mariusz Wlazły. In the second season, he has become a major player on his position repeatedly winning the statuette for best player of the match. With PGE Skra Belchatów, he won a silver medal of the Polish Championship, Polish Cup, and a silver medal of the Club World Championship. In 2012, Atanasijević won a silver medal of the CEV Champions League after the match against Zenit Kazan during the Final Four held in Łódź, Poland. In 2013, he moved to Italian club – Sir Safety Perugia. In 2014, he won a silver medal of the Italian Championship after losing matches against Lube. In May 2014, he signed a new three–year contract with Sir Safety Perugia. With the Italian team he won several titles, such as the Italian championship in 2018, the Italian Cup in 2018 and 2019, as well as the Italian Super Cup in 2018, 2020 and 2021. He was also runner-up in the 2017 CEV Champions League. He then won the Chinese Championship in 2024 with Shanghai Bright, and in the same year he signed a contract with the Greek team Olympiacos. With the Piraeus team in the 2024-25 season he won three cups, the League Cup, the Super Cup and the Hellenic Cup. He was also runner-up in the Hellenic Championship in the same season.

National team He is a gold medalist of 2011 European Championship, and bronze medalist of the 2013 European Championship. He was a member of the national team at the Olympic Games London 2012. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national team with him in squad reached the final of the 2015 World League, but lost to France (0–3), and eventually achieved a silver medal. Atanasijević received an individual award for the Best Opposite Spiker of the tournament.

Honours

Club CEV Champions League

Club World Championship

National championships

National cups

Youth national team

National team

Individual awards 2009: CEV U19 European Championship – Best opposite spiker 2009: FIVB U19 World Championship – Most valuable player 2010: CEV U20 European Championship – Best spiker 2011: FIVB U21 World Championship – Best scorer 2012: FIVB Club World Championship – Best scorer 2013: CEV European Championship – Best scorer 2013: FIVB U23 World Championship – Best opposite spiker 2014: Italian Championship – Best scorer 2014: Italian Championship – Best spiker 2015: Italian Championship – Best scorer 2015: Italian Championship – Best spiker 2015: FIVB World League – Best opposite spiker 2016: Italian Championship – Best scorer 2016: Italian Championship – Best spiker 2017: CEV Champions League – Best opposite spiker 2018: Italian Cup – Most valuable player 2018: Italian Championship – Most valuable player 2018: CEV Champions League – Best server 2018: CEV Champions League – Best scorer 2019: CEV Champions League – Best spiker 2019: CEV Champions League – Best scorer 2019: CEV European Championship – Best opposite spiker 2019: Italian Cup – Best scorer 2024: Chinese Championship – Best opposite spiker 2025: Hellenic League Cup – Most valuable player