Lioubov Sokolova

Lyubov Vladimirovna Sokolova ( (Шашко́ва), also known as Lyubov Kılıç and formerly known as Lyubov Shashkova, born 4 December 1977) is a Russian retired volleyball player, Honored Master of Sports of Russia. She was a member of the national team that won gold medals at the 2006 and 2010 World Championships in Japan, and silver medals at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. Additionally, she’s the only volleyball player who has won two world titles in the same year: 2010 World Championship with Russia and 2010 World Club Championship with Fenerbahçe

Personal life She married Turkish former volleyball player Aytaç Kılıç when she was playing for Eczacıbaşı Istanbul. 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 gold medal at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship with Fenerbahçe, and 2 gold medals at the CEV Women's Champions League, 2004-05 with Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo and 2011–12 with Fenerbahçe.

In May 2016, Sokolova announced her retirement from sports, but in December 2017 she returned to play for Dynamo Krasnodar. From 1 July 2018, she worked as the team’s general manager, but in February 2019 she left this position and went to work for the Volley Service sports agency. In February 2021 she was appointed as the general manager of the Russian national team.

Clubs CSKA Moscow (1992–1995) Rossy Moscow (1995–1996) Mladost Zagabria (1997–1998) Hitachi Bellefille (1998–1999) Uralotchka NTMK Ekaterinburg (1999–2000) Eczacıbaşı (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) Eczacıbaşı (2012–2013) Dinamo Krasnodar (2013–2016, 2017–2018)

Awards

Individuals

1998 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Scorer" 1998–99 5th V League "敢闘賞" (dare to fight award) 1998–99 5th V League "Best 6" 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix "Best Server" 1999 FIVB World Grand Prix "Dream Team: Opposite Hitter" 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Spiker" 1999 FIVB World Cup "Best Receiver" 2000 FIVB World Grand Prix "Most valuable player" 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship "Best Server" 2001 Women's European Volleyball Championship "Best Receiver" 2004 Cev Challenge Cup "Best server" 2004 Cev Challenge Cup "Most Valuable Player" 2004–05 CEV Champions League "Most valuable player" 2004–05 CEV 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" 2007–08 Russian Championship "Most Valuable Player" 2007–08 Russian Championship "Best player" 2011 Aroma League Women's Championship "Most Valuable Player"

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