Yelyzaveta Samadova

Yelyzaveta Ruban, also known as Yelyzaveta Samadova (born 3 March 1995) is an Azerbaijani volleyball player who plays for Leningradka Saint Petersburg and Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team as an outside spiker.

Career Originally from Ukraine, Yelyzaveta moved to Baku, Azerbaijan in 2012, and began her professional career at Rabita Baku in 2014. During the 2016-17 season, she was the captain of Telekom Baku and won the championship in Azerbaijani Super League and became the MVP of the season. In summer of 2017, she transferred to the Italian Serie A1 team, Pallavolo Scandicci. In summer of 2018, she transferred to the Russian Superleague team, Leningradka Saint-Petersburg . She then spent a season at Bolu Belediyyespor, followed by 3 years in Romanian league, playing for CSM Lugoj and CSM Volei Alba Blaj. In 2025, Ruban returned to Leningradka.

National team Ruban made her debut for Azerbaijani senior team in 2015. She helped her team earn gold at the 2016 Women's European Volleyball League and 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games. She played in 4 editions of Women's European Volleyball Championship for Azerbaijan (2017, 2019, 2023, 2026), including the 2017 tournament where Azerbaijan reached the semifinals.

Personal life Ruban has been previously married to Jovan Krneta, a Serbian professional football player.

Awards

Individual Azerbaijan Superleague (2016/2017): MVP (Most Valuable Player), Best Spiker, Best Server Azerbaijan Superleague (2015/2016): Best Spiker CEV Challenge Cup (2022/2023): Best Scorer Romanian Cup (2022/2023): MVP Romanian League (Divizia A1) (2022/2023): Best Outside Hitter Romanian League (Divizia A1) (2024/2025): Best Outside Hitter Romanian Cup (2024/2025): Best Scorer

Club Azerbaijan Superleague Champion: 2014/2015, 2016/2017 (with Rabita Baku) Italian Serie A1, 3rd place: 2017/2018 (with Savino Del Bene Scandicci) Romanian League Divizia A1 Champion: 2024/2025 (with CSM Volei Alba Blaj) Romanian Cup Winner: 2022/2023, 2024/2025 (with CSM Lugoj and Volei Alba Blaj) Romanian Supercup Winner: 2022/2023 (with CSM Lugoj) CEV Challenge Cup Runner Up: 2022/2023 (with CSM Lugoj)