Ana Lazarević


Ana Lazarević is a female professional volleyball player from Serbia, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in Serbia and Italy. At club level, she plays for Olympiacos S.F. Piraeus in Hellenic Volley league.

Career

Ana Lazarević took her first steps in volleyball in 2005, in the Academy of Servjianka of Valjevo, a club of her hometown. In Servjianka she remained for only a year, since in 2006 she was transferred to Vizoura Belgrade. She remained for six years in the club of the Serbian capital, took the second place of the 2010-11 Serbian Championship, and was runners up of the Cup of Serbia in the same year as well.
In 2012 she decided to leave her homeland and travel to Turkey for Besiktas Istanbul, but she remained there for just one season.
In 2013, Ana Lazarević was signed by ASPTT Mulhouse, a team of the town with the same name in France, where she remained for two years. With ASPTT Mulhouse she was awarded as Best Receiver in the 2014 edition of CEV Women's Challenge Cup, in the 3rd place of her team in that year's competition.
In the summer of 2015, Lazarević moved to Greece and was transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus, where she remained until the summer of 2017. With the Red-whites of Piraeus she won the double twice in the 2015–16 and 2016-17 seasons. Moreover, she was named the Most Valuable Player at the 2017 Hellenic Cup.
At the same season she was runner up of the European Challenge Cup, in the incredible course of Olympiacos to the final of the competition.
After one year in Beylikdüzü of Instanbul for personal reasons, she moved in 2018 to romanian Alba Blaj, with which she won both the Romanian championship and Cup, but also the Silver Medal of 2018–19 Women's CEV Cup.
In the summer of 2019, Ana Lazarevic returned to Greece, to her beloved Olympiacos Piraeus as Ana Živojinović, after marrying water polo player Stefan Živojinović, who was also transferred to Olympiacos that same year.

International career

Ana Lazarević has been a member of the Serbian National Team since 2011. She has 30 entries and she has won two gold medals in European competitions as well as the bronze medal at the 2013 Volleyball World Grand Prix.

Sporting achievements

National Team

International competitions