Croatian volleyball players who play abroad (LIST)

Tsimafei Zhukouski

The largest number of Croatian players play in Europe, in the near-by Slovenia, where 8 players compete.

After Slovenia, most represented leagues with Croats are French, Italian, German and Romanian leagues, where over 30 Croatian men and women players build their respective careers.

Croatian international, 25-year old opposite Leo Andrić plays in Ansan, South Korea, competing in Korean V-League as an only foreigner in the club.

His international teammate who played for 10 different clubs in his career, 30-year old Ivan Raič decided to switch his maiden club Mladost Zagreb for Belarusian Shakhtar Soligorsk this winter.

Another Croatian international “earns his bread” abroad, in the far Middle-East, 32-year old Danijel Galić, who after Argentina, United Arab Emirates and Indonesia, continued his rich career in Saudi Arabian club Al Ahli Jeddah.

Captain of Croatian women’s national team, Samanta Fabris replaced Italy with cold Russia, playing in Russian Superleague and CEV Cup for Dinamo Kazan, while her teammate Nikolina Božičević continued her career in the home of Santa Claus, Finland, playing for Pölkky Kuusamo along with Lucia Babić.

Matea Magdić is another “lonely soul” as an only foreigner in Chinese Tapei (Taiwan), playing for CMFC women’s volleyball club.

Here is the list of Croatian players competing abroad:

Austria

Karla Luburić – ATSE Graz

Kate Kunjašić – ATSE Graz

Ivan Tomić – VC Mils

Azerbaijan

Doris Pišmaht – Azerrai Baku

Belarus

Ivan Raič – Shakhtar Soligorsk

Belgium

Lea Boban – Modal Charleroi Volley

Dorotea Ćosić – Modal Charleroi Volley

Jelena Šunjić – Interfreight Antwerp Volley

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Josip Vojak – OK Mladost Brčko

Finland

Lucia Babić – Polkky Kuusamo

Nikolina Božičević – Polkky Kuusamo

Nikolina Bozicevic

Katarina Pilepić – LP Viesti Salo

France

Bernarda Brčić – Mulhouse ASPTT

Vedrana Jakšetić – Vandoeuvre Nancy

Laura Miloš – Saint Raphael

Astrid Popić – Beziers Volleyball

Marija Slavulj – Municipal Olympic de Mogulins

Ana Starčević – RC Cannes

Šime Vulin – Martigues Volleyball

Germany

Beta Dumančić – SSC Palmberg Schwerin

Isabel Petra Kovačić – Rote Raben Vilsbiburg

Lucija Mlinar – Dresdner SC 1898

Martina Šamadan – Allianz MTV Stuttgart

Hungary

Barbara Đapić – Békéscsabai Röplabda SE

Mia Jerkov – Békéscsabai Röplabda SE

Karla Klarić – Békéscsabai Röplabda SE

Lorena Sipić – MCM Diamant Kaposvar

Italy

Lea Cvetnić – Volley Academie Sassuolo

Katarina Luketić – Pallavolo Montale

Marko Sedlaček – Vero Volley Monza

Ema Strunjak – Wealth Planet Perugia

Lara Vukasović – Èpiù Pomì Casalmaggiore

Tsimafei Zhukouski – Sir Safety Perugia

Tino Hanžić – Avimecc Modica

Israel

Ana Grbac – Maccabi AOV Ashdod

Romania

Karmen Brletić – FC Argeș Pitești

Maja Burazer – CS Dinamo Bucuresti

Sanja Gamma – CSM Volei Alba-Blaj

Ivana Prokopić – CSM Targovisce

Rene Sain – CS Știința Bacău

Filip Šestan – Universitatea Craiova

Russia

Samanta Fabris – VC Dinamo Kazan

Samanta Fabris

Saudi Arabia

Danijel Galić – Al Ahli Club

Serbia

Anđelko Ćuk – Jedinstvo Stara Pazova

Slovakia

Maja Šandrk – UKF Nitra

Slovenia

Marina Ćorić – OK Ankaran

Antonela Crvenković – ŽOK Ljutomer

Petar Đirlić – ACH Volley Ljubljana

Ljerka Herman – ŽOK Puconci

Ivan Mihalj – Calcit Kamnik

Fran Peterlin – Salonit Anhovo

Sara Radanović – OK Formis

Mailinda Vnuk – ŽOK Puconci

South Korea

Leo Andrić – Ansan OK SavingsBank Rush&Cash

Spain

Tea Andrić – CV Emeve

Taiwan (Chinese Tapei)

Matea Magdić – CMFC

Turkey

Matea Ikić – Kuzeyboru Spor Club

Marijeta Runjić – Büyükçekmece BSK

Qatar

Mario Močić – Al Arabi Club Doha