Andrija Gerić (, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12.
Career Gerić made a debut for the national team on 7 July 1995 in Greece when FR Yugoslavia defeated Greece 0-3. In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Goran Vujević, Ivan Miljković) won the Olympic gold medal.
During his club's career he played for OK Vojvodina, Bossini Montichiari‚ Lube Banca Marche Macerata and Icom Latina from Italy, Panathinaikos VC from Greece and Fenerbahçe from Turkey. He won Champions League, CEV Cup, domestic Championships of Serbia, Italy and Turkey, as well as Serbian and Italian domestic Cup.
Career 1993–99 OK Vojvodina Novi Sad 1999-01 Bossini Montichiari 2001-02 Lube Banca Marche Macerata 2002-03 Icom Latina 2003-08 Lube Banca Marche Macerata 2008-09 Panathinaikos Athens 2009-10 Top Volley Latina 2010-11 Fenerbahçe Istanbul 2011-12 OK Vojvodina Novi Sad
Palmares
Club Champions League: 2002 CEV Cup: 2005, 2006 Serbian Championship: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999 Serbian Cup: 1994, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2012 Italian Championship: 2006 Italian Cup: 2008 Turkish Championship: 2011
National team Olympic gold medal: 2000 Olympic bronze medal: 1996 World Championship's silver medal: 1998 European Championship's gold medal: 2001 European Championship's silver medal: 1997 European Championship's bronze medal: 2005, 2007 World League's silver medal: 2003, 2006, 2008
Individual awards Olympic Games 2000: best blocker World League 2003: best blocker World League 2003: best server World Cup 2003: best blocker Best Sportsman of Vojvodina: 2003
References
External links
Andrija Gerić at FIVB.org Olympics 2008 Andrija Gerić at Lube Banca Macerata website
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