Dragan Travica Joins Shahrdari Oroumiyeh Volleyball Team


Dragan Travica Joins Shahrdari Oroumiyeh Volleyball Team

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Former Italy setter Dragan Travica joined Iranian volleyball club Shahrdari Oroumiyeh on Tuesday.

The 29-year-old player has joined Shahrdari on a one-year contract for an undisclosed fee.

It means Shahrdari’s setter Saeid Marouf will not be a member of the team for the next season.

The son of Shahrdari head coach Ljubomir Travica, Dragan was born in Zagreb, Croatia.

He started his career with Sisley Treviso's youth team and, after one year with Sira Cucine Falconara, he debuted in the Serie A1 (Italy's top division) in 2004 with Kerakoll Modena.

In 2005-2006 he played in the Serie A2 at Crema, obtaining the promotion to Serie A1 and winning the award as best Under-23 player in the category. The following year he again played in A2 in Milan, again obtaining the promotion and the A2 Italian Cup.

Travica debuted for Italy national team in 2007 at Forlì.

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