Filip Cveticanin

Filip Cveticanin (born 19 June 1996) is a Portuguese male volleyball player for the Portugal national team.[2] His parents, both with sporting background, moved from Serbia to Portugal in 1994. He started to play volleyball at the age of 14 for GDC Gueifaes and later signed for Castelo Maia GC, before joining Benfica in 2017. 199 cm high, he plays as middle blocker.[1]

Filip Cveticanin
Personal information
NationalityPortugal
Born (1996-06-19) 19 June 1996[1]
Funchal, Portugal
Height201 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Spike360 cm (142 in)[1]
Block330 cm (130 in)[1]
Career
YearsTeams
2015–2017
2017–2019
Castelo da Maia GC
Benfica
National team
2015– Portugal

After participating in the Portugal national junior team, Cveticanin made a debut for the senior national team at 2015 FIVB Volleyball World League,[3] and has played since in the 2016 World League and qualifying games for the 2017 European Championships.[4]

Honours

Benfica

References

  1. "Filip Cveticanin". FIVB. Retrieved 2017-02-08.
  2. "Venho para um clube de topo" (in Portuguese)
  3. "Team Roster – Portugal". clubworldchampionships.2012.men.fivb.com. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
  4. "Filip Cveticanin at Scoresway".


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