Aleksandar Atanasijević

Aleksandar Atanasijević
Aleksandar Atanasijević
	Atanasijević in 2020
Personal information
Nickname	Aleks, Magnum, Bata
Born	4 September 1991 (age 34); Belgrade, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight	99 kg (218 lb)
Spike	360 cm (142 in)
Block	338 cm (133 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Olympiacos SF Piraeus
Career
2007–2011	OK Partizan
2011–2013	Skra Bełchatów
2013–2021	Sir Safety Perugia
2021–2023	Skra Bełchatów
2023–2024	Shanghai Bright
2024–2026	Olympiacos Piraeus
2026-	Panionios
National team
2011–2024	Serbia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Serbia
FIVB World League
CEV European Championship
	Last updated: 7 April 2026

Aleksandar Atanasijević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Атанасијевић; born 4 September 1991) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an opposite spiker for Olympiacos. Atanasijević took part in 2 Olympic Games (London 2012, Paris 2024) and is a two–time European Champion (2011, 2019) with Serbia.^[1]

Personal life

He is married with Bulgarian professional volleyball player Elitsa Vasileva-Atanasijević who plays as an outside hitter for Panionios in Greece.^[2]

Career

Club

During the match PGE Skra Bełchatów against Lotos Trefl Gdańsk at Ergo Arena.

As Sir Safety Perugia player in the 2013–14 season.

His first professional club was Serbian OK Partizan. His trainer was Slavko Balandžić. In 2011, he moved to PGE Skra Bełchatów, one of the most successful teams in the Polish PlusLiga. In his first season in Poland, he was mainly a substitute player for Mariusz Wlazły. In the second season, he has become a major player on his position repeatedly winning the statuette for best player of the match. With PGE Skra Belchatów, he won a silver medal of the Polish Championship, Polish Cup, and a silver medal of the Club World Championship. In 2012, Atanasijević won a silver medal of the CEV Champions League after the match against Zenit Kazan during the Final Four held in Łódź, Poland.^[3] In 2013, he moved to Italian club – Sir Safety Perugia. In 2014, he won a silver medal of the Italian Championship after losing matches against Lube. In May 2014, he signed a new three–year contract with Sir Safety Perugia. With the Italian team he won several titles, such as the Italian championship in 2018, the Italian Cup in 2018 and 2019, as well as the Italian Super Cup in 2018, 2020 and 2021. He was also runner-up in the 2017 CEV Champions League.
He then won the Chinese Championship in 2024 with Shanghai Bright, and in the same year he signed a contract with the Greek team Olympiacos. With the Piraeus team in the 2024-25 season he won three cups, the League Cup, the Super Cup and the Hellenic Cup. He was also runner-up in the Hellenic Championship in the same season.

National team

He is a gold medalist of 2011 European Championship, and bronze medalist of the 2013 European Championship.^[4] He was a member of the national team at the Olympic Games London 2012. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national team with him in squad reached the final of the 2015 World League, but lost to France (0–3), and eventually achieved a silver medal. Atanasijević received an individual award for the Best Opposite Spiker of the tournament.