Dragan Travica

Dragan Travica (born 28 August 1986) is an Italian volleyball player, former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team. On club level he plays for Olympiacos Piraeus, bronze medalist at the 2012 Olympic Games, silver medalist at the European Championship (2011, 2013), bronze medalist of the World League (2013, 2014) and Italian Champion (2012).

Personal life
He was born in Zagreb, Croatia, the son of Serbian volleyball player and coach Ljubomir Travica, but he grew up in Italy, where his father played volleyball and later coached. His sister is the wife of another Italian volleyball player Cristian Savani.

Career
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. He later played for Modena again and then for Monza, while in 2011-2013 he was a player of Lube Banca Macerata. Then he played for Russian club Belogorie Belgorod.

Sporting achievements

 * CEV Champions League
 * Gold medal europe.svg 2013/2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod
 * Men's Club World Championship
 * Gold medal world.svg 2014 – with Belogorie Belgorod
 * CEV Challenge Cup
 * Gold medal europe.svg 2022/2023 – with Olympiacos Piraeus
 * National championships
 * 2011/2012 Gold medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Lube Banca Macerata
 * 2014/2015 Silver medal with cup.svg Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
 * 2015/2016 Gold medal with cup.svg Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
 * 2020/2021 Silver medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Umbria
 * 2021/2022 Silver medal with cup.svg Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Umbria
 * 2022/2023 Gold medal with cup.svg Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos
 * 2023/2024 Gold medal with cup.svg Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos
 * National cups
 * 2012 Simple gold cup.svg Italian SuperCup, with Lube Banca Macerata
 * 2013 Simple gold cup.svg Russian Cup, with Belogorie Belgorod
 * 2013 Simple gold cup.svg Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod
 * 2014 Simple gold cup.svg Russian SuperCup, with Belogorie Belgorod
 * 2015 Simple gold cup.svg Turkish SuperCup, with Halkbank Ankara
 * 2020 Simple gold cup.svg Italian SuperCup, with Sir Safety Umbria
 * 2022 Simple gold cup.svg Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Umbria
 * 2024 Simple gold cup.svg Hellenic Cup with Olympiacos Piraeus


 * National team
 * 2011 Silver medal europe.svg CEV European Championship
 * 2012 Bronze medal olympic.svg Olympic Games
 * 2013 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
 * 2013 Silver medal europe.svg CEV European Championship
 * 2014 Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World League

Individual awards

 * 2011: CEV European Championship – Best setter
 * 2023: CEV Challenge Cup – Most valuable player
 * 2023: Hellenic Championship – Best setter