Yelyzaveta Ruban
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| Full name | Yelyzaveta Ruban | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Liza | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Ukrainian Azerbaijani | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 March 1995 Kharkiv, Ukraine | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Baku, Azerbaijan | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 71 kg (157 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spike | 310 cm (122 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Block | 290 cm (114 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Outside spiker | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Current club | Leningradka Saint Petersburg | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 3 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Yelyzaveta Samadova (born 3 March 1995) is an Azerbaijani volleyball player who plays for Leningradka Saint Petersburg and Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team as an outside spiker.
Career
Originally from Ukraine, Yelyzaveta moved to Baku, Azerbaijan in 2012, and began her professional career at Rabita Baku in 2014. During the 2016-17 season, she was the captain of Telekom Baku and won the championship in Azerbaijani Super League and became the MVP of the season. In summer of 2017, she transferred to the Italian Serie A1 team, Pallavolo Scandicci.[1] In summer of 2018, she transferred to the Russian Superleague team, Leningradka Saint-Petersburg . She then spent a season at Bolu Belediyyespor, followed by 3 years in Romanian league, playing for CSM Lugoj and CSM Volei Alba Blaj. In 2025, Ruban returned to Leningradka.
National team
Samadova made her debut for Azerbaijani senior team in 2015. She helped her team earn gold at the 2016 Women's European Volleyball League and 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games. She played in 4 editions of Women's European Volleyball Championship for Azerbaijan (2017, 2019, 2023, 2026), including the 2017 tournament where Azerbaijan reached the semifinals.
Personal life
Samadova has been previously married to Jovan Krneta, a Serbian professional football player. They have one son.
Awards
Individual
- Azerbaijan Superleague (2016/2017): MVP (Most Valuable Player), Best Spiker, Best Server
- Azerbaijan Superleague (2015/2016): Best Spiker
- CEV Challenge Cup (2022/2023): Best Scorer
- Romanian Cup (2022/2023): MVP
- Romanian League (Divizia A1) (2022/2023): Best Outside Hitter
- Romanian League (Divizia A1) (2024/2025): Best Outside Hitter
- Romanian Cup (2024/2025): Best Scorer
Club
- Azerbaijan Superleague Champion: 2014/2015, 2016/2017 (with Rabita Baku)
- Italian Serie A1, 3rd place: 2017/2018 (with Savino Del Bene Scandicci)
- Romanian League Divizia A1 Champion: 2024/2025 (with CSM Volei Alba Blaj)
- Romanian Cup Winner: 2022/2023, 2024/2025 (with CSM Lugoj and Volei Alba Blaj)
- Romanian Supercup Winner: 2022/2023 (with CSM Lugoj)
- CEV Challenge Cup Runner Up: 2022/2023 (with CSM Lugoj)
References
- ↑ Volleyball. "Scandicci: Arriva la schiacciatrice Yelyzaveta Samadova". Archived from the original on 2 October 2017. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
External links
- Yelyzaveta Samadova at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Yelyzaveta Samadova at Lega Pallavolo Serie A Femminile (in Italian)
- Yelyzaveta Samadova at Volleybox
- Yelyzaveta Samadova at InterSportStats
- CEV profile
- Eurosport profile
- Leningradka profile
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- 1995 births
- Living people
- Volleyball players from Kharkiv
- Ukrainian women's volleyball players
- Azerbaijani women's volleyball players
- Ukrainian emigrants to Azerbaijan
- Naturalized citizens of Azerbaijan
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Outside hitters
- Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Azerbaijani expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
- Azerbaijani expatriate sportspeople in Romania
- Expatriate volleyball players in Romania
- Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- Islamic Solidarity Games medalists in volleyball
- Medalists at the 2021 Islamic Solidarity Games
- Islamic Solidarity Games gold medalists for Azerbaijan
- Islamic Solidarity Games bronze medalists for Azerbaijan
- 21st-century Ukrainian sportswomen
- Medalists at the 2017 Islamic Solidarity Games