Nadzeya Malasai
Nadzeya Malasai (born 14 December 1990) is a Belarusian female volleyball player, playing as an outside-spiker. She is part of the Belarus women's national volleyball team. She competed at the 2015 Women's European Volleyball Championship.[1]
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Full name | Nadzeya Nikolaevna Malasai Smirnova | ||||||||||
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Born | Barysaw, Belarus | 14 December 1990||||||||||
Height | 182 cm (72 in) | ||||||||||
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb) | ||||||||||
Spike | 303 cm (119 in) | ||||||||||
Block | 290 cm (110 in) | ||||||||||
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Position | Outside-spiker | ||||||||||
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Number | 3 (National team), 15 (Club) | ||||||||||
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Career
Nadzeya Malasai began her volleyball career at the age of twelve in the junior teams of Atlant Baranovichi, where she played until 2008. That year she switched to the main Atlant team, signing a professional contract, and participated in the conquest of the Belarusian Championship 2007-08 She remained in Atlant until the summer of 2013, winning three more Belarusian championships in 2009, 2011 and 2012, while in 2012-13 she won the second place with her team.
In the following two seasons she competed in the Russian championship with the colours of Proton Balakov, where she remained until 2015.
In the summer of 2015, Malasai moved to Greece and was transferred to Olympiacos Piraeus, where she remained until 2017. With the Red-whites of Piraeus she won the double twice (Hellenic Championship and Hellenic Cup) in the 2015–16 and 2016-17 seasons. Moreover, in 2017 she was runner up of the European Challenge Cup, in the incredible course of Olympiacos to the final of the competition.
In Summer 2018, when her contract with Olympiacos was over, Nadzeya Malasai Smirnova left Piraeus and transferred to Minczanka Minsk. With the Belarusian team she won the silver medal of 2017–18 European CEV Cup.
International career
Nadzeya Malasai is member of the Belarus women's national volleyball team. She started in 2007 in the youth team and was promoted to the women's group in 2009. She has participated in several events, such as World Championship Qualifiers, European Championship Qualifiers or Finals and European League games from 2009 up to now.[2]
Sporting achievements
International competitions
- 2017
CEV Women's Challenge Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus - 2018
Women's CEV Cup, with Minczanka Minsk
National championships
5 Belarusian Championships
- 2007/2008
Belarusian Championship with Atlant Baranovitchi - 2008/2009
Belarusian Championship with Atlant Baranovitchi - 2010/2011
Belarusian Championship with Atlant Baranovitchi - 2011/2012
Belarusian Championship with Atlant Baranovitchi - 2017/2018
Belarusian Championship with Minchanka Minsk - 2012/2013
Belarusian Championship Runners up with Atlant Baranovitchi
- 2012/2013
- 2015/2016
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus - 2016/2017
Hellenic Championship, with Olympiacos Piraeus
National trophies
- 2015/2016
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus - 2016/2017
Hellenic Cup, with Olympiacos Piraeus
References
- "Nadzeya Malasai". cev.eu. Retrieved 3 October 2016.
- "Nadzeya Malasai's profile". cev.eu. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
External links
- Malasai's Profile at greekvolley.gr
- Malasai - Personal information at www.worldofvolley.com
- Nadzeya Malasai in Olympiacos Piraeus - Brief Biografy www.olympiacossfp.gr
- New contract with Olympiacos Piraeus for 2016-17 season www.olympiacossfp.gr