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Brakočević playing for VakıfBank in January 2013.
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Full name | Jovana Brakočević Canzian | ||||||||||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
Born |
Zrenjanin, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
5 March 1988 ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||
Weight | 82 kg (181 lb) | ||||||||||||||
Spike | 309 cm (122 in) | ||||||||||||||
Block | 295 cm (116 in) | ||||||||||||||
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Position | Opposite spiker / Universal | ||||||||||||||
Current club | Azeryol Baku | ||||||||||||||
Number | 2 | ||||||||||||||
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Jovana Brakočević Canzian (Serbian Cyrillic: Јована Бракочевић Канцијан; born 5 March 1988) is a Serbian female professional volleyball player, who was a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the silver medal at the 2007 European Championship in Belgium and Luxembourg. There she was named Best Server of the tournament. She was also a member of the Serbia women's national volleyball team that won the gold medal at the 2011 European Championship in Serbia and Italy. There she was voted MVP of the tournament.
She played the 2010/2011 season for the Guangzhou Evergrande in the 361° Chinese Women's Volleyball League.
On June 2011, JT Marvelous announced her joining next season.
Jovana won the gold medal and the MVP and Best Spiker awards at the 2011 European League.
Brakočević won the gold medal at the 2013 Club World Championship and the Most Valuable Player award, playing with Vakıfbank Istanbul.