Maja Ognjenović

She also has a successful club career, having played in some of the world's most competitive leagues such as Italy, Turkey, Russia, Poland and more.

The Serbian setter and captain was honored by receiving a framed version of her jersey with the number 300.“It is a big motivation for me to have played 300 matches with the national team for the past 16 or 17 years.

It was very emotional when I received the shirt with the number 300, but most of all I am happy about tonight’s victory.”[2]Ognjenović joined the Serbian women’s national team in 2002.

She started all matches of the 2006 FIVB World Championship held in Japan; the Serbian national team went on to win the bronze medal.

Ognjenović was part of the Serbian squad that won the gold medal during the 2009 European League.

She took part in the 2009 Summer Universiade with the national team the following month and won the silver medal.

[4] In 2015, Ognjenović won the bronze medal with the Serbian national team after defeating Turkey 3–0 in the 3rd place match of the 2015 European Championship.

On 20 August 2016, she won a silver medal as a member of the Serbian women’s volleyball team after being defeated by China 3–1 in the final.

Even though Ognjenović decided to take a break from the Serbian national team after the 2016 Rio Olympics, Serbia national team head coach Zoran Terzić announced her comeback by including her in Serbia’s 14-player roster for the 2018 World Championship.

[6] She then proceeded to win Serbia’s first World Championship gold medal, when her team defeated Italy 3–2 in the final match.

Ognjenović won the gold medal with her national team at the 2019 European Championship after they defeated Turkey 3–2 in the finals.

This time round, along with fellow compatriot, Tijana Bošković; both joined team Serbia in Week 3 of the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Suwon, South Korea at the request of Giovanni Guidetti, Serbia’s new coach.

[7] She went on to win the silver medal at the 2023 European Championship final after a well fought match which ended with a score of 3–2 in favor of Türkiye.

She was runner up of the 2015–16 Italian Serie A1 league after being defeated by Imoco Volley Conegliano 3–0 in the decisive 4th final match of the season.

She won the silver medal with VakıfBank after being defeated by Imoco Volley Conegliano 3–2 in the final match.

In 2021–22, Ognjenović won the 2021–22 CEV Cup with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, defeating German club Allianz MTV Stuttgart 3–1 in both the first and second leg of the finals.