Sladjana Mirkovic, born in Užice (Serbia), 28 years old, 185 cm, is the first great new arrival, she will be the Wolves’ setter for the 2024/25 season. Sladjana comes from the Turkish league, she played last season in PTT Spor Ankara. She is currently involved with the Serbian national team preparing for the VNL in view of the Paris 2024 Olympics.
With the senior Serbian national team she was World Champion in 2022, bronze medal at the Olympics in 2021, bronze medal at the 2022 VNL, gold medal at the European Championships in 2017 and 2019 and silver medal in 2021. He won several other awards with the Serbian national team and with several clubs, among the latest: 2 Championships, 1 Cup and 1 Romanian Super Cup in 2021/22 and 2022/23, 1 Turkish Super Cup in 2020/21, 1 Championship and 1 Polish Cup in 2017/18 and 2018 /19, 1 Azerbaijani Championship in 2016/17, 2 Championships, 1 Cup and 2 Super Cups of Serbia in 2013/14 and 2014/15; you played in the CEV Cup final in 2022/23.
He played in Italy with Foppapedretti Bergamo in 2019/20 before moving to Ecasibasi Vitra Istanbul in Turkey to finish the season. A complete player with a lot of international experience at the highest level who has chosen Rome for her return to Italy. The Sports Director
Barbara Rossi: “We wanted an international level player. Sladjana is a setter who has grown up gaining very important high-level experiences, both with the clubs she played for and in the Serbian national team, despite being at an age that will allow her to further evolve her qualities. Sladjana’s value lies both in her technical skills and in the references to her character and propensity to work in a team, fundamental components for us in building the team system. His will and the enthusiasm he showed for the opportunity to come and play for the Roma team supported our choice even more.”
