Antonina Zetova
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| Nickname | Toni | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Bulgarian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | September 7, 1973 Pleven | ||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Sofia | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 77 kg (170 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Spike | 306 cm (120 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Block | 301 cm (119 in) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Opposite | ||||||||||||||
| Number | 5 | ||||||||||||||
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Antonina Zetova (Bulgarian: Антонина Зетова; born on 7 September 1973 in Pleven)[2] is a former international volleyball player from Bulgaria. She is the head coach of the Bulgaria women's national volleyball team and also coached the U18 and U23 women's national teams.[3][4]
As a left handed outside hitter, the 1.89m (6ft 2.5in) tall Zetova lead the Bulgarian team to several successes, including a bronze medal at the European Championship in 2001, where she was awarded best scorer.
In the Italian league, where she played since 1998, Zetova won all possible national titles at least one time and European titles namely Top Teams Cup in 2005 with Chieri and the most important European Champions League title with Despar Perugia in 2006.[5] She was elected best foreign player, All-Star[6] and Best Spiker of the Italian league.
In 2008–09 she played for Palma Volley in Spain after giving birth to her son becoming vice champion and 2nd best player after Prisilla Rivera.[7]
Zetova came back to her former clubs in Italy, Perugia and Chieri, in 2009 where she retired in 2012.[8]
Toni was the head coach of Bulgaria's U23 women team. She was the assistant coach of CSKA Sofia's women volleyball team up until 2024 and most notably she was the head coach of the U18 women's volleyball team which ended up taking gold in the 2024 European Championship, something never seen before in Bulgaria's history.
Clubs
VC CSKA Sofia (1989–1995)
Eczacibasi Istanbul (1995–1997)- VakifBank Istanbul (1997–1998)
Omnitel Modena (1998–1999)- Phone Limited Modena (1999–2000)
- Radio 105 Foppapedretti Bergamo (2000–2001)
- Edison Modena (2001–2002)
- Eczacibasi Istanbul (2002–2003)
- Pallavolo Chieri (2003–2004)
- Bigmat Kerakoll Chieri (2004–2005)
- Despar Perugia (2005–2007)
Palma Volley (2008–2009)
Olympiacos (2008–2009)- Despar Perugia (2009–2010)
- Famila Generali Chieri (2010–2012)
