Arina Fedorovtseva is a Russian volleyball player. She currently plays for Fenerbahce Opet and is a member of Russia’s women’s national volleyball team.
Arina Fedorovtseva was born on January 19, 2004, in Moskow, Russia. In early childhood, she went in for swimming, but at the age of 10 she switched to volleyball at the sports school “Olympus”. She played for Dinamo Moscow U20 between 2014 and 2018.
In 2018, Arina Fedorovtseva moved to Kazan and was included in the youth team of Dynamo Kazan – Dynamo-Academiya-RBM U20, becoming the silver medalist of the Youth League of the Russian Championship. In the same year, she won her first tournament at the international level, becoming the winner of the championship of the Eastern European Volleyball Zonal Association (EEVZA) with the Russian national team with players under 14 years old.
On October 30, 2019, Arina Fedorovtseva played her first match in the Russian Super League with Dinamo-Ak Bars. In total, in the 2019/20 season, she played 12 matches for the main team of the Kazan club and won the gold medal in the Russian Championship.
In 2021, she signed a contract with the Turkish Fenerbahce Opet, where is still playing. In her maiden season with the club, they were runner-up at the Turkish Cup and the Turkish Kadinlar Volleyball league, as well as third in the Club World Championship and the Champions League.
At the international level, Arina Fedorovtseva played for the junior Russian U16 national team and won the bronze of the European Championship. A year later, a volleyball player with the Russian U17 junior team won the European Championship and was recognized as the most valuable player (MVP) of the championship.
In 2021, she made her debut as part of the Russian senior national team in the League of Nations. Participated in all 15 matches of the national team in the tournament and scored 190 points. In the same year, she took part in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and the European Championship.
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