Tatyana Kosheleva

Club

Galatasaray

Nationality

Russia

Birth Date

23/12/1988

Birth Place

Minsk

Height

191 cm

Weight

67 kg

Born in 1988 in Minsk, spiker Tatiana Sergeevna Kosheleva is 191 cm tall and one of the key players of Russia’s national team. A member of Russia’s national team since 2007, Kosheleva has won gold medals at the 2010 World Championship, and 2013 and 2015 European Championship. Additionally, her team won the bronze at the 2007 European Championship, the silver at the 2009 World Grand Prix and bronze at the 2014 World Grand Prix. Since the 2006-2007 season, Kosheleva has played exclusively for Russian first league clubs: Dinamo Moskova, Zarechie Odintsovo, Dinamo Kazan and Dinamo Krasnodar. Eczacıbaşı VitrA will be her first experience with a club abroad. As a member of club teams, Kosheleva has won four golds in Russian League championships (2007, 2008, 2010, and 2011) and six Russia Cups (2008, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, and 2015). Her team of the last two seasons, Dinamo Krasnodar, won the silver at the 2015 FIVB Women’s Club World Championship and the gold at the 2015 and 2016 CEV Cup.  Additionally, Kosheleva has won many individual awards for outstanding performance. Kosheleva was voted “Most Valuable Player” of the 2013 European Championship, 2014 Russia Cup, 2015 CEV Cup and 2015 European Championship and “Best Spiker” of the 2009 World Grand Prix, 2010 World Championship and Montreux Volley Masters, 2015 FIVB Women’s Club World Championship, World Cup and European Championship.