Emiliya Dimitrova
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Emiliya Dimitrova
Opposite Hitter6′1″17 Year ProShumen, Bulgaria
Emiliya Dimitrova
Player Stats
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Professional Experience

  • Made pro debut in 2007 with Slavia Sofia in Bulgaria at 16 years old
  • Has played for 13 different club teams in Europe in six countries: Bulgaria, Italy, Turkey, Romania, Japan, and France
  • Member of Bulgarian National Team
  • Captured five medals for Bulgaria, including two gold
  • Most recent gold medal came at the 2021 European Golden League with Bulgaria. Also won a gold medal for Bulgaria at the 2014 Yeltsin Cup and silver medals at the 2012 European Golden League and the 2010 European Golden League
  • Collected a combined 17 medals at the club level
  • In 2019-20, won the Bulgarian League with VC Maritza
  • With the NEC Red Rockets in 2016-17, claimed the Japan V.League Division 1 championship
  • Lifted the Romanian League title and the Romanian Cup with Tomis Constanta in 2010-11
  • During rookie campaign in 2007-08, claimed a silver medal in the Bulgarian League with Slavia Sofia and a gold medal in the Bulgarian Cup
Year Team Country
2024 Grand Rapids Rise United States
2022-23 VBC Trasporti Pesanti Casalmaggiore  Italy
2021-22 PTT Spor  Turkey
2020-21 PTT Spor  Turkey
2019-20 VC Maritza  Bulgaria
2018-19 CSM Targoviste  Romania
2017-18 Bursa BBSK  Turkey
2016-17 NEC Red Rockets  Japan
2015-16 Savino Del Bene Scandicci  Italy
2014-15 Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano  Italy
2013-14 Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano  Italy
2012-13 Prosecco Doc-Imoco Conegliano  Italy
2011-12 Yesilyurt  Turkey
2011-12 Spes Conegliano  Italy
2010-11 Tomis Constanta  Romania
2009-10 ASUL Lyon  France
2008-09 Slavia Sofia  Bulgaria
2007-08 Slavia Sofia  Bulgaria

Personal Information

  • Married to Rise assistant coach Denislav Dimitrov
  • Has a daughter
  • Has one younger brother, Stefan Nikolov, who also plays professional volleyball with ASD Insieme per Pordenone in Italy
  • Had only traveled through and hadn’t stayed in the United States before joining the Rise
  • Started playing volleyball at 9 years old as a receiver and then setter before finally finding her role as an opposite hitter
  • Considers herself a very organized person, near perfectionist
  • Besides English, can also speak Bulgarian, Italian and Serbian
  • Favorite food is sushi
  • Has a Golden Retriever named Diego