One of the promising rising stars, Aleksa Brdovic, 24 years old setter, has been skipping all the tournaments with Serbia this summer, leading to concerns over his health in the volleyball field. Nothing concrete has been disclosed about his health condition until he is diagnosed with cardiac arrhymia, According to a news article by zurnal.rs.
Before the diagnosis, it was suspected that the Aleksa’s health problem was caused by he high tension of Russia Super League, in which he played for Club Gazprom Ugra Surgut last season.
Cardiac arrthymia is a kind of heart defect, symptoms of which include irregular heart beating rate which may cause insufficient blood pumping from heart to the body and thus a life threat.
Two irregular heart rythms (pulse 168), ordered to rest until mid-October
“It’s a difficult situation for me, but I hope that in the end everything will be all right, and that in a few months I will begin training,” said 24-year-old Brđović.
“I fully understand their decision. I’ll be at least until mid-October, and then I have a new control, so we’ll see what the situation is.”
Termination of Turkish Club contract with Arkas
Not only is Aleksa not able to train with the national team, his new contract with Turkish club, Arkas, is on the brink of termination. Even though he passed in a physical examination for the club contract, the player agreed to terminate the contract per the medical advices for safety reasons.
Despite the unfortunate event of his health, he did not forget to thank the medical team, teamates and fans for their warm words and said he hope to join the training by the end of this year.
About Aleksa
Aleksa Brdjovic was a trusted setter in the youth national team of Serbia and he won two medals at the European Championships of his age – silver in 2009 and gold in 2011 in Turkey. This talented player undoubtedly inherited the genes from his father, legendary Dejan Brdjović, who played in the same position. Some experts argue that young Aleksa could even play as correction-opposite player and he proved it, but still his primary orientation heads towards the setter position. „Young Brdja“, as he is called by his teammates, with 204 cm of height, is the one of the tallest players in the roster and his block surely frightens the rivals.
