Born in
Baku, Valeriya first played volleyball at age nine and joined the school volleyball team. She played 180 times for the
Azerbaijan women's national volleyball team and was awarded the best libero of
2005 Women's European Volleyball Championship. Korotenko was a member of
Azerrail Baku and
Volero Zurich before joining
Fenerbahçe Women's Volleyball team. She won the bronze medal at the
2008–09 CEV Cup playing with
Fenerbahçe Acıbadem and was awarded "Best Receiver". Korotenko played with
Azerrail Baku winning the
2015–16 Azerbaijan Super League championship and she became Best Libero. ==Awards==