Nikola Kovačević

Nikola Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ковачевић) (born 14 February 1983) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Saint Nazaire VB, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2010, European Champion 2011, bronze medalist of the European Championship in 2007 and 2013, multimedalist of the World League.

For the Serbian footballers, see Nikola Kovačević (footballer, born 1993) and Nikola Kovačević (footballer, born 1994).
Nikola Kovačević
Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born (1983-02-14) 14 February 1983
Kraljevo, SFR Yugoslavia, Serbia
Height1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight78 kg (172 lb)
Spike350 cm (140 in)
Block340 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current team Saint Nazaire VB
Number8
Career
YearsTeams
2002–2003
2003–2006
2006–2007
2007–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014
2014–2015
2015
2015–2016
2016
2017
2017
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019
2020		 Ribnica Kraljevo
Crvena Zvezda
GC Lamia
RPA Perugia
Aris Thessaloniki
Andreoli Latina
Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod
Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Ural Ufa
Marmi Lanza Verona
Shanghai Golden Age
Paris Volley
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Berlin Recycling Volleys
Paykan Tehran
Rennes Volley 35
CS Arcada Galați
Chemik Bydgoszcz
Al-Hilal
Saint Nazaire VB
National team
2005–2016 Serbia
Honours
Representing  Serbia
Men's Volleyball
World Championship
2010 Italy
European Championship
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
2007 Russia
2013 Denmark/Poland
World League
2008 Rio de Janeiro
2009 Belgrade
2015 Rio de Janeiro
2010 Cordoba
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería

Personal life

He has two brothers - Uroš (born 1993), who is also a volleyball player, and Savo. He was married to Jasmine and has two children with her, daughters Mia and Emma. In May 2016 he married Ana (nee Matijasević), who is a daughter of volleyball coach Nikola Matijasević and sister of volleyball players' manager Georges Matijasević. On 25 August 2016 his wife gave birth to their son Noa.

Career

Clubs

In season 2012/2013 he played for Polish club from PlusLiga – Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He won with the club Polish Championship in 2013. He spent the next season in the Russian club Ural Ufa. On 17 March 2014 official site of Russian club announced that the contract with Kovacevic has been terminated.[1] The reason for the premature termination of contract were financial problems of the club.[2] In 2014 he spent a few months in the club from Verona and then moved to Chinese team Fudan University Shanghai.[3]

National team

He is a gold medalist of 2011 European Championship[4] and bronze medalist of 2013 European Championship. He was a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On 19 July 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with France 0–3 and achieved silver medal.[5][6]

Sporting achievements

Individually

References
  1. Никола Ковачевич покинул "Урал" – volleyufa.ru – 17-03-2014
  2. Siatkarze Uralu Ufa zastrajkowali – plusliga.pl – 16-03-2014
  3. Nikola Kovacević zagra w Chinach! – czassiatkowki.pl – 20-07-2014
  4. Serbia is the 2011 European champion! – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
  5. France upset Serbia to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 19-07-2015
  6. France prevail over Serbia to claim gold; USA finish third – fivb.org – 19-07-2015
Awards
Preceded by
Stéphane Antiga		 Best Receiver of
CEV European Championship
2011		 Succeeded by
Todor Aleksiev
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