Slobodan Kovač
Slobodan Kovač (born 13 September 1967) is a Serbian volleyball coach and former volleyball player, current head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Top Volley Cisterna.[1]
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| Nationality |  Serb | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 13 September 1967 Veliko Gradište, Yugoslavia, Serbia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current team | Serbia Top Volley Latina | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career
In 2014, he was appointed as a head coach of the Iran men's national team[2] until the 2016 Summer Olympics.[3] Previously competing for Yugoslavia, he won team medals at the Atlanta 1996 Olympics (bronze) and his inaugural gold medal at the Sydney 2000 Summer Olympics at the age of 33.[4]
In 2010-2014 and 2015-2016, he was a head coach of Sir Safety Perugia, reaching the Superlega finals twice, Italy's top tier league. Kovač in 2016 officially became a new head coach of Halkbank Ankara.[5] In the same year he was elected as a head coach of the Slovenia men's national team.[6]
Sporting achievements
As a player
- National championships
- 1988/1989
Yugoslavian Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad - 1991/1992
Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad - 1991/1992 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1993/1994
Greek Championship, with Aris Thessaloniki - 2004/2005 Iranian Championship, with Shahrdari Urmia
- 2005/2006 Iranian Championship, with Shahrdari Urmia
- 2006/2007 Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 1988/1989
As a coach
- National championships
- 2008/2009 Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 2009/2010 Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 2013/2014 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2015/2016 Italian Championship, with Sir Safety Perugia
- 2016/2017 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2017/2018 Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2017/2018 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2008/2009
Individual awards
- 2008: Coach of the Year in Serbia
- 2009: Coach of the Year in Serbia
- 2010: Coach of the Year in Serbia
- 2013: Coach of the Year in Italy
- 2014: Coach of the Year in Italy[8]
- 2019: CEV – Coach of the Year[9]
- 2019: Coach of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia
External links
- Coach profile at CEV.eu
- Coach profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at Olympic.org
- Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net
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Head coach of Serbia 2019– |
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References
- RUS M: Slobodan Kovač appointed Belogorie coach! – worldofvolley.com – 22.05.2018
- Slobodan Kovac new coach of Iran men’s national team – fivb.org – 13.03.2014
- Slobodan Kovac has incentive to coach Iran volleyball team – theiranproject.com – 19.03.2014
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Slobodan Kovač". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
- TRANSFER BOMB IN 2017: Perugia’s coach on the bench of Halkbank – worldofvolley.com – 02.01.2017
- Slobodan Kovač objavil širši seznam reprezentantov – sta.si – 26.04.2017
- PRVI PUT U ISTORIJI Slobodan Kovač i Nemanja Petrić pobednici Kupa Izazivača sa Belogorjem – sport.blic.rs – 28.03.2019
- Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A – 02.10.2014
- Top achievements honoured at European Volleyball Gala – cev.eu – 25.10.2019
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