Branko Kovačević (volleyball)
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| Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||
| Born | February 27, 1967 | |||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | |||||||||||||
| Current club |  Olympiacos Piraeus | |||||||||||||
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| Last updated: June 30, 2017 | ||||||||||||||
Branko Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Ковачевић, born 27 February 1967) is a Serbian volleyball coach.[1] He is currently the head coach of Olympiacos Piraeus women's volleyball team and the assistant coach of Serbia women's national volleyball team.[2][3]
International career[]
Branko Kovačević was the assistant coach of the Serbian women's national volleyball team who won the Olympic silver medal at Rio 2016,[4][5] and the 2011 CEV Volleyball European Championship at Belgrade as well.[6]
Club career[]
Under his guidance, Olympiacos Piraeus have won 3 Hellenic Championships (2015–16, 2016–17,[7] 2017-18), 3 Hellenic Cups (2016, 2017, 2018) and the CEV Women's Challenge Cup in 2017–18.[8][9] The Piraeus team also reached the final of the same competition in 2016–17.[10][11]
Honours[]
Head coach[]
European[]
Winner: 2017-18 with Olympiacos Piraeus
Runner-up: 2016-17 with Olympiacos Piraeus
Domestic[]
- 2015/2016
Hellenic Championship (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus - 2016/2017 Hellenic Championship (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2017/2018 Hellenic Championship (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2018/2019 Hellenic Championship (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2015/2016
Hellenic Cup (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus - 2016/2017 Hellenic Cup (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2017/2018 Hellenic Cup (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2018/2019 Hellenic Cup (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
Assistant coach[]
- 2016 Olympic Games - Silver Medal
- 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship - Golden Medal
References[]
- ^ Branko Kovačević profile. CEV official website
- ^ Kovačević: "I am glad to stay in Greece" sport24.gr, 02/06/2015 (in Greek)
- ^ Бранко Ковачевић у Олимпијакосу. zurnal.rs, 04/06/2015 (in Serbian)
- ^ Serbia Women's Volleyball Team - Rio Olympics Rio2016 FIVB official website
- ^ Silver medal at Rio Olympiacos official website, 21/08/2016 (in Greek)
- ^ Serbia's roster and coaches at the 2011 Women's European Championship Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. www.cev.eu
- ^ Oiympiacos: 2017 Hellenic champions novasports.gr, 29/04/2017 (in Greek)
- ^ Olympiacos Piraeus winners of the 2018 CEV Challenge Cup www.olympiacossfp.gr
- ^ Olympiacos make history with Challenge Cup title in 2018 Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine www.cev.eu
- ^ Olympiacos comes from behind to claim first round of Challenge Cup Final! www.olympiacossfp.gr
- ^ The press-conference of the 2017 final (2nd leg) www.olympiacossfp.gr 14/04/2017 (in Greek)
External links[]
- Branko Kovačević profile[permanent dead link] at worldofvolley.com
- An amazing presence in the CEV Challenge Cup! (Silver Medal with Olympiacos in 2017 Challenge Cup) www.olympiacossfp.gr
- The Triumph in Bursa in 2018 www.olympiacossfp.gr
- 1967 births
- Living people
- Serbian volleyball coaches
- Olympiacos Women's Volleyball coaches