Igor Kolaković

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Igor Kolaković
Igor Kolaković in Iran trainings.jpg
Personal information
NationalityMontenegro Montenegrin
Born (1965-06-04) 4 June 1965 (age 56)
Titograd, Yugoslavia, Montenegro
Coaching information
Current teamSerbia Serbia
Poland Warta Zawiercie
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1997–2009
2003–2006
2006–2014
2010–2012
2013–2016
2017–2020
2020–2022
2022–		Budućnost Podgorica
Serbia and Montenegro (AC)
Serbia
ACH Volley
AS Cannes
Iran
Warta Zawiercie
Serbia
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Career
YearsTeams
1979–1987
1987–1991
1991–1993
1993–1994
1994–1997		Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost Podgorica
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Beograd
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost Podgorica
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Partizan Beograd
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Budućnost Podgorica
Honours
Men's volleyball
Head Coach  Serbia
FIVB World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Italy
FIVB World League
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rio de Janeiro
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Córdoba
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Austria/Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Russia
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Denmark/Poland
Head Coach  Iran
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Japan
AVC Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Iran

Igor Kolaković (Игор Колаковић) (born 4 June 1965) is a Montenegrin volleyball coach and former volleyball player, the current head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team and Polish team, Aluron CMC Warta Zawiercie.[1][2][3][4]

Personal life[]

Igor's wife, Sandra, is a former handball national team player, former head coach of the Serbia women's national handball team. Igor received a bachelor's degree of business administration in 1989 at the University of Montenegro. Aleksa Kolaković, son of Igor, is a handball player.

Career[]

As a player[]

Kolakovic played as a setter for Budućnost Podgorica and Partizan Beograd from 1979 to 1997, after which he became a head coach of the Podgorica team. He is two–time Yugoslavian Champion and two–time Yugoslavian Cup winner.

As a coach[]

Igor Kolakovic replaced Ljubomir Travica as head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team ahead of the 2006 FIVB World Championship, after assisting him for three years. He was the head coach of the Serbian national volleyball team from 2006 until 2014. He led Serbia to a gold medal at the 2011 European Championship and bronze in 2007 and 2013.[5] In 2010, he achieved a great success at the 2010 World Championship winning a bronze medal. He helped his team win two silver medals at the 2008 and 2009 World League and a bronze one at the 2010. In 2014, he resigned his post as the head coach of Serbia after eight years.[6] At the professional club level, he won, among others, two titles of the Montenegrin Champion in 2007 and 2008 with Budućnost Podgorica, and two titles of the Slovenian Champion in 2011 and 2012 with ACH Volley. In 2017, he was appointed as a new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team.[7][8] He led Iran to a bronze medal of the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup, defeating, among others, teams of USA, France and Italy. In 2019, Iran, led by him, won its 3rd Asian Champion title.[9] In 2020, he was dismissed as the head coach of Iran.[10]

Sporting achievements[]

As a player[]

As a coach[]

References[]

  1. ^ "SER M: Head coach of European champions, Igor Kolakovic is looking for new job". worldofvolley.com. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Kolaković: Želim da vodim Crnu Goru!". mnemagazin.me (in Montenegrin). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  3. ^ "Mistrz Europy i Azji trenerem Jurajskich Rycerzy!". aluronvirtucmc.pl (in Polish). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  4. ^ "Zvanično: Kolaković ponovo na klupi odbojkaških Orlova". sportklub.rs (in Serbian). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  5. ^ "Serbian fiesta in Vienna as Russia misses on another major final". eurovolley2011.com. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ^ "BREAKING: Kolaković resigns as head coach of Serbia!". worldofvolley.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ^ "OFFICIAL: Igor Kolakovic takes over Iran!". worldofvolley.com. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. ^ "IRN M: Kolakovic –"Being the coach of Iran will be a huge challenge"". worldofvolley.com. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  9. ^ "Iran volleyball crowned Asian champions". tehrantimes.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  10. ^ "IRN M: Kolaković and Iran are parting ways". worldofvolley.com. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Head coach of Serbia
2022– 		Succeeded by
–
Preceded by Head coach of Iran
2017–2020 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Head coach of Serbia
2006–2014 		Succeeded by
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