Slobodan Kovač
Slobodan Kovač | |||||||
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Nickname | Boba | ||||||
Nationality | Serbian | ||||||
Born | Veliko Gradište, Yugoslavia, Serbia | 13 September 1967||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||
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Current team | PGE Skra Bełchatów | ||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||
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Slobodan Kovač (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ковач) (born 13 September 1967) is a Serbian volleyball coach and former volleyball player, 2000 Olympic Champion.
The current head coach of PGE Skra Bełchatów, PlusLiga.[1]
Career[]
As a coach[]
In 2014, he was appointed as a new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team until the Olympic Games Rio 2016.[2] From 2010 to 2014, Kovač was a head coach of Italian team Sir Safety Perugia. In 2016, he became a new head coach of Halkbank Ankara.[3] In 2017, he was chosen as the new head coach of the Slovenian national volleyball team.[4][5]
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
As a coach[]
- National championships
- 2008/2009 Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 2009/2010 Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 2016/2017 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2017/2018 Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2017/2018 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
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
See also[]
References[]
- ^ "Slobodan Kovač trenerem PGE Skry Bełchatów". www.skra.pl (in Polish). 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Slobodan Kovac has incentive to coach Iran volleyball team". www.theiranproject.com. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "TRANSFER BOMB IN 2017: Perugia's coach on the bench of Halkbank". www.worldofvolley.com. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "SLO M: Slobodan Kovac takes over Slovenia!". www.worldofvolley.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "RUS M: Slobodan Kovač appointed Belogorie coach!". www.worldofvolley.com. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Belogorie complete collection of European titles!". www.cev.eu. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "PRVI PUT U ISTORIJI Slobodan Kovač i Nemanja Petrić pobednici Kupa Izazivača sa Belogorjem". www.sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A". www.legavolley.it (in Italian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Top achievements honoured at European Volleyball Gala". www.cev.eu. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
External links[]
- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach profile at LegaVolley.it
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it
- Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at the International Olympic Committee
- Player profile at Olympedia.org
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Categories:
- 1967 births
- Living people
- People from Veliko Gradište
- Yugoslav men's volleyball players
- Serbia and Montenegro men's volleyball players
- Serbian volleyball coaches
- Volleyball coaches of international teams
- Olympic volleyball players of Yugoslavia
- Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in volleyball
- Olympic gold medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- Olympic bronze medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
- European champions for Serbia and Montenegro
- Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
- Mediterranean Games medalists in volleyball
- Mediterranean Games silver medalists for Yugoslavia
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in France
- Expatriate volleyball players in France
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Expatriate volleyball players in Iran
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Jastrzębski Węgiel coaches
- Skra Bełchatów coaches