Slobodan Kovač
Serbian volleyball player and coach
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Nickname | Boba | ||||||
Born | (1967-09-13) 13 September 1967 (age 56) Veliko Gradište, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||
Height | 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||
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Slobodan Kovač (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ковач; born 13 September 1967) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, Olympic Champion at Sydney 2000, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and the 2019 European Championship winner.
Career
As a coach
In 2014, he was appointed new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team until the Olympic Games Rio 2016.[1] That same year he led Iranian team to its first gold medal at Asian games. In 2017, he took charge of the Slovenian national volleyball team.[2][3]
From 2010 to 2014, Kovač was head coach of the Italian team, Sir Safety Perugia. In 2016, he became new head coach of Halkbank Ankara.[4]
Honours
As a player
- Domestic
- 1988–89
Yugoslavian Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1991–92
Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1991–92
Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1988–89
As a coach
- Domestic
- 2008–09
Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 2009–10
Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 2016–17
Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2017–18
Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2017–18
Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2008–09
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[7]
- 2019: CEV – Coach of the year[8]
- 2019: Coach of the Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia
See also
References
- ^ "Slobodan Kovac has incentive to coach Iran volleyball team". theiranproject.com. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "SLO M: Slobodan Kovac takes over Slovenia!". worldofvolley.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "RUS M: Slobodan Kovač appointed Belogorie coach!". worldofvolley.com. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "TRANSFER BOMB IN 2017: Perugia's coach on the bench of Halkbank". worldofvolley.com. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Belogorie complete collection of European titles!". CEV. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "PRVI PUT U ISTORIJI Slobodan Kovač i Nemanja Petrić pobednici Kupa Izazivača sa Belogorjem". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A". legavolley.it (in Italian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
- ^ "Top achievements honoured at European Volleyball Gala". CEV. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Slobodan Kovač.
- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Player profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Coach/Player profile at Volleybox.net
- Player profile at the International Olympic Committee
- Player profile at Olympedia.org
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Preceded by | Head coach of Serbia 2019–2021 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Head coach of Slovenia 2017–2018 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Head coach of Iran 2014–2015 | Succeeded by![]() |
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CEV European Championship winning managers
- 1948: Češpiva
- 1950: Chinilin
- 1951: Chinilin
- 1955: Kozák
- 1958: Kozák
- 1963: Sotir
- 1967: Kleshchev
- 1971: Chesnokov
- 1975: Chesnokov
- 1977: Platonov
- 1979: Platonov
- 1981: Platonov
- 1983: Platonov
- 1985: Platonov
- 1987: Parshin
- 1989: Velasco
- 1991: Platonov
- 1993: Velasco
- 1995: Velasco
- 1997: Gerbrands
- 1999: Anastasi
- 2001: Gajić
- 2003: Montali
- 2005: Montali
- 2007: Anastasi
- 2009: Castellani
- 2011: Kolaković
- 2013: Voronkov
- 2015: Tillie
- 2017: Shlyapnikov
- 2019: Kovač
- 2021: De Giorgi
- 2023: Grbić