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]

Slobodan Kovač
Personal information
Nationality Serb
Born (1967-09-13) 13 September 1967
Veliko Gradište, Yugoslavia, Serbia
Height2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Coaching information
Current team Serbia
Top Volley Latina
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2008–2010
2010–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2018
2017–2018
2018–2019
2019–
2019–2020
2020–		Radnički Kragujevac
Sir Safety Perugia
Iran
Sir Safety Perugia
Halkbank Ankara
Slovenia
Belogorie Belgorod
Serbia
Jastrzębski Węgiel
Top Volley Latina
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1983–1985
1985–1988
1988–1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1999
1999–2002
2002–2003
2003–2004
2003–2004
2004–2006
2006–2007		 VGSK Veliko Gradište
Kolubara
Vojvodina Novi Sad
Volley Gioia
Aris Thessaloniki
Volley Gioia
Volley Lube
Magna Grecia Volley
Pallavolo Agnone
GFC Ajaccio VB
Pallavolo Molfetta
Shahrdari Urmia
Radnički Kragujevac
National team
1991
1996–2003		 Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
1991 Athens
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney
1996 Atlanta
CEV European Championship
1997 Netherlands
1995 Greece
Head Coach  Iran
Asian Games
2014 Incheon
Head Coach  Serbia
CEV European Championship
2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia

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

As a coach

Individual awards
Sporting positions
Preceded by
Nikola Grbić		 Head coach of Serbia
2019–		 Succeeded by
–

References
  1. RUS M: Slobodan Kovač appointed Belogorie coach! – worldofvolley.com – 22.05.2018
  2. Slobodan Kovac new coach of Iran men’s national team – fivb.org – 13.03.2014
  3. Slobodan Kovac has incentive to coach Iran volleyball team – theiranproject.com – 19.03.2014
  4. 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.
  5. TRANSFER BOMB IN 2017: Perugia’s coach on the bench of Halkbank – worldofvolley.com – 02.01.2017
  6. Slobodan Kovač objavil širši seznam reprezentantov – sta.si – 26.04.2017
  7. PRVI PUT U ISTORIJI Slobodan Kovač i Nemanja Petrić pobednici Kupa Izazivača sa Belogorjem – sport.blic.rs – 28.03.2019
  8. Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A – 02.10.2014
  9. Top achievements honoured at European Volleyball Gala – cev.eu – 25.10.2019
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