Nikola Kovačević

For the Serbian footballers, see Nikola Kovačević (footballer, born 1993) and Nikola Kovačević (footballer, born 1994).

Nikola Kovačević
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Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1983-02-14) 14 February 1983 Kraljevo, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	78 kg (172 lb)
Spike	350 cm (140 in)
Block	340 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current team	Saint Nazaire VB
Number	8
Career
Years Teams 2002–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014 2014–2015 2015 2015–2016 2016 2017 2017 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019 2020 Ribnica Kraljevo Crvena Zvezda GC Lamia RPA Perugia Aris Thessaloniki Andreoli Latina Guberniya Nizhniy Novgorod Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Ural Ufa Marmi Lanza Verona Shanghai Golden Age Paris Volley Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Berlin Recycling Volleys Paykan Tehran Rennes Volley 35 CS Arcada Galați Chemik Bydgoszcz Al-Hilal Saint Nazaire VB
National team
2005–2016 Serbia
Honours Men's Volleyball Representing Serbia World Championship Bronze medal – third place 2010 Italy European Championship Gold medal – first place 2011 Austria/Czech Republic Bronze medal – third place 2007 Russia Bronze medal – third place 2013 Denmark/Poland World League Silver medal – second place 2008 Rio de Janeiro Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade Silver medal – second place 2015 Rio de Janeiro Bronze medal – third place 2010 Cordoba Mediterranean Games Bronze medal – third place 2005 Almería

Nikola Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Ковачевић, born 14 February 1983) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and French club Saint Nazaire VB, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2010, European Champion 2011, bronze medalist of the European Championship in 2007 and 2013, multimedalist of the World League.

Personal life

He has two brothers - Uroš (born 1993), who is also a volleyball player, and Savo. He was married to Jasmine and has two children with her, daughters Mia and Emma. In May 2016 he married Ana (nee Matijasević), who is a daughter of volleyball coach Nikola Matijasević and sister of volleyball players' manager Georges Matijasević. With Ana he has two sons Noa and Teo

Career

Clubs

In season 2012/2013 he played for Polish club from PlusLiga – Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He won with the club Polish Championship in 2013. He spent the next season in the Russian club Ural Ufa. On 17 March 2014 official site of Russian club announced that the contract with Kovacevic has been terminated. The reason for the premature termination of contract were financial problems of the club. In 2014 he spent a few months in the club from Verona and then moved to Chinese team Fudan University Shanghai.

National team

He is a gold medalist of 2011 European Championship and bronze medalist of 2013 European Championship. He was a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On 19 July 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with France 0–3 and achieved silver medal.

Sporting achievements

• National championships
  • 2002/2003 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Serbian Championship, with Crvena Zvezda
  • 2009/2010 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg Greek Championship, with Aris Thessaloniki
  • 2012/2013 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
  • 2014/2015 File:Gold medal with cup.svg Chinese Championship, with Shanghai Golden Age
  • 2014/2015 File:Silver medal with cup.svg French Championship, with Paris Volley
  • 2016/2017 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Iranian Championship, with Paykan Tehran
  • 2017/2018 File:Simple gold cup.svg Romanian SuperCup, with CS Arcada Galați
  • 2017/2018 File:Silver medal with cup.svg Romanian Championship, with Paykan Tehran
• National team
  • 2007 File:Bronze medal europe.svg CEV European Championship
  • 2008 File:Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
  • 2009 File:Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
  • 2010 File:Bronze medal with cup.svg FIVB World League
  • 2010 File:Bronze medal world centered-2.svg FIVB World Championship
  • 2011 File:Gold medal europe.svg CEV European Championship
  • 2013 File:Bronze medal europe.svg CEV European Championship
  • 2015 File:Silver medal with cup.svg FIVB World League

Individually

• 2011: CEV European Championship – Best Receiver
• 2015: Chinese Championship – Best Receiver

External links

• Nikola Kovačević at Olympics.com
• Nikola Kovačević at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)