Ivan Miljković

Ivan Miljković Иван Миљковић
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Miljković
Born	September 13, 1979 (1979-09-13) Niš, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	88 kg (190 lb)
Spike	354 cm (139 in)
Block	333 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Fenerbahçe Grundig
Number	14
Career
Years Clubs 1997-00 2000-07 2007-08 2008-10 2010-present OK Partizan Banca Marche Macerata M. Roma Volley Olympiacos SC Fenerbahçe Istanbul
National team
1998-present	Serbia
Honours Men’s Volleyball Competitor for Yugoslavia / Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney Team World Championship Silver 1998 Japan Bronze 2010 Italy European Championship Gold 2001 Ostrava Gold 2011 Vienna Bronze 1999 Vienna Bronze 2005 Rome Bronze 2007 Moscow World Grand Champions Cup Bronze 2001 Japan World Cup Bronze 2003 Japan World League Silver 2003 Madrid Silver 2005 Belgrade Silver 2008 Rio de Janeiro Silver 2009 Belgrade Bronze 2002 Belo Horizonte Bronze 2004 Rome Bronze 2010 Buenos Aires

Ivan Miljković (Serbian: Иван Миљковић, pronounced [ǐv̞an mǐːʎkɔv̞it͡͡ɕ]; born September 13, 1979 in Niš) is a Serbian volleyball player, whose first club was Student Niš. He started his professional career in Partizan Belgrade in 1997 and currently playing for Fenerbahçe Grundig in Turkey. He signed two year contract on 30 June 2010.

Both in the club and in the national team he wears a jersey with number 14.

Club career

After this success he changed his club and started playing for Italian Lube Banca Macerata. In 2001 the Yugoslav team won the European Volleyball Championship in Ostrava, Czech Republic. With his club, Lube Banca Macerata, he also won the Champions League (2001), twice the Italian Cup (2001, 2003) and three times the CEV Cup (2001, 2005, 2006).

On July 18, 2007, he signed a contract with the M. Roma Volley. The following year, on July 5, 2008, Olympiacos, announced that he will be continuing his career in Greece. In 2009 he won the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup and in 2010 the championship. On June 30, 2010, he signed a two-year contract for Fenerbahçe SK of Turkey.

International career

He played in the national team of FR Yugoslavia for the first time a year later (on October 4, 1998 in a game against Turkey). In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Andrija Gerić, Goran Vujević) won the Olympic gold medal. In the final match against Russia Ivan Miljković scored the last point and after that fell on his knees.

Individual awards

• 2001 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• 2001 European Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2002 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2005 European Championship "Best Server"
• 2007 European Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2009 World League Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2011 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"

References

Awards
Preceded by Andrea Giani Piotr Gruszka	Most Valuable Player of European Championship 2001 2011	Succeeded by Andrea Sartoretti TBD