Nikola Grbić

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For the Yugoslav wrestler, see Nikola Grbić (wrestler).
Nikola Grbić
Grbić, coach of Serbian national team, at a press conference during World League in Tehran in July 2016.
Personal information
NationalitySerbia Serbian
Born (1973-09-06) 6 September 1973 (age 50)
Klek, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
College / UniversityBK University - Management in Sports
Coaching information
Current teamPoland ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2014–2015
2015–2019
2016–2019
2019–		Italy Sir Safety Perugia
Serbia Serbia
Italy Calzedonia Verona
Poland ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Career
YearsTeams
1987–1990
1990–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999
1999–2000
2000–2003
2003–2007
2007–2009
2009–2013
2013–2014		Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gik Banat
Socialist Federal Republic of YugoslaviaFederal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina Novi Sad
Italy Gabeca Montichiari
Italy TNT Traco Catania
Italy Gabeca Montichiari
Italy Alpitour Traco Cuneo
Italy Sisley Treviso
Italy Asystel Milano
Italy Copra Piacenza
Italy Itas Diatec Trentino
Italy Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Russia Zenit Kazan
National team
1991–1992
1995–2003
2003–2006
2006–2010		Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
Serbia Serbia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Team
Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta Team
World Championship
Silver medal – second place 1998 Japan Team
World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2001 Japan Team
World League
Bronze medal – third place 2002 Belo Horizonte Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2001 Czech Republic Team
Silver medal – second place 1997 Netherlands Team
Bronze medal – third place 1995 Greece Team
Bronze medal – third place 1999 Austria Team
Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Japan Team
World League
Silver medal – second place 2003 Madrid Team
Silver medal – second place 2005 Belgrade Team
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Rome Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro Team
Representing  Serbia
World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Italy Team
World League
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade Team
European Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Russia Team

Nikola Grbić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, a head coach of ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle.[1] He has been a member of Yugoslavia in 1995–2003, Serbia and Montenegro in 2003–2006 and Serbia in 2006–2010, gold medalist of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, also participant of the Olympic Games (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing), multimedalist of the World Championships, European Championships and World League, a two–time Italian Champion (2008, 2010), Russian Champion (2014). He was named European Player of the Year in 2007 and inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016.

Early life

Grbić was born in Klek, Serbia, Yugoslavia. He has an older brother Vladimir, who is also former professional volleyball player.

Personal life

From 2006, he is married with Stanislava and they have two sons who practice volleyball.

Career as player

Club

After the embargo was lifted in 1994, Nikola Yugoslavian national team career resumed at a time when he transferred to Italian club team Gabeca Montichiari, which started a 13-year career playing for eight different Italian teams and resulting in eight league titles from 1994 to 2013. He won two Championship titles in Italy (2008 Trentino – 2010 Cuneo), and one in Russia (2014 Zenit Kazan). He also won two CEV Euro Champions League titles (2000 Sisley – 2009 Trentino).[2]

National team

He started with senior national team in 1991, when he was 18 years old. Then, for two years (1992-1994) wasn't playing because of international embargo. He was a captain of his national team in 1999–2010. In 1996 Yugoslavia, including Grbić, won bronze medal of the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996. Nikola was honored as the European Championship Best Setter in 1997 as Yugoslavia earned the silver medal. In 1998 Yugoslavia on Volleyball at the World World Championship won a silver medal. At the next Olympics his team achieved gold of the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney. Yugoslavia went on to capture the 2000 Olympic Games gold-medal with a dominating three-set win over Russia in the finals. They beat Russia in final match (3-0).[3] Again, in 2010, with Serbia his team won a bronze medal. Nikola career was not over following Beijing as he helped Serbia win bronze at the 2010 FIVB World Championship in Italy where he was named Best Setter of the tournament. Nikola career was not over following Beijing as he helped Serbia win bronze at the World Championship.

Career as coach

In May 2014 he became head coach of Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.[4] On 3 February 2015 Grbić was announced new head coach of Serbia men's national volleyball team.[5][6] Nikola in the first step winner Silver medal at 2015 FIVB World League. In next year Serbia with powerful presence winner Gold medal 2016 FIVB World League. Serbia had lost their five previous appearances in World League final including three times to Brazil and last year’s against France, now after five silver medals and three bronze, in 2016 year won first Gold medal.[7]

Sporting achievements

As a player

Individually

As a coach

See also

References

  1. ^ POL M: Serbia national team head coach Grbić takes charge of Zaksa – worldofvolley.com – 20.05.2019
  2. ^ Grbic excited to start work with Serbian team – fivb.org
  3. ^ Yugoslavia Rolls Russia for First Gold – articles.latimes.com – 01-10-2000
  4. ^ Perugia: L'Assessore ufficializza... Grbic allenatore Archived 2015-02-03 at the Wayback Machine – volleyball.it – 09-05-2014
  5. ^ Pravi čovek za pravo mesto: Nikola Grbić selektor odbojkaša Srbije! – sport.blic.rs – 03-02-2015
  6. ^ Nikola Grbic è il nuovo coach della Serbia. Le congratulazioni del presidente Sirci – legavolley.it – 03-02-2015
  7. ^ Serbia win first ever World League title - FIVB.com – fivb.com – 17.07.2016

External links

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Head coach of Serbia
2015–2019 		Succeeded by


Awards
Preceded by Best Setter of
CEV European Championship
2001
2003
2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Setter of
FIVB World Cup
2003 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Best Setter of
FIVB World League
2009 		Succeeded by
Preceded by
Russia Denis Ignatyev
 Best Setter of
CEV Cup
2009/2010 		Succeeded by
Not awarded
Preceded by Best Setter of
FIVB World Championship
2010 		Succeeded by
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