Igor Kolaković

Igor Kolaković
Igor Kolaković
Personal information
Nationality	Montenegrin
Born	4 June 1965 (age 58); Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Coaching information
Current team	Serbia
Previous teams coached
1997–2009; 2003–2006; 2006–2014; 2010–2012; 2013–2016; 2017–2020; 2020–2022; 2022–	Budućnost Podgorica; Serbia and Montenegro (AC); Serbia; ACH Volley; AS Cannes; Iran; Warta Zawiercie; Serbia
Volleyball information
Position	Setter
Career
1979–1987; 1987–1991; 1991–1993; 1993–1994; 1994–1997	Budućnost Podgorica; Partizan Beograd; Budućnost Podgorica; Partizan Beograd; Budućnost Podgorica
Honours
Men's volleyball
Head coach Serbia
FIVB World Championship
FIVB World League
CEV European Championship
Head coach Iran
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
AVC Asian Championship

Igor Kolaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Колаковић; born 4 June 1965) is a Montenegrin professional volleyball coach and former player. He currently serves as head coach for the Serbia national team.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]

Personal life[edit]

Igor's wife, Sandra, is a former handball national team player and former head coach of the Serbia women's national handball team. Igor received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1989 at the University of Montenegro. Aleksa Kolaković, son of Igor, is a handball player.

Career[edit]

As a player[edit]

Kolakovic played as a setter for Budućnost Podgorica and Partizan Beograd from 1979 to 1997, after which he became the head coach of the Podgorica team. He is two–time Yugoslavian Champion and two–time Yugoslavian Cup winner.

As a coach[edit]

Igor Kolakovic replaced Ljubomir Travica as head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team ahead of the 2006 FIVB World Championship, after assisting him for three years. He was the head coach of the Serbian national volleyball team from 2006 until 2014. He led Serbia to a gold medal at the 2011 European Championship and bronze in 2007 and 2013.^[5] In 2010, he achieved a great success at the 2010 World Championship winning a bronze medal. He helped his team win two silver medals at the 2008 and 2009 World League and a bronze one at the 2010. In 2014, he resigned his post as the head coach of Serbia after eight years.^[6] At the professional club level, he won, among others, two titles of the Montenegrin Champion in 2007 and 2008 with Budućnost Podgorica, and two titles of the Slovenian Champion in 2011 and 2012 with ACH Volley. In 2017, he was appointed as a new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team.^[7]^[8] He led Iran to a bronze medal of the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup, defeating, among others, teams of USA, France and Italy. In 2019, Iran, led by him, won its 3rd Asian Champion title.^[9] In 2020, he was dismissed as the head coach of Iran.^[10]

Honours[edit]

As a player[edit]

CEV Challenge Cup
- 1989–90 – with Partizan Beograd

Domestic
- 1988–89 Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd
- 1989–90 Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd
- 1989–90 Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd
- 1990–91 Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd

As a coach[edit]

Domestic
- 2000–01 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2001–02 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2006–07 Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2006–07 Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2007–08 Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2007–08 Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
- 2010–11 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
- 2010–11 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
- 2011–12 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
- 2011–12 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley

References[edit]

^ "SER M: Head coach of European champions, Igor Kolakovic is looking for new job". worldofvolley.com. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Kolaković: Želim da vodim Crnu Goru!". mnemagazin.me (in Montenegrin). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Mistrz Europy i Azji trenerem Jurajskich Rycerzy!". aluronvirtucmc.pl (in Polish). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
^ "Zvanično: Kolaković ponovo na klupi odbojkaških Orlova". sportklub.rs (in Serbian). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
^ "Serbian fiesta in Vienna as Russia misses on another major final". eurovolley2011.com. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "BREAKING: Kolaković resigns as head coach of Serbia!". worldofvolley.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "OFFICIAL: Igor Kolakovic takes over Iran!". worldofvolley.com. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "IRN M: Kolakovic –"Being the coach of Iran will be a huge challenge"". worldofvolley.com. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "Iran volleyball crowned Asian champions". tehrantimes.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
^ "IRN M: Kolaković and Iran are parting ways". worldofvolley.com. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

External links[edit]

Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
Coach profile at Volleybox.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Slobodan Kovač	Head coach of Serbia 2022–	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Raúl Lozano	Head coach of Iran 2017–2020	Succeeded by Vladimir Alekno
Preceded by Ljubomir Travica	Head coach of Serbia 2006–2014	Succeeded by Nikola Grbić

[1] "SER M: Head coach of European champions, Igor Kolakovic is looking for new job". worldofvolley.com. 23 April 2012. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[2] "Kolaković: Želim da vodim Crnu Goru!". mnemagazin.me (in Montenegrin). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[3] "Mistrz Europy i Azji trenerem Jurajskich Rycerzy!". aluronvirtucmc.pl (in Polish). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.

[4] "Zvanično: Kolaković ponovo na klupi odbojkaških Orlova". sportklub.rs (in Serbian). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.

[5] "Serbian fiesta in Vienna as Russia misses on another major final". eurovolley2011.com. 17 September 2011. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[6] "BREAKING: Kolaković resigns as head coach of Serbia!". worldofvolley.com. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[7] "OFFICIAL: Igor Kolakovic takes over Iran!". worldofvolley.com. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[8] "IRN M: Kolakovic –"Being the coach of Iran will be a huge challenge"". worldofvolley.com. 6 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[9] "Iran volleyball crowned Asian champions". tehrantimes.com. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

[10] "IRN M: Kolaković and Iran are parting ways". worldofvolley.com. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.

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