Nikola Kovačević
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 Kovačević with Rzeszów in January 2013. | |||||
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| Full name | Nikola Kovačević | ||||
| Nationality | Serbian | ||||
| Born | February 14, 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) | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current team |  VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk | ||||
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| Last updated: 6 March 2016 | |||||
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 Russian club VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, bronze medalist of the World Championship 2010, European Champion 2011, bronze medalits of the European Championship in 2007, 2013, multimedalist of the World League.
Personal life
He has two brothers - Savo and Uroš (born 1993), who is also a volleyball player. He is married to Jasmine. They have two daughters Mija and Emma.
Career
Clubs
In season 2012/2013 played for Polish club from PlusLiga - Asseco Resovia Rzeszów. He won with club from Poland Polish Championship. Next season spent in Russian Ural Ufa. On March 17, 2014 official site of Russian club announced that the contract with Kovacevic was terminated.[1] The reason for the premature termination of contracts were financial problems of the club.[2] In 2014 spent a few months in club from Verona and moved to Chinese team Fudan Shanghai.[3]
National team
He is a gold medalist of European Championship 2011[4] and bronze medalist of European Championship 2013. He was a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On July 19, 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with France men's national volleyball team 0–3 and achieved silver medal.[5][6]
Sporting achievements
Clubs
National championships
- 2002/2003
Serbian Championship, with OK Crvena Zvezda - 2009/2010
Greece Championship, with Aris Thessaloniki - 2012/2013 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
National team
- 2005 Mediterranean Games
- 2007 CEV European Championship
- 2008
FIVB World League - 2009 FIVB World League
- 2010 FIVB World League
- 2010 FIVB World Championship
- 2011 CEV European Championship
- 2013 CEV European Championship
- 2015 FIVB World League
Individually
- 2011 CEV European Championship - Best Receiver
References
- ^ Никола Ковачевич покинул "Урал" - volleyufa.ru - 17-03-2014
- ^ Siatkarze Uralu Ufa zastrajkowali - plusliga.pl - 16-03-2014
- ^ Nikola Kovacević zagra w Chinach! - czassiatkowki.pl - 20-07-2014
- ^ Serbia is the 2011 European champion! - cev.lu - 18-09-2011
- ^ FRANCE UPSET SERBIA TO CLAIM FIRST WORLD LEAGUE TITLE - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
- ^ FRANCE PREVAIL OVER SERBIA TO CLAIM GOLD; USA FINISH THIRD - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
- 1983 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Kraljevo
- Serbian men's volleyball players
- Olympic volleyball players of Serbia
- Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Serbian expatriates in Greece
- Expatriate volleyball players in Greece
- Serbian expatriates in Italy
- Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Serbian expatriates in Russia
- Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
- Serbian expatriates in Poland
- Expatriate volleyball players in Poland
- Serbian expatriates in China
- Expatriate volleyball players in China
- Resovia Rzeszów players
- European champions for Serbia
- Mediterranean Games bronze medalists
- Competitors at the 2005 Mediterranean Games