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 | CS Arcada Galați | ||||
| Number | 8 | ||||
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| Last updated: 16 December 2017 | |||||
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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 Polish club Chemik Bydgoszcz, 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 was married to Jasmine and has two children with her, daughters Mia and Emma. In May 2016 he married to Ana (nee Matijasević), who is a daughter of volleyball head coach Nikola Matijasević and sister of volleyball players' manager Georges Matijasević. On August 25, 2016 his wife gave birth to their son Noa.
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 University Shanghai.[3]
National team
He is a gold medalist of 2011 European Championship[4] and bronze medalist of 2013 European Championship. 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 0–3 and achieved silver medal.[5][6]
Sporting achievements
Clubs
National championships
- 2002/2003
- 2009/2010
- 2012/2013
- 2014/2015
- 2014/2015
- 2016/2017
- 2017/2018
National team
- 2005
- 2007
- 2008
- 2009
- 2010
- 2010
- 2011
- 2013
- 2015
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
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Best Receiver of CEV European Championship 2011 |
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