Slobodan Kovač

Slobodan Kovač
Personal information
Born	(1967-09-13) 13 September 1967 Veliko Gradište, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Coaching information
Current team	Sir Safety Perugia
Previous teams coached Years Teams 2008–2010 2010–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016– 2017– Radnički Kragujevac Sir Safety Perugia Iran Sir Safety Perugia Halkbank Ankara Slovenia
Career
Years Teams 1983–1985 1985–1988 1988–1992 1992–1993 1993–1994 1994–1999 1999–2002 2002–2003 2003–2004 2004–2005 2005–2006 VGSK Veliko Gradište Kolubara Vojvodina Volley Jòia Aris Salonique Volley Lube Martina Franca Volley Pallavolo Agnone GFC Ajaccio Pegah Urmia Azarpayam Urmia
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Yugoslavia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney Team 1996 Atlanta Team World Championship 1998 Japan European Championship 2001 Czech Republic 1997 Netherlands World Grand Champions Cup 2001 Japan World Cup 2003 Japan World League 2003 Madrid Mediterranean Games 1991 Athens Team

Slobodan Kovač (born 13 September 1967) is a Serbian former volleyball player and current coach. In 2014, he was signed as the head coach of the Iran men's national team^[1] until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.^[2] But, he was sacked after 2015 World Cup and replaced with Raúl Lucio Lozano. Previously competing for Yugoslavia he won a bronze medal at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta and won his first gold medal with the Yugoslav team at Sydney at the 2000 Summer Olympics at the age of 33.^[3] Kovač is 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) in height.

In 2010-2014 and again in 2015-2016, he was coach of SIR Safety Perugia, reaching two times the final of Superlega, Italy's top level club championship. Kovač in 2016 officially became the new coach of Halkbank Ankara, after the club parted ways with the Italian coach Camillo Placi to 2017.^[4] He in the same year was elected as head coach of Slovenian men's national team.^[5]

At 2014 Volleyball World League

Honours

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