Uroš Kovačević

Uroš Kovačević
Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born (1993-05-06) May 6, 1993
Kraljevo, FR Yugoslavia
Height 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight 90 kg (198 lb)
Spike 340 cm (134 in)
Block 320 cm (126 in)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current club Diatec Trentino
Number 2
Career
YearsTeams
2003–2010
2010–2012
2012–2015
2015–2017
2016
2017–		OK Ribnica
ACH Volley Ljubljana
Casa Modena
Calzedonia Verona
Al Arabi
Diatec Trentino
National team
2011–Serbia
Honours
European Championship
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
2017 Poland
World League
2016 Kraków
2015 Rio de Janeiro
Last updated: 3 September 2017

Uroš Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ковачевић, born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Diatec Trentino, European Champion 2011.He has 2 brothers: Nikola and Savo Kovačević.

Personal life

He has two brothers: Savo and Nikola (born 1983), who also a volleyball player and also European Champion 2011.

National team

He is a gold medalist of European Championship 2011[1] In 2011 Kovačević received award from Olympic Committee of Serbia and DSL Sport for best young athlete.[2] 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.[3][4]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

National team

Individual

References

  1. ↑ Serbia is the 2011 European champion! - cev.lu - 18-09-2011
  2. ↑ "Sport": Novak Đoković ponovo najbolji - mondo.rs - 26-12-2011
  3. ↑ FRANCE UPSET SERBIA TO CLAIM FIRST WORLD LEAGUE TITLE - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
  4. ↑ FRANCE PREVAIL OVER SERBIA TO CLAIM GOLD; USA FINISH THIRD - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
Awards
Preceded by
Olivera and
Nikolina Moldovan		 Serbia The Best Young Athlete of Serbia
2011
(with Amela Terzić)		 Succeeded by
Amela Terzić
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