Nikola Kovačević

Nikola Kovačević

Kovačević with Rzeszów in January 2013.
Personal information
Full name Nikola Kovačević
Nationality Serbian
Born (1983-02-14) 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)
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Current team Russia VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Career
YearsTeams

2006–2007
2007–2009
2009–2010
2010–2011
2011–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2014
2014–2015
2015–		Serbia OK Crvena Zvezda
Greece GC Lamia
Italy RPA Perugia
Greece Aris Thessaloniki
Italy Andreoli Latina
Russia Gubernija Nizhny Novgorod
Poland Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
Russia Ural Ufa
Italy Marmi Lanza Verona
China Fudan University Shanghai
Russia VC Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
National team
2005–2016 Serbia
Honours
Representing  Serbia
Men's Volleyball
World Championship
2010 Italy
European Championship
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
2007 Russia
2013 Denmark/Poland
World League
2008 Rio de Janeiro
2009 Belgrade
2015 Rio de Janeiro
2010 Cordoba
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almería
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

National team

Individually

References

  1. ↑ Никола Ковачевич покинул "Урал" - volleyufa.ru - 17-03-2014
  2. ↑ Siatkarze Uralu Ufa zastrajkowali - plusliga.pl - 16-03-2014
  3. ↑ Nikola Kovacević zagra w Chinach! - czassiatkowki.pl - 20-07-2014
  4. ↑ Serbia is the 2011 European champion! - cev.lu - 18-09-2011
  5. ↑ FRANCE UPSET SERBIA TO CLAIM FIRST WORLD LEAGUE TITLE - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
  6. ↑ FRANCE PREVAIL OVER SERBIA TO CLAIM GOLD; USA FINISH THIRD - fivb.org - 19-07-2015
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Awards
Preceded by
France Stéphane Antiga		 Best Receiver of
CEV European Championship
2011 		Succeeded by
Bulgaria Todor Aleksiev
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