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Serbian volleyball player and coach

Slobodan Kovač
Kovač as Sir Safety Perugia head coach.
Personal information
Nickname Boba
Born (1967-09-13) 13 September 1967 (age 57)Veliko Gradište, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coachedYearsTeams2008–2010 2010–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2018 2017–2018 2018–2019 2019–2021 2019–2020 2020–2021 2021–2022 2023–2024Radnički Kragujevac Sir Safety Perugia Iran Sir Safety Perugia Halkbank Ankara Slovenia Belogorie Belgorod Serbia Jastrzębski Węgiel Top Volley Cisterna Skra Bełchatów Halkbank Ankara
Volleyball information
Position Outside hitter
Career
YearsTeams 1983–19851985–19881988–19921992–19931993–19941994–19951995–19991999–20022002–2003200320042004–20062006–2007VGSK Veliko Gradište Kolubara Vojvodina Novi Sad Gallo Gioia Del Colle Aris Thessaloniki ASPC Gioia del Colle Volley Lube Taranto Volley A.S. Pallavolo Agnone GFC Ajaccio VB Indeco Molfetta Shahrdari Urmia Radnički Kragujevac
National team
1991 1996–2003Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro
Honours Men's volleyball Representing Serbia and Montenegro Olympic Games Gold medal – first place 2000 Sydney Bronze medal – third place 1996 Atlanta CEV European Championship Silver medal – second place 1997 Netherlands Bronze medal – third place 1995 Greece Head coach Iran Asian Games Gold medal – first place 2014 South Korea Head coach Serbia CEV European Championship Gold medal – first place 2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia

Slobodan Kovač (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ковач; born 13 September 1967) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, Olympic Champion at Sydney 2000, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and the 2019 European Championship winner.

In 2014, he was appointed new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team until the Olympic Games Rio 2016.[1] That same year he led Iranian team to its first gold medal at Asian games. In 2017, he took charge of the Slovenian national volleyball team.[2][3]

From 2010 to 2014, Kovač was head coach of the Italian team, Sir Safety Perugia. In 2016, he became new head coach of Halkbank Ankara.[4]

  1. ^ "Slobodan Kovac has incentive to coach Iran volleyball team". theiranproject.com. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  2. ^ "SLO M: Slobodan Kovac takes over Slovenia!". worldofvolley.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  3. ^ "RUS M: Slobodan Kovač appointed Belogorie coach!". worldofvolley.com. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  4. ^ "TRANSFER BOMB IN 2017: Perugia's coach on the bench of Halkbank". worldofvolley.com. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  5. ^ "Belogorie complete collection of European titles!". CEV. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  6. ^ "PRVI PUT U ISTORIJI Slobodan Kovač i Nemanja Petrić pobednici Kupa Izazivača sa Belogorjem". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  7. ^ "Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A". legavolley.it (in Italian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
  8. ^ "Top achievements honoured at European Volleyball Gala". CEV. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
Sporting positions
Preceded bySerbia Nikola Grbić Head coach of Serbia 2019–2021 Succeeded byMontenegro Igor Kolaković
Preceded byItaly Andrea Giani Head coach of Slovenia 2017–2018 Succeeded byItaly Alberto Giuliani
Preceded byArgentina Julio Velasco Head coach of Iran 2014–2015 Succeeded byArgentina Raúl Lozano