Nikola Kovačević
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| 2013 in Rzeszów | |
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| Date of birth | February 14, 1983 |
| place of birth | Kraljevo, SFR Yugoslavia |
| size | 1.93 m |
| position | Acceptance / outside |
| societies | |
| 1998–2003 2003–2006 2006–2007 2007–2009 2009–2010 2010–2011 2011–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014 2014–2015 2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 |
Ribnica Kraljevo OK Red Star Belgrade GS Lamia RPA Perugia Aris Thessaloniki Andreoli Latina Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Ural Ufa Marmi Lanza Verona Fudan University Shanghai Paris Volley VK Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Berlin Recycling Volleys |
| National team | |
| A national team | |
| successes | |
| 2007 2008 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2013 2015 2015 2015 |
European Championship third world league finalist Olympic fifth world league finalist World championship third European champion Olympic ninth Polish champion European championship third Chinese champion French runner up world league finalist |
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As of January 17, 2017 |
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Nikola Kovačević ( Serbian - Cyrillic Никола Ковачевић ; born February 14, 1983 in Kraljevo , Yugoslavia ) is a Serbian volleyball player .
Career
Kovačević started his career in 1998 at Ribnica Kraljevo. In 2003 he moved to OK Red Star Belgrade . After he had played a season in Greece in 2006/07 with GS Lamia , he reached third place with the Serbian national team at the 2007 European Championship . He was then committed by the Italian club RPA Perugia . With the national team, Kovačević reached the final in the 2008 World League . He then took part in the Olympic tournament in Beijing , which ended for Serbia with a 2: 3 defeat against the eventual Olympic champion USA in the quarter-finals. In the 2009 World League , Serbia reached the final again. Kovačević played again in Greece for Aris Thessaloniki in 2009/10 . At the 2010 World Cup , the national team came third. In the following season, the outside attacker was active for the Italian club Andreoli Latina . In 2011 he achieved his greatest success so far when he won the European Championship with the national team in the final against Italy . Then Kovačević moved to the Russian club Gubernia Nizhny Novgorod . In 2012 he and his younger brother Uroš were part of the Serbs' squad for the London Olympics and finished ninth. After further positions at Asseco Resovia Rzeszów (Polish champion), Ural Ufa , Marmi Lanza Verona , Fudan University Shanghai (Chinese champion), Paris Volley (French runner-up) and VK Lokomotiv Novosibirsk , Kovačević landed at the German champion Berlin Recycling Volleys in 2016 . In January 2017, his contract with the Berliners was terminated.
Web links
- Nikola Kovačević in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Profile at FIVB (English)
- Profile at legavolley.it (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Berlin Volleys part ways with Nikola Kovacevic. Berliner Morgenpost , January 17, 2017, archived from the original on January 18, 2017 .
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Kovačević, Nikola |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Ковачевић, Никола (Serbian) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Serbian volleyball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 14, 1983 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kraljevo |