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Slobodan Kovač
Volleyball player

Slobodan Kovač

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Volleyball player
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Gender
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Place of birth
Veliko Gradište
Age
57 years
Slobodan Kovač
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Biography

Slobodan Kovač (born September 13, 1967 in Veliko Gradište) 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 until the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. 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. 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.

Career

Playing

ClubCountryFromTo
VGSK Veliko Gradište Yugoslavia19831985
Kolubara Yugoslavia19851988
Vojvodina Yugoslavia19881992
Volley Jòia Italy19921993
Aris Salonique Greece19931994
Volley Lube Italy19941999
Martina Franca Volley Italy19992002
Pallavolo Agnone Italy20022003
GFC Ajaccio France20032004
Pegah Urmia Iran20042005
Azarpayam Urmia Iran20052006

Managing

TeamCountryFromTo
Radnički Kragujevac Serbia20082010
Sir Safety Perugia Italy20102014
Iran's National Team Iran20142015
Sir Safety Perugia Italy20152016

Honours

As a player

Vojvodina

  • 2 League Championship: 1989, 1992
  • 1 CEV Champions League semifinalist: 1989

Pegah

  • 1 Super League runner-up: 2005

As a manager

Radnički Kragujevac

  • 2 Serbian Championship: 2009, 2010

Sir Safety Perugia

  • 1 Italian Championship A1 runner-up: 2014
  • 1 Italian Cup A1 runner-up: 2014
  • 1 Italian Championship A2: 2012

Iran men

  • 1 Asian Games: 2014
  • 1 World Championship sixth-place: 2014
  • 1 World League fourth-place: 2014

Individual

  • 3 Serbian manager of the year: 2008, 2009, 2010
  • 2 Italian manager of the year: 2013, 2014

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