Branko Kovačević (volleyball)

Branko Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Ковачевић, born 27 February 1967) is a Serbian volleyball coach.[1] He is currently the head coach of Olympiacos Piraeus women's volleyball team and the assistant coach of Serbia women's national volleyball team.[2][3]

Branko Kovačević
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1967-02-27) February 27, 1967
Volleyball information
PositionHead coach
Current club Olympiacos Piraeus
Career
YearsTeams
  • 2014–2015
  • 2015-2020
Honours
Assistant Coach for Women's Volleyball
Serbia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Last updated: June 30, 2017

International career

Branko Kovačević was the assistant coach of the Serbian women's national volleyball team who won the Olympic silver medal at Rio 2016,[4][5] and the 2011 CEV Volleyball European Championship at Belgrade as well.[6]

Club career

Under his guidance, Olympiacos Piraeus have won 3 Hellenic Championships (2015–16, 2016–17,[7] 2017-18), 3 Hellenic Cups (2016, 2017, 2018) and the CEV Women's Challenge Cup in 2017–18.[8][9] The Piraeus team also reached the final of the same competition in 2016–17.[10][11]

Honours

Head coach

European

CEV Women's Challenge Cup

  • Winner: 2017-18 with Olympiacos Piraeus
  • Runner-up: 2016-17 with Olympiacos Piraeus

Domestic

Assistant coach

References
  1. Branko Kovačević profile. CEV official website
  2. Kovačević: "I am glad to stay in Greece" sport24.gr, 02/06/2015 (in Greek)
  3. Бранко Ковачевић у Олимпијакосу. zurnal.rs, 04/06/2015 (in Serbian)
  4. Serbia Women's Volleyball Team - Rio Olympics Rio2016 FIVB official website
  5. Silver medal at Rio Olympiacos official website, 21/08/2016 (in Greek)
  6. Serbia's roster and coaches at the 2011 Women's European Championship. www.cev.eu
  7. Oiympiacos: 2017 Hellenic champions novasports.gr, 29/04/2017 (in Greek)
  8. Olympiacos Piraeus winners of the 2018 CEV Challenge Cup www.olympiacossfp.gr
  9. Olympiacos make history with Challenge Cup title in 2018 www.cev.eu
  10. Olympiacos comes from behind to claim first round of Challenge Cup Final! www.olympiacossfp.gr
  11. The press-conference of the 2017 final (2nd leg) www.olympiacossfp.gr 14/04/2017 (in Greek)
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