Marko Ivović

Marko Ivović (Serbian: Марко Ивовић) (born 22 December 1990) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, bronze medalist of European Championship 2013, medalist of the World League, Polish Champion (2015).

Marko Ivović poses with the trophy of MVP and the CEV Cup after the final of the 2014 CEV Cup in Paris on March 29, 2014.

Marko Ivović
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1990-12-22) December 22, 1990 Ljig, Yugoslavia, Serbia
Height	1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Spike	350 cm (140 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Number	14
Career
Years Teams 2009–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018– Vojvodina Maliye Milli Piyango Paris Volley Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Belogorie Belgorod Asseco Resovia Rzeszów Vôlei Taubaté Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
National team
2012–  Serbia
Honours Men’s Volleyball European Championship 2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia 2013 Denmark/Poland World League 2016 Kraków 2015 Rio de Janeiro

Career

Clubs

In season 2013/2014 played for Paris Volley. His team won CEV Cup and received the Most Valuable Player title of the final. Ivović was voted the Best Player of French volleyball league 2013/2014.[1] In 2014 he moved to Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.[2] In season 2014/2015 he won silver medal of CEV Champions League.[3][4] Then Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, including Ivović, won title of Polish Champion 2015.[5] In May 2015 he left Polish club and went to Russian Belogorie Belgorod. In April 2016 he came back to Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.[6]

In April 2018, Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk announced that they had signed Ivović for the 2018-2019 season.[7]

National team

On July 19, 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost to France 0–3 and won a silver medal.[8][9]

On July 17, 2016, the Serbian national team won their first ever World League title by a 3-0 win over Brazil. Marko Ivović was pronounced MVP of the final game.[10][11]

Marko Ivović was voted the Best Volleyball Player in Serbia in 2016.[12]

Sporting achievements

CEV Champions League

• 2014/2015 – with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów

CEV Cup

• 2013/2014 – with Paris Volley

National championships

• 2009/2010 Serbian Cup, with Vojvodina
• 2010/2011 Serbian Championship, with Vojvodina
• 2011/2012 Serbian Cup, with Vojvodina
• 2011/2012 Serbian Championship, with Vojvodina
• 2013/2014 French SuperCup, with Paris Volley
• 2013/2014 French Championship, with Paris Volley
• 2014/2015 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia Rzeszów
• 2015/2016 Russian Championship, with Belogorie Belgorod
• 2019/2020 Russian Championship, with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk

National team

• 2013 CEV European Championship
• 2015 FIVB World League
• 2016 FIVB World League
• 2019 CEV European Championship

Individually

• 2014: French Championship – Most Valuable Player
• 2014: French Championship – Best Receiver
• 2014: CEV Cup – Most Valuable Player
• 2016: FIVB World League – Best Outside Hitter
• 2016: FIVB World League – Most Valuable Player
• 2016: Best Volleyball Player in Serbia

References

1. Ivovic : «J'ai le volley dans le sang» – lequipe.fr – 04-04-2014
2. Marko Ivović nowym przyjmującym Asseco Resovii Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine – assecoresovia.pl – 12-05-2014
3. Asseco Resovia ze srebrnym medalem Ligi Mistrzów Archived 2015-04-01 at the Wayback Machine – assecoresovia.pl – 29-03-2015
4. Three is the magic number for Russian armada from Tatarstan! Archived 2018-02-10 at the Wayback Machine – cev.eu – 29-03-2015
5. POL M: Madhouse in Rzeszów – Resovia is new Polish champion! – worldofvolley.com – 28-04-2015
6. Marko Ivović wraca do Asseco Resovii! Archived 2016-05-03 at the Wayback Machine – assecoresovia.pl – 29-04-2016
7. Braden Keith (2018-05-08). "Marko Ivovic Leaves Brazil, Signs with Russian Team Lokomotiv". VolleyMob.
8. France upset Serbia to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 19-07-2015
9. France prevail over Serbia to claim gold; USA finish third – fivb.org – 19-07-2015
10. MVP performance from Ivovic caps Serbia's success – fivb.org – 17-07-2016
11. Serbia win first ever World League title – fivb.org – 17-07-2016
12. Бошковићева и Ивовић најбољи у 2016. години – rts.rs – 30-01-2017

External links

• FIVB profile
• PlusLiga player profile

Awards
Preceded by Michał Kubiak Earvin N'Gapeth	Best Outside Spiker of FIVB World League 2016 ex aequo Antonin Rouzier	Succeeded by Ricardo Lucarelli Earvin N'Gapeth
Preceded by Earvin N'Gapeth	Most Valuable Player of FIVB World League 2016	Succeeded by Earvin N'Gapeth