Uroš Kovačević

Uroš Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ковачевић, born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Italian club Trentino Volley, gold medalist of the 2016 World League, European Champion 2011, European Champion 2019.

Uroš Kovačević
Personal information
Nationality Serbian
Born (1993-05-06) May 6, 1993
Kraljevo, SFR Yugoslavia, Serbia
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Weight90 kg (198 lb)
Spike340 cm (134 in)
Block310 cm (122 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club Diatec Trentino
Number93
Career
YearsTeams
2003–2010
2010–2012
2012–2015
2015–2017
2016
2017–2020		 Ribnica Kraljevo
ACH Volley
Casa Modena
Calzedonia Verona
Al Arabi
Diatec Trentino
National team
2011– Serbia
Honours
European Championship
2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia
2011 Austria/Czech Republic
2017 Poland
World League
2016 Kraków
2015 Rio de Janeiro

Personal life

He has two older brothers: Savo and Nikola (born 1983). Nikola is also a volleyball player.

National team

He is a gold medalist of European Championship 2011.[1] In 2011 Kovačević received the award from Olympic Committee of Serbia and DSL Sport for the best young athlete.[2] He was a member of the national team at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. On July 19, 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost with France 0–3 and achieved silver medal.[3][4] He was named MVP of the 2019 European Championship where Serbia won the gold medal.[5]

Sporting achievements

Individually
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References
  1. Serbia is the 2011 European champion! – cev.eu – 18-09-2011
  2. "Sport": Novak Đoković ponovo najbolji – mondo.rs – 26-12-2011
  3. France upset Serbia to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 19-07-2015
  4. France prevail over Serbia to claim gold; USA finish third – fivb.org – 19-07-2015
  5. "Урош Ковачевић МВП шампионата". www.rts.rs. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
  6. "Top achievements honoured at European Volleyball Gala". www.cev.eu. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  7. "Male Serbian Volleyball Player of the Year". www.ossrb.org. 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
Awards
Preceded by
Olivera and
Nikolina Moldovan		 The Best Young Athlete of Serbia
2011
(with Amela Terzić)		 Succeeded by
Amela Terzić
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