Uroš Kovačević
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Nationality | Serbian | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1993-05-06) 6 May 1993 (age 31) Kraljevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Block | 338 cm (133 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Current club | Ural Ufa | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Uroš Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ковачевић; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Ural Ufa and the Serbia national team.[1][2] Kovačević has won 2 European Champion titles (2011, 2019) and the 2016 World League with Serbia.
Personal life
He has two older brothers: Savo and Nikola (born 1983). Nikola is also a professional volleyball player.
National team
Kovačević is a gold medallist at the 2011 European Championship.[3] In 2011, Kovačević was granted an award by the Olympic Committee of Serbia for the best young athlete. He was a member of the national team at the Olympic Games London 2012. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national volleyball team reached the World League final, but eventually lost to France (0–3), and obtained silver medals.[4][5] He was named MVP of the 2019 European Championship where Serbia won a gold medal.[6]
Honours
Club
- AVC Asian Club Championship
- Naypyidaw 2016 – with Al Arabi Doha
- Domestic
- 2010–11 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
- 2010–11 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
- 2011–12 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
- 2011–12 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
- 2014–15 Italian Cup, with Parmareggio Modena
- 2020–21 Chinese Championship, with Beijing BAIC Motor
Youth national team
- 2009 CEV U19 European Championship
- 2009 FIVB U19 World Championship
- 2011 CEV U19 European Championship
- 2011 FIVB U19 World Championship
- 2013 FIVB U23 World Championship
Individual awards
- 2011: CEV U19 European Championship – Most valuable player
- 2011: FIVB U19 World Championship – Most valuable player
- 2011: Award of Olympic Committee of Serbia – Young athlete of the year
- 2013: FIVB U23 World Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2016: AVC Asian Club Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2018: FIVB Club World Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2019: CEV European Championship – Best outside spiker
- 2019: CEV European Championship – Most valuable player
- 2019: CEV – Male volleyball player of the year[7]
- 2019: Male Serbian volleyball player of the year[8]
Statistics
- 2021–22 PlusLiga – Best spiker (468 points)
- 2022–23 PlusLiga – Best scorer (637 points)
- 2022–23 PlusLiga – Best spiker (557 points)
References
- ^ "Урош Ковачевич – наш новый игрок 👏". Instagram (in Russian). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
- ^ "Bomba transferowa! Uros Kovacevic zagra w PlusLidze". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
- ^ "Serbia is the 2011 European champion!". CEV. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "France Prevail Over Serbia To Claim Gold; USA Finish Third". FIVB. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
- ^ "France prevail over Serbia to claim gold; USA finish third". FIVB. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Serbia triumph with EuroVolley men's crown too!". CEV. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "CEV honors best achievements at European Volleyball Gala, Serbs claim most awards". worldofvolley.com. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
- ^ "Tijana Bošković i Uroš Kovačević najbolji u 2019. – Hena Kurtagić i Davide Kovač najperspektivniji". ossrb.org (in Serbian). 28 December 2019. Retrieved 28 December 2019.
External links
- Uros Kovacevic at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Uros Kovacevic at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Uros Kovacevic at PlusLiga.pl (in Polish)
- Uroš Kovačević at Volleybox.net
- Uroš Kovačević at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (in Serbian)
Awards | ||
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Preceded by | Best Outside Spiker of FIVB Club World Championship 2018 ex aequo Dmitry Volkov | Succeeded by |
Preceded by Maxim Mikhaylov | Most Valuable Player of CEV European Championship 2019 | Succeeded by |
Preceded by | Best Outside Spiker of CEV European Championship 2019 ex aequo Wilfredo León | Succeeded by |
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- 2012: Dušan Mandić
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- 2023 Goran Obradović