Uroš Kovačević

Uroš Kovačević
Personal information
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)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Gas Sales Piacenza
Career
Years Teams 2003–2010 2010–2012 2012–2015 2015–2017 2016 2017–2020 2020–2021 2021–2023 2023–2024 2024– Ribnica Kraljevo ACH Volley Modena Volley Calzedonia Verona Al Arabi Doha Trentino Volley Beijing BAIC Motor Warta Zawiercie Ural Ufa Gas Sales Piacenza
National team
2011–  Serbia
Honours Men's volleyball Representing  Serbia FIVB World League 2016 Kraków 2015 Rio de Janeiro CEV European Championship 2011 Austria/Czech Republic 2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia 2017 Poland

Uroš Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ковачевић; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Gas Sales Piacenza and the Serbia national team.^[1][2][3] 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.^[4] 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.^[5][6] He was named MVP of the 2019 European Championship where Serbia won a gold medal.^[7]

Honours

Club

• FIVB Club World Championship
  • Poland 2018 – with Trentino Volley

• AVC Asian Club Championship
  • Naypyidaw 2016 – with Al Arabi Doha

• CEV Cup
  • 2018–19 – with Itas Trentino

• CEV Challenge Cup
  • 2015–16 – with Calzedonia Verona

• 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^[8]
• 2019: Male Serbian volleyball player of the year^[9]

Statistics

• 2021–22 PlusLiga – Best spiker (468 points)
• 2022–23 PlusLiga – Best scorer (637 points)
• 2022–23 PlusLiga – Best spiker (557 points)

References

1. "Bomba transferowa! Uros Kovacevic zagra w PlusLidze". Polsat Sport (in Polish). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
2. "Урош Ковачевич – наш новый игрок 👏". Instagram (in Russian). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
3. "Lo schiacciatore serbo Uros Kovacevic vestirà biancorosso". legavolley.it (in Italian). 10 May 2024. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
4. "Serbia is the 2011 European champion!". CEV. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
5. "France Prevail Over Serbia To Claim Gold; USA Finish Third". FIVB. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
6. "France prevail over Serbia to claim gold; USA finish third". FIVB. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
7. "Serbia triumph with EuroVolley men's crown too!". CEV. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
8. "CEV honors best achievements at European Volleyball Gala, Serbs claim most awards". WorldofVolley. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
9. "Tijana Bošković i Uroš Kovačević najbolji u 2019. – Hena Kurtagić i Davide Kovač najperspektivniji". OSSRB (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
Preceded by Wilfredo León Yoandy Leal	Best Outside Spiker of FIVB Club World Championship 2018 ex aequo Dmitry Volkov	Succeeded by Osmany Juantorena Facundo Conte
Preceded by Maxim Mikhaylov	Most Valuable Player of CEV European Championship 2019	Succeeded by Simone Giannelli
Preceded by Dmitry Volkov Denis Kaliberda	Best Outside Spiker of CEV European Championship 2019 ex aequo Wilfredo León	Succeeded by Alessandro Michieletto Daniele Lavia