Uros_Kovacevic

Uroš Kovačević

Uroš Kovačević

Serbian volleyball player

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.

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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

  • 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

Individual awards

Statistics

References

  1. [1]
    "Урош Ковачевич – наш новый игрок 👏". Instagram (in Russian). 12 October 2023. Retrieved 13 October 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Bomba transferowa! Uros Kovacevic zagra w PlusLidze". polsatsport.pl (in Polish). 18 May 2021. Retrieved 18 May 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Serbia is the 2011 European champion!". CEV. 18 September 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  4. [4]
    "France Prevail Over Serbia To Claim Gold; USA Finish Third". FIVB. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 19 July 2015.
  5. [5]
    "France prevail over Serbia to claim gold; USA finish third". FIVB. 19 July 2015. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Serbia triumph with EuroVolley men's crown too!". CEV. 29 September 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
  7. [7]
    "CEV honors best achievements at European Volleyball Gala, Serbs claim most awards". worldofvolley.com. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 25 October 2019.
  8. [8]
    "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.
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