Ivan Miljković ( sr-cyrl, Иван Миљковић ; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian

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, a member of

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in 1998–2012, Olympic Champion 2000, European Champion (

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), medalist of

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, World Grand Champions Cup,

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and World League. After his active playing career Ivan reminded engaged in sport in different positions (governance, marketing, campaigns, management). After sport career resumed with education in economy and finance in order to get more insights about PE, VC and RE investments and M&A transactions. Ivan has a strong interest in technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, NFTs and Metaverse.

Career

Clubs

After this success he changed his club and started playing for Italian

Lube Banca Macerata Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five time ...

. In 2001 the Yugoslav team won the European Volleyball Championship in

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, Czech Republic. With his club,

, he also won the Champions League (2001), twice the Italian Cup (2001, 2003) and three times the CEV Cup (2001, 2005, 2006). Miljkovic & Stankovic

On 18 July 2007 he signed a contract with the

M. Roma Volley {{Volleyball club infobox , clubname = M. Roma Volley , image = , nickname = , fullname = , founded = 2006 , ground = Palazzetto dello Sport, Rome , capacity = 3,500 , chairman = {{Flag icon, ITA Massimo Mezzaroma , manager = , league = Italian V ...

. The following year, on 5 July 2008,

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

, announced that he will be continuing his career in

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. In 2009 he won the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup and in 2010 the championship. On 30 June 2010 he signed a two-year contract for Fenerbahçe SK of

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. With Fenerbahçe he won 2011 and 2012 Turkish volleyball league, 2012 Turkish Cup, 2011 and 2012 Turkish Super Cup and 2014 European

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. Miljković played for Fenerbahçe Grundig in 2010–2015. Miljković in 2015 sing in Italian club

Cucine Lube Civitanova Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five time ...

. Miljković in 2016 back to Turkey League. He ended up his career after achieving gold medal of Turkish Championship in May 2017 with Halkbank Ankara team.

National team

He played in the national team of

FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...

for the first time a year later (on 4 October 1998, in a game against Turkey). In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also

Vladimir Grbić Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Владимир Вања Грбић; born 14 December 1970) is a Serbian former volleyball player. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker. He is Nikola Grbić's brother and a member of the Volleyb ...

Nikola Grbić Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. The Olympic Champion Sydney 2000, a bro ...

Andrija Gerić Andrija Gerić ( sr-cyrl, Андрија Герић, ; born 24 January 1977) is a retired Serbian volleyball player who played on middle blocker position. Both in the club and in the national team he wore number 12. Career Gerić made a debut fo ...

Goran Vujević Goran Vujević ( sr-cyr, Горан Вујевић; born 27 February 1973) is a Serbian-Montenegrin volleyball player who competed for Yugoslavia in the 1996 Summer Olympics and in the 2000 Summer Olympics The 2000 Summer Olympics, offici ...

) won the Olympic gold medal. In the final match against Russia Ivan Miljković scored the last point and after that fell on his knees. In March 2012, has officially retired from the Serbian National Team after 14 years and 288 played matches. The only player to win MVP of the FIVB World League 3 times in a row (2002, 2003, 2004) and only player to win 4 MVP awards during the FIVB World League (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006).

Sports business professional career

* Chief Athletes Commission –

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* Executive Board Member –

* 1st Vice President –

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Executive education

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Master's degree, Sport Governance, 2020 - 2022 * Harvard Business School Online, Alternative Investments, Jan 2022 - Feb 2022, Private Equity, Private Debt, Distressed Investing and Secondaries, Hedge Funds, Real Estate, Portfolio Construction * Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration - FEFA, Business Administration, Management and Operations

Style of play

Miljković is regularly on the top of the best spikers list in the tournaments and has a great jump serve. He is very well built and extremely strong opposite hitter who has variety of different shots; he can swing the ball away with a power or using his good technique. For an extremely big player Miljković moves surprisingly well. He has a good footwork and is quick from his feet; therefore he is able to generate good speed for his approach from any distance to the ball.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

2001/2002 – with

Lube Macerata Associazione Sportiva Volley Lube is a professional volleyball team based in Treia, Italy. Since 1995 the club has been playing in the Serie A of the Italian Volleyball League. It won the Italian Championship seven times, the Italian Cup five tim ...

2015/2016 – with

CEV Challenge Cup

2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2005/2006 – with

2013/2014 – with Fenerbahçe

CEV Cup

2007–2008 – with M. Roma

National League

* Champions

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– 2005–2006 * Champions

– 2008–2009, 2009–2010 * Champions

– 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2016–2017 * Champions

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– 2009, 2010, 2012

Individually

Niš Niš (; sr-Cyrl, Ниш, ; names in other languages) is the third largest city in Serbia and the administrative center of the Nišava District. It is located in southern part of Serbia. , the city proper has a population of 183,164, while ...

* Best Volleyball Player in the History by ''volleyball-movies.net''volleyball-movies.net Best volleyball players in the history
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"Most Valuable Player"

Record

* 37 Points –

2002 FIVB World League The 2002 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 13th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 16 countries from 27 June to 18 August 2002. The Final Round was held in Belo Horizonte (Main) and Recife (Sub), Brazil. ...

recordThe World's Best Scorers In The Rally Scoring Era
/ref> * 37 Points –

2005 FIVB World League The 2005 FIVB Volleyball World League was the 16th edition of the annual men's international volleyball tournament, played by 12 countries from 27 May to 10 July 2005. The Final Round was held in Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro. Pools compositio ...

record

References

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