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
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, a bronze medallist in the Olympic Games
Atlanta 1996, and a multiple
World Championship,
European Championship and
World League medallist. Grbić was named the European Player of the Year in 2007, and inducted into the
Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Early life
Grbić was born in
Klek. He has an older brother
Vladimir
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Names
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, who is also a former volleyball player.
Personal life
He is married to Stanislava and has two sons who practice volleyball.
Career as player
Clubs
After the embargo was lifted in 1994, Nikola Yugoslavian national team career resumed at a time when he transferred to Italian club team Gabeca Montichiari, which started a 13–year career playing for eight different Italian teams and resulting in eight league titles from 1994 to 2013.
He won two Championship titles in Italy (2008
Trentino – 2010
Cuneo), and one in Russia (2014
Zenit Kazan). He also won two CEV Euro Champions League titles (2000
Sisley
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– 2009
Trentino).
National team
He started with senior national team in 1991, when he was 18 years old. Then, for two years (1992–1994) wasn't playing because of international embargo. He was a captain of his national team in 1999–2010. In 1996
Yugoslavia
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, including Grbić, won bronze medal of the
Olympic Games Atlanta 1996. Nikola was honored as the
European Championship Best Setter in 1997 as Yugoslavia earned the silver medal. In 1998
Yugoslavia
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on Volleyball at the World
World Championship won a silver medal. At the next Olympics his team achieved gold of the
Olympic Games 2000 in
Sydney. Yugoslavia went on to capture the
2000 Olympic Games gold-medal with a dominating three-set win over
Russia
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in the finals. They beat
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in final match (3-0). Again, in 2010, with
Serbia
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his team won a bronze medal. Nikola career was not over following
Beijing
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as he helped Serbia win bronze at the 2010
FIVB World Championship in Italy where he was named Best Setter of the tournament. Nikola career was not over following Beijing as he helped Serbia win bronze at the World Championship.
Career as coach
In May 2014, he became a head coach of Italian club
Sir Safety Perugia. On 3 February 2015, Grbić was announced as a new head coach of the
Serbia men's national volleyball team
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.
Nikola in his first step winner Silver medal at
2015 FIVB World League. In next year
Serbia
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with powerful presence winner Gold medal
2016 FIVB World League. Serbia had lost their five previous appearances in World League final including three times to
Brazil
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and last year’s against
France
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, now after five silver medals and three bronze, in 2016 year won first Gold medal.
Honours
As a player
*
CEV Champions League
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Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification
A tot ...
**
2008/2009 – with
Trentino Volley
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*
CEV European Champions Cup
**
1999/2000 – with
Sisley Treviso
*
CEV Cup
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Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...
**
1997/1998 – with
Alpitour Traco Cuneo
**
2005/2006 – with
Copra Berni Piacenza
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Although the club reached the Italian ...
**
2009/2010 – with
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
* National championships
** 1991/1992
Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with
Vojvodina Novi Sad
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** 1991/1992
Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with
Vojvodina Novi Sad
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** 1992/1993
Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with
Vojvodina Novi Sad
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** 1993/1994
Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with
Vojvodina Novi Sad
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** 1993/1994
Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with
Vojvodina Novi Sad
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** 1998/1999
Italian Cup, with
TNT Alpitour Cuneo
** 1999/2000
Italian Cup, with
Sisley Treviso
** 2007/2008
Italian Championship, with
Itas Diatec Trentino
** 2009/2010
Italian Championship, with
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2010/2011
Italian SuperCup, with
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2010/2011
Italian Cup, with
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2013/2014
Russian Championship, with
Zenit Kazan
As a coach
*
CEV Champions League
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Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification
A tot ...
**
2020/2021 – with
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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* National championships
** 2019/2020
Polish SuperCup
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, with
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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** 2020/2021
Polish SuperCup
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, with
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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** 2020/2021
Polish Cup
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, with
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
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** 2021/2022
Italian Cup, with
Sir Safety Conad Perugia
Individual awards
* 1997:
CEV European Championship – Best Setter
* 1997:
Sportsman of The Year
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by the
Olympic Committee of Serbia
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* 2000: Italian Championship – Best Player
* 2000: Italian Championship – Best Foreign Player
* 2001:
CEV European Championship – Best Setter
* 2003:
CEV European Championship – Best Setter
* 2003:
FIVB World Cup – Best Setter
* 2005:
CEV European Championship – Best Setter
* 2006:
CEV Top Teams Cup – Best Setter
* 2009:
FIVB World League
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– Best Setter
* 2010: Italian Championship – Best Setter
* 2010: Italian Cup – Best Player
* 2010:
CEV Cup
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Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 it was renamed CE ...
– Best Setter
* 2010:
FIVB World Championship – Best Setter
* 2014:
CEV – Ultimate Team Leader
See also
*
Matches of Serbian men's volleyball national team conducted by Nikola Grbić
References
External links
*
Coach profileat ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach/Player profileat ''Volleybox.net''
Player profileat ''LegaVolley.it''
at ''Volleyhall.org''
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1973 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Zrenjanin
Yugoslav men's volleyball players
Serbia and Montenegro men's volleyball players
Serbian men's volleyball players
European champions for Serbia and Montenegro
Serbian volleyball coaches
Volleyball coaches of international teams
Olympic volleyball players of Yugoslavia
Olympic volleyball players of Serbia and Montenegro
Olympic volleyball players of Serbia
Olympic medalists in volleyball
Olympic gold medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Olympic bronze medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia
Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy
Expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
Expatriate volleyball players in Russia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle coaches
Setters (volleyball)