Uroš Kovačević ( sr-cyrl, Урош Ковачевић; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional

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player who plays as an outside hitter for Gas Sales Piacenza and the Serbia national team. Kovačević has won 2 European Champion titles (

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) and the 2016 World League with Serbia.

Personal life

He has two older brothers: Savo and

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(born 1983). Nikola is also a professional volleyball player.

National team

Kovačević is a gold medallist at the 2011 European Championship. In 2011, Kovačević was granted an award by the

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for the best young athlete. He was a member of the national team at the

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. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national volleyball team reached the World League final, but eventually lost to

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(0–3), and obtained silver medals. He was named ''MVP'' of the 2019 European Championship where Serbia won a gold medal.

Honours

Club

* FIVB Club World Championship ** Gold medal world centered-2

Poland 2018 – with Trentino Volley * AVC Asian Club Championship ** Silver medal asia

Naypyidaw 2016 – with Al Arabi Doha *

CEV Cup The CEV Cup is the second tier official competition for men's Volleyball clubs of Europe. The competition takes place every year. Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...

2018–19 – with Itas Trentino *

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2015–16 – with Calzedonia Verona * Domestic ** 2010–11 Simple gold cup

Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley ** 2010–11 Gold medal with cup

Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley ** 2011–12 Simple gold cup

Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley ** 2011–12 Gold medal with cup

Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley ** 2014–15 Simple gold cup

Italian Cup, with Parmareggio Modena ** 2020–21 Gold medal with cup

Chinese Championship, with Beijing BAIC Motor

Youth national team

* 2009

CEV U19 European Championship * 2009 Gold medal world centered-2

FIVB U19 World Championship * 2011 Gold medal europe

CEV U19 European Championship * 2011 Gold medal world centered-2

FIVB U19 World Championship * 2013 Silver medal world centered-2

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 * 2019: Male Serbian volleyball player of the year

Statistics

* 2021–22 PlusLiga �
Best spiker
(468 points) * 2022–23 PlusLiga �
Best scorer
(637 points) * 2022–23 PlusLiga �

(557 points)

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