Zoran Terzić ( sr-Cyrl, Зоран Терзић, born 9 July 1966) is a Serbian

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coach. He was the coach of the Serbia women's national volleyball team between 2002 and 2022, and under his leadership the team won 20 European, World and Olympic medals. In 2024, Terzić was again named head coach of the Serbia women's national team. On club level he coaches WVC Dynamo Kazan. As a player, Terzić passed through all selections of the

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club in Belgrade between 1979 and 1986. He stopped playing in order to pursue his studies. He graduated at the

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's Faculty of Sport and Physical Education in 1998. His first experience as a coach was as an assistant to Drago Nešić, head coach of the "IMT" Volleyball Club in Belgrade. In 1996, Terzić began working as a coach of the Red Star's junior team, with whom he won all available titles, from the championships of Belgrade to those of Serbia and

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. At the suggestion of Aleksandar Boričić, head of the Red Star Volleyball Club, he started helping coach Red Star's women team, although it was not his original plan. Under Terzić's leadership, Red Star girls interrupted the 8-year winning streak of OK Jedinstvo Užice and won the 2001/02 and 2002/03 seasons of the

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. Terzić took over the national team of FR Yugoslavia in 2002 (later Serbia and Montenegro and then Serbia), leading his teams to numerous successes, including a

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and

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medal at the

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, an Olympic silver at Rio 2016 and bronze at

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, the European Championship titles in

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, and a silver at the 2015 World Cup. On 17 January 2022, Terzić announced that he will not coach the national team anymore, as his contract with the National Organization has expired and they mutually agreed not to renew it again. Between 2022 and 2024, Terzić was the head coach of the Russia women's national volleyball team. During this period, the team did not play any competitive matches due to sanctions against Russia. In December 2024, Terzić was again hired to coach Serbia women's national team. In 2022, Serbian president

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awarded Terzić the Sretenje Order, 2nd class, for his merits in sport.

Club career

National career

References

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