Slobodan Kovač (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ковач) (born 13 September 1967) is a Serbian volleyball coach and former volleyball player, Olympic Champion Sydney 2000, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996.
In 2014, he was appointed new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team until the Olympic Games Rio 2016.[1] From 2010 to 2014, Kovač was head coach of the Italian team, Sir Safety Perugia. In 2016, he became new head coach of Halkbank Ankara.[2] In 2017, he took charge of the Slovenian national volleyball team.[3][4]
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Preceded by | Head coach of Serbia 2019–2021 |
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Preceded by | Head coach of Slovenia 2017–2018 |
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Head coach of Iran 2014–2015 |
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FR Yugoslavia men's volleyball squad – 1996 Summer Olympics – Bronze medal | ||
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FR Yugoslavia men's volleyball squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – Gold medal | ||
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Iran national volleyball team – managers | |
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Iran squad – 2014 World League (Final Six) – 4th place | ||
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Iran squad – 2014 World Championship – 6th place | ||
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Iran squad – 2014 Asian Games – Gold medal | ||
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Iran squad – 2015 World Cup – 8th place | ||
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Sportsman of The Year |
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Sportswoman of The Year |
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Men's Team of The Year |
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Women's Team of The Year |
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Young Athlete of The Year |
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Coach of The Year |
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