Uroš Kovačević
Serbian volleyball player (born 1993)
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Uroš Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Урош Ковачевић; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for PAOK Thessaloniki.[1][2][3] Kovačević has won 2 European Champion titles (2011, 2019) and the 2016 World League with the Serbia national team.
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Kraljevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia
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| Born | 6 May 1993 Kraljevo, Serbia, FR Yugoslavia | ||||
| Height | 1.98 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||
| Weight | 94 kg (207 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 355 cm (140 in) | ||||
| Block | 338 cm (133 in) | ||||
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| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
| Current club | PAOK Thessaloniki | ||||
| Number | 2 | ||||
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Personal life
He has two older brothers: Savo and Nikola (born 1983). Nikola is also a professional volleyball player.
National team
Kovačević is a gold medallist at the 2011 European Championship.[4] In 2011, Kovačević was granted an award by the Olympic Committee of Serbia for the best young athlete. He was a member of the national team at the Olympic Games London 2012. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national volleyball team reached the World League final, but eventually lost to France (0–3), and obtained silver medals.[5][6] He was named MVP of the 2019 European Championship where Serbia won a gold medal.[7]
Honours
Club
- Domestic
- 2010–11
Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley - 2010–11
Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley - 2011–12 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
- 2011–12 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
- 2014–15 Italian Cup, with Parmareggio Modena
- 2020–21 Chinese Championship, with Beijing BAIC Motor
- 2010–11
Youth national team
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[8]
- 2019: Male Serbian volleyball player of the year[9]
Statistics
- 2021–22 PlusLiga – Best spiker (468 points)
- 2022–23 PlusLiga – Best scorer (637 points)
- 2022–23 PlusLiga – Best spiker (557 points)
