Nikola Grbić

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Nikola Grbić

Grbić, coach of Serbian national team, at a press conference during World League in Tehran in July 2016.
Personal information
Nationality Yugoslavian
Serbian
Born (1973-09-06) September 6, 1973
Klek, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 91 kg (201 lb)
Spike 346 cm (136 in)
Block 320 cm (130 in)
College(s) BK University - Management in Sports
Coaching information
Current team  Serbia
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2014–2015
2015–		Italy Sir Safety Perugia
 Serbia
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Career
YearsTeams
1987–1990
1990–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1999
1999–2000
2000–2003
2003–2007
2007–2009
2009–2013
2013–2014		Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Gik Banat
Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Vojvodina Novi Sad
Italy Gabeca Montichiari
Italy TNT Traco Catania
Italy Gabeca Montichiari
Italy TNT Alpitour Cuneo
Italy Sisley Treviso
Italy Asystel Milano
Italy Copra Piacenza
Italy Itas Diatec Trentino
Italy Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
Russia Zenit Kazan
National team
1991–1993
1995–2003
2003–2006
2006–2010		 Yugoslavia
 Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Olympic Games
2000 Sydney Team
1996 Atlanta Team
World Championship
1998 Japan
2010 Italy
European Championship
2001 Czech Republic
1997 Netherlands
1995 Greece
1999 Austria
2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro
2007 Russia
World Grand Champions Cup
2001 Japan
World Cup
2003 Japan
World League
2003 Madrid
2005 Belgrade
2008 Rio de Janeiro
2009 Belgrade
2002 Belo Horizonte
2004 Rome
Last updated: July 24, 2016

Nikola Grbić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Грбић; born September 6, 1973) is a former Serbian volleyball player, a member of Yugoslavia in 1995–2003, Serbia and Montenegro in 2003–2006 and Serbia in 2006–2010, gold medalist of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, also participant of the Olympic Games (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing), multimedalist of the World Championships, European Championships and World League, a double Italian Champion (2008, 2010), Russian Champion (2014), head coach of Serbia men's national volleyball team.

Personal life

Grbić was born in Klek, SR Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He has older brother Vladimir, who is also former volleyball player. From 2006, married with Stanislava and they have two sons who practice volleyball.

Career as player

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, including Grbić, won bronze medal of the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996. In 1998 Yugoslavia 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. They beat Russia in final match (3-0).[1] Again, in 2010, with Serbia his team won a bronze medal.

Career as coach

In May 2014 he became head coach of Italian club Sir Safety Perugia.[2] On February 3, 2015 Grbić was announced new head coach of Serbia men's national volleyball team.[3][4]

Sporting achievements

Player

Clubs

CEV Champions League
CEV Cup
CEV Cup Of The Cups
CEV European Supercup
CEV Top Teams Cup
National championships

Individual

Manager

International

References

  1. ↑ Yugoslavia Rolls Russia for First Gold – articles.latimes.com – 01-10-2000
  2. ↑ Perugia: L'Assessore ufficializza... Grbic allenatore – volleyball.it – 09-05-2014
  3. ↑ Pravi čovek za pravo mesto: Nikola Grbić selektor odbojkaša Srbije! – sport.blic.rs – 03-02-2015
  4. ↑ Nikola Grbic è il nuovo coach della Serbia. Le congratulazioni del presidente Sirci – legavolley.it – 03-02-2015
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Awards
Preceded by
Netherlands Peter Blangé		 Best Setter of
CEV European Championship
2001
2003
2005 		Succeeded by
Russia Vadim Khamuttskikh
Preceded by
United States Lloy Ball		 Best Setter of
FIVB World Cup
2003 		Succeeded by
Spain Miguel Angel Falasca
Preceded by
United States Lloy Ball		 Best Setter of
FIVB World League
2009 		Succeeded by
Russia Sergey Grankin
Preceded by
Russia Denis Ignatyev		 Best Setter of
CEV Cup
2009/2010 		Succeeded by
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Preceded by
Poland Paweł Zagumny		 Best Setter of
FIVB World Championship
2010 		Succeeded by
Germany Lukas Kampa
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