Ivan Miljković

Ivan Miljković
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Miljković
Born	(1979-09-13) September 13, 1979 Niš, Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight	88 kg (194 lb)
Spike	354 cm (139 in)
Block	333 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Opposite
Current club	Fenerbahçe Grundig
Number	14
Career
Years Clubs 1997-00 2000-07 2007-08 2008-10 2010-present OK Partizan Banca Marche Macerata M. Roma Volley Olympiacos SC Fenerbahçe Istanbul
National team
1998-2012 Serbia
Honours Men’s Volleyball Competitor for  Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney Team World Championship Silver 1998 Japan Bronze 2010 Italy European Championship Gold 2001 Ostrava Gold 2011 Vienna Bronze 1999 Vienna Bronze 2005 Rome Bronze 2007 Moscow World Grand Champions Cup Bronze 2001 Japan World Cup Bronze 2003 Japan World League Silver 2003 Madrid Silver 2005 Belgrade Silver 2008 Rio de Janeiro Silver 2009 Belgrade Bronze 2002 Belo Horizonte Bronze 2004 Rome

Ivan Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Миљковић, pronounced [ǐv̞an mǐːʎkɔv̞it͡͡ɕ]; born September 13, 1979 in Niš) is a Serbian volleyball player,^[1] whose first club was Student Niš. Starting his professional career in Partizan Belgrade in 1997, Miljković plays for Fenerbahçe Grundig^[2] in Turkey. He signed two year contract on 30 June 2010.

Both in the club and in the national team he wears a jersey with number 14.

Club career

After this success he changed his club and started playing for Italian Lube Banca Macerata. In 2001 the Yugoslav team won the European Volleyball Championship^[3] in Ostrava, Czech Republic. With his club, Lube Banca Macerata, he also won the Champions League (2001), twice the Italian Cup (2001, 2003) and three times the CEV Cup (2001, 2005, 2006).

On July 18, 2007, he signed a contract with the M. Roma Volley. The following year, on July 5, 2008, Olympiacos, announced that he will be continuing his career in Greece. In 2009 he won the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup and in 2010 the championship. On June 30, 2010, he signed a two-year contract for Fenerbahçe SK of Turkey.^[4]

International career

He played in the national team of FR Yugoslavia for the first time a year later (on October 4, 1998 in a game against Turkey). In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Andrija Gerić, Goran Vujević) won the Olympic gold medal.^[5] In the final match against Russia Ivan Miljković scored the last point and after that fell on his knees. In March 2012, has officially retired from the Serbian National Team after 14 years and 288 played matches.

Individual awards

• 2001 World League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2001 World League "Best Scorer"
• 2001 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• 2001 European Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2001 World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2001 World Grand Champions Cup "Best Scorer"
• 2002 World League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2002 World League "Best Scorer"
• 2003 World League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2003 World League "Best Scorer"
• 2005 World League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2005 World League "Best Scorer"
• 2005 World League "Best Server"
• 2005 European Championship "Best Server"
• 2005–06 Top Teams Cup "Most Valuable Player"
• 2005–06 Top Teams Cup "Best Scorer"
• 2005–06 Top Teams Cup "Best Blocker"
• 2007 European Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2007–08 CEV Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2009 World League "Best Scorer"
• 2009–10 CEV Champions League "Best Scorer"
• 2011 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• Best Volleyball Player in the History by volleyball-movies.net^[6]
• Serbia's sport association "May Award"

References

Sporting positions
Preceded by Nikola Grbić	Serbia captain 2011	Succeeded by Bojan Janić
Awards
Preceded by Andrea Giani Piotr Gruszka	Most Valuable Player of European Championship 2001 2011	Succeeded by Andrea Sartoretti Dmitriy Muserskiy

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