Nikola Grbić

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Nikola Grbić
Personal information
Full name Nikola Grbić
Nationality Yugoslavian
Serbian
Born September 6, 1973
Klek, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height 1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Spike 346 cm (136 in)
Block 330 cm (130 in)
Coaching information
Current team Italy Sir Safety Perugia
 Serbia
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
2014–
2015–		Italy Sir Safety Perugia
 Serbia
Volleyball information
Position Setter
Career
Years Teams
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
1995–2003
2003–2006
2006–2010		 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Yugoslavia
 Serbia and Montenegro
 Serbia
Last updated: February 3, 2015

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 (Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), multimedalist of the World Championships, European Championships and World League, a double Italian Champion (2008, 2010), Russian Champion (2014), head coach of Italian club Sir Safety Perugia and 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.

Career as player

National team

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. At the next Olympics his team achieved gold of the Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney. They beat Russia in final match (3-0).[1]

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

Clubs

CEV Champions League

CEV Cup

National championships

Individually

External links

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
-
Preceded by
Poland Paweł Zagumny		 Best Setter of
FIVB World Championship
2010 		Succeeded by
Germany Lukas Kampa