Slobodan Kovač

Slobodan Kovač
Slobodan Kovač
	Kovač as Sir Safety Perugia head coach.
Personal information
Nickname	Boba
Born	13 September 1967; Veliko Gradište, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
Coaching information
Previous teams coached
2008–2010; 2010–2014; 2014–2015; 2015–2016; 2016–2018; 2017–2018; 2018–2019; 2019–2021; 2019–2020; 2020–2021; 2021–2022; 2023–2024 ; 2024– ; 2025–	Radnički Kragujevac; Sir Safety Perugia; Iran; Sir Safety Perugia; Halkbank Ankara; Slovenia; Belogorie Belgorod; Serbia; Jastrzębski Węgiel; Top Volley Cisterna; Skra Bełchatów; Halkbank Ankara; Fenerbahçe; Turkey
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Career
1983–1985; 1985–1988; 1988–1992; 1992–1993; 1993–1994; 1994–1995; 1995–1999; 1999–2002; 2002–2003; 2003; 2004; 2004–2006; 2006–2007	VGSK Veliko Gradište; Kolubara; Vojvodina Novi Sad; Gallo Gioia Del Colle; Aris Thessaloniki; ASPC Gioia del Colle; Volley Lube; Taranto Volley; A.S. Pallavolo Agnone; GFC Ajaccio VB; Indeco Molfetta; Shahrdari Urmia; Radnički Kragujevac
National team
1991; 1996–2003	Yugoslavia; Serbia and Montenegro
Honours
Men's volleyball
Representing Serbia and Montenegro
Olympic Games
CEV European Championship
Head coach Iran
Asian Games
Head coach Serbia
CEV European Championship

Slobodan Kovač (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан Ковач; born 13 September 1967) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach of Fenerbahçe (since 2024) and Turkey men's national volleyball team (since 2025), and also former player, Olympic Champion at Sydney 2000, bronze medallist at the Olympic Games in Atlanta 1996 and the 2019 European Championship winner.

Career

In 2014, he was appointed new head coach of the Iranian national volleyball team until the Olympic Games Rio 2016.^[1] That same year he led Iranian team to its first gold medal at Asian games. In 2017, he took charge of the Slovenian national volleyball team.^[2]^[3]

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.^[4]

Domestic
- 1988–89 Yugoslavian Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1991–92 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1991–92 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad

Domestic
- 2008–09 Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 2009–10 Serbian Championship, with Radnički Kragujevac
- 2016–17 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2017–18 Turkish Cup, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2017–18 Turkish Championship, with Halkbank Ankara
- 2024–25 Turkish Cup, with Fenerbahçe İstanbul

^ "Slobodan Kovac has incentive to coach Iran volleyball team". theiranproject.com. 19 March 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "SLO M: Slobodan Kovac takes over Slovenia!". worldofvolley.com. 3 March 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "RUS M: Slobodan Kovač appointed Belogorie coach!". worldofvolley.com. 22 May 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "TRANSFER BOMB IN 2017: Perugia's coach on the bench of Halkbank". worldofvolley.com. 2 January 2017. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "Belogorie complete collection of European titles!". CEV. 27 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "PRVI PUT U ISTORIJI Slobodan Kovač i Nemanja Petrić pobednici Kupa Izazivača sa Belogorjem". sport.blic.rs (in Serbian). 28 March 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "Comunicato Stampa della Lega Pallavolo Serie A". legavolley.it (in Italian). 2 October 2014. Retrieved 6 March 2021.
^ "Top achievements honoured at European Volleyball Gala". CEV. 25 October 2019. Retrieved 6 March 2021.