Ivan Miljković

Ivan Miljković
Personal information
Full name	Ivan Miljković
Nationality	Serbian
Born	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	Cucine Lube Civitanova
Number	14
Career
Years Teams 1996—2000 2000—2007 2007—2008 2008—2010 2010–2015 2015– OK Partizan Lube Banca Macerata M. Roma Volley Olympiacos Pireaus Fenerbahçe Istanbul Cucine Lube Civitanova
National team
1998–2012  Serbia
Honours Men’s Volleyball Representing  Yugoslavia /  Serbia and Montenegro /  Serbia Olympic Games 2000 Sydney World Championship 1998 Japan 2010 Italy European Championship 2001 Ostrava 2011 Vienna 1999 Vienna 2005 Rome 2007 Moscow 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: 25 October 2015

Ivan Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Миљковић pronounced [ǐv̞an mǐːʎkɔv̞it͡͡ɕ]; born September 13, 1979) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team in 1998–2012 and Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova, a participant of the Olympic Games (Sydney 2000, Athens 2004, Beijing 2008), Olympic Champion 2000, European Champion (2001, 2011), medalist of World Championship, World Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and World League.

Career

Clubs

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^[1] 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.^[2] With Fenerbahçe he won 2011 and 2012 Turkish volleyball league, 2012 Turkish Cup, 2011 and 2012 Turkish Super Cup and 2014 European Challenge Cup.

Miljković played for Fenerbahçe Grundig in 2010–2015.^[3]

National team

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.^[4] 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.

Sporting achievements

Clubs

CEV Champions League

• 2014/2015 - with Cucine Lube Civitanova

Individually

• 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 Serie A1 League Most Valuable Player
• 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"
• 2006 Serie A1 League Most Valuable Player
• 2007 European Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2007–08 CEV Cup "Best Spiker"
• 2008 World League "Best Scorer"
• 2009 World League "Best Scorer"
• 2010 Greek Volley League "Most Valyable Player^[5]
• 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"
• 2013/2014 Challenge Cup "Most Valuable Player"

References

1. Milosavljevic, Zoran (2008-02-14). "Love of volleyball keeps Ivan Miljkovic going". Reuters. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
2. Ivan Milijkovic signed a two-year contract
3. Ivan Miljkovic Fenerbahçe’de - fenerbahce.org - 30-10-2010]
4. "Serbia and Montenegro Volleyball at the 2000 Sydney Summer Games". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2010-06-16.
5. "Η χρυσή βίβλος της Volleyleague". volleyleague. Retrieved 23 October 2015.
6. volleyball-movies.net Best volleyball players in the history