Nikola Grbić
For the Yugoslav wrestler, see Nikola Grbić (wrestler).
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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.
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
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1999/2000 – with Sisley Treviso - 2008/2009 – with Itas Diatec Trentino
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2012/2013 – with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
CEV Cup
National championships
- 1991/1992
Yugoslavian Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad - 1991/1992 Yugoslavian Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1992/1993 Yugoslavian Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1993/1994 Yugoslavian Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1993/1994 Yugoslavian Championship, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
- 1998/1999 Italian Cup, with TNT Alpitour Cuneo
- 1999/2000 Italian Cup, with Sisley Treviso
- 2007/2008 Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
- 2008/2009 Italian Championship, with Itas Diatec Trentino
- 2009/2010 Italian Championship, with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
- 2010/2011 Italian SuperCup 2010, with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
- 2010/2011 Italian Cup, with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
- 2010/2011 Italian Championship, with Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
- 2013/2014 Russian Championship, with Zenit Kazan
Individually
- 2001 CEV European Championship – Best Setter
- 2003 CEV European Championship – Best Setter
- 2003 FIVB World Cup – Best Setter
- 2005 CEV European Championship – Best Setter
- 2009 FIVB World League – Best Setter
- 2010 Lega Volley Serie A – Best Setter
- 2010 CEV Cup – Best Setter
- 2010 FIVB World Championship – Best Setter
References
- ↑ Yugoslavia Rolls Russia for First Gold – articles.latimes.com – 01-10-2000
- ↑ Perugia: L'Assessore ufficializza... Grbic allenatore – volleyball.it – 09-05-2014
- ↑ Pravi čovek za pravo mesto: Nikola Grbić selektor odbojkaša Srbije! – sport.blic.rs – 03-02-2015
- ↑ Nikola Grbic è il nuovo coach della Serbia. Le congratulazioni del presidente Sirci – legavolley.it – 03-02-2015
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Preceded by Peter Blangé |
Best Setter of CEV European Championship 2001 2003 2005 |
Succeeded by Vadim Khamuttskikh |
Preceded by Lloy Ball |
Best Setter of FIVB World Cup 2003 |
Succeeded by Miguel Angel Falasca |
| Preceded by Lloy Ball |
Best Setter of FIVB World League 2009 |
Succeeded by Sergey Grankin |
| Preceded by Denis Ignatyev |
Best Setter of CEV Cup 2009/2010 |
Succeeded by - |
Preceded by Paweł Zagumny |
Best Setter of FIVB World Championship 2010 |
Succeeded by Lukas Kampa |
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