Uroš Kovačević (; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for PAOK Thessaloniki. Kovačević has won 2 European Champion titles (2011, 2019) and the 2016 World League with the Serbia national team.
Personal life He has two older brothers: Savo and Nikola (born 1983). Nikola is also a professional volleyball player.
National team Kovačević is a gold medallist at the 2011 European Championship. In 2011, Kovačević was granted an award by the Olympic Committee of Serbia for the best young athlete. He was a member of the national team at the Olympic Games London 2012. On 19 July 2015, the Serbian national volleyball team reached the World League final, but eventually lost to France (0–3), and obtained silver medals. He was named MVP of the 2019 European Championship where Serbia won a gold medal.
Honours
Club FIVB Club World Championship Poland 2018 – with Trentino Volley
AVC Asian Club Championship Naypyidaw 2016 – with Al Arabi Doha
CEV Cup 2018–19 – with Itas Trentino
CEV Challenge Cup 2015–16 – with Calzedonia Verona
Domestic 2010–11 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley 2010–11 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley 2011–12 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley 2011–12 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley 2014–15 Italian Cup, with Parmareggio Modena 2020–21 Chinese Championship, with Beijing BAIC Motor
Youth national team 2009 CEV U19 European Championship 2009 FIVB U19 World Championship 2011 CEV U19 European Championship 2011 FIVB U19 World Championship 2013 FIVB U23 World Championship
Individual awards 2011: CEV U19 European Championship – Most valuable player 2011: FIVB U19 World Championship – Most valuable player 2011: Award of Olympic Committee of Serbia – Young athlete of the year 2013: FIVB U23 World Championship – Best outside spiker 2016: AVC Asian Club Championship – Best outside spiker 2018: FIVB Club World Championship – Best outside spiker 2019: CEV European Championship – Best outside spiker 2019: CEV European Championship – Most valuable player 2019: CEV – Male volleyball player of the year 2019: Male Serbian volleyball player of the year
Statistics 2021–22 PlusLiga – Best spiker (468 points) 2022–23 PlusLiga – Best scorer (637 points) 2022–23 PlusLiga – Best spiker (557 points)
References
External links
Uros Kovacevic at LegaVolley.it Uros Kovacevic at PlusLiga.pl Uroš Kovačević at Volleybox.net