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| Nationality | Serbian | ||||||||||||||
| Born | (1967-02-27) February 27, 1967 (age 57) | ||||||||||||||
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| Position | Head coach | ||||||||||||||
| Current club |  Olympiacos Piraeus | ||||||||||||||
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| Last updated: June 30, 2017 | |||||||||||||||
Branko Kovačević (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Ковачевић, born 27 February 1967) is a Serbian volleyball coach. He is currently the head coach of Olympiacos Piraeus women's volleyball team and the assistant coach of Serbia women's national volleyball team.
International career
Branko Kovačević was the assistant coach of the Serbian women's national volleyball team who won the Olympic silver medal at Rio 2016, and the 2011 CEV Volleyball European Championship at Belgrade as well.
Club career
Under his guidance, Olympiacos Piraeus have won 3 Hellenic Championships (2015–16, 2016–17, 2017-18), 3 Hellenic Cups (2016, 2017, 2018) and the CEV Women's Challenge Cup in 2017–18. The Piraeus team also reached the final of the same competition in 2016–17.
Honours
Head coach
European
Winner: 2017-18 with Olympiacos Piraeus
Runner-up: 2016-17 with Olympiacos Piraeus
Domestic
- 2015/2016
Hellenic Championship (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus - 2016/2017 Hellenic Championship (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2017/2018 Hellenic Championship (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2018/2019 Hellenic Championship (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2015/2016
Hellenic Cup (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus - 2016/2017 Hellenic Cup (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2017/2018 Hellenic Cup (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
- 2018/2019 Hellenic Cup (Women's), with Olympiacos Piraeus
Assistant coach
- 2016 Olympic Games - Silver Medal
- 2011 Women's European Volleyball Championship - Golden Medal
References
- Branko Kovačević profile. CEV official website
- Kovačević: "I am glad to stay in Greece" sport24.gr, 02/06/2015 (in Greek)
- Бранко Ковачевић у Олимпијакосу. zurnal.rs, 04/06/2015 (in Serbian)
- Serbia Women's Volleyball Team - Rio Olympics Rio2016 FIVB official website
- Silver medal at Rio Olympiacos official website, 21/08/2016 (in Greek)
- Serbia's roster and coaches at the 2011 Women's European Championship Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. www.cev.eu
- Oiympiacos: 2017 Hellenic champions novasports.gr, 29/04/2017 (in Greek)
- Olympiacos Piraeus winners of the 2018 CEV Challenge Cup www.olympiacossfp.gr
- Olympiacos make history with Challenge Cup title in 2018 Archived 2018-10-28 at the Wayback Machine www.cev.eu
- Olympiacos comes from behind to claim first round of Challenge Cup Final! www.olympiacossfp.gr
- The press-conference of the 2017 final (2nd leg) www.olympiacossfp.gr 14/04/2017 (in Greek)
External links
- Branko Kovačević profile at worldofvolley.com
- An amazing presence in the CEV Challenge Cup! (Silver Medal with Olympiacos in 2017 Challenge Cup) www.olympiacossfp.gr
- The Triumph in Bursa in 2018 www.olympiacossfp.gr