Uroš Kovačević
Uroš Kovačević (; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Ural Ufa and the Serbia national team. Kovačević has won 2 European Champion titles (2011, 2019) and the 2016 World League with Serbia.

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
 

1993 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Kraljevo
Serbian men's volleyball players
Serbia and Montenegro men's volleyball players
European champions for Serbia
Olympic volleyball players for Serbia
Volleyball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Slovenia
Expatriate volleyball players in Slovenia
Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
Expatriate volleyball players in Qatar
Serbian expatriate volleyball players in China
Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Poland
Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Russia
Verona Volley players
Trentino Volley players
Warta Zawiercie (volleyball) players
Ural Ufa volleyball players
Outside hitters
21st-century Serbian people