Ivan Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic:Иван Миљковић[ǐʋanmǐːʎkoʋitɕ]; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian businessman and former professionalvolleyball player. Miljković was a member of theSerbia men's national volleyball team from 1998–2012. He is anOlympic Champion (2000), aEuropean Champion (2001,2011), and a medalist of theFIVB Volleybal Men's World Championship,World Grand Champions Cup,World Cup andWorld League.
After retiring from his active playing career, Miljković remained engaged in sport in different positions (governance, marketing, campaigns, management). He also resumed his education in the areas of economy and finance.
After this success he changed his club and started playing for ItalianLube Banca Macerata. In 2001 theYugoslav team won theEuropean Volleyball Championship[1] inOstrava, Czech Republic. With his club,Lube Banca Macerata, he also won the Champions League (2001), twice the Italian Cup (2001, 2003) and three times theCEV Cup (2001, 2005, 2006).
On 18 July 2007 he signed a contract with theM. Roma Volley. The following year, on 5 July 2008,Olympiacos, announced that he will be continuing his career inGreece. In 2009 he won the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup and in 2010 the championship. On 30 June 2010 he signed a two-year contract forFenerbahçe SK ofTurkey.[2] With Fenerbahçe he won 2011 and 2012Turkish volleyball league, 2012 Turkish Cup, 2011 and 2012 Turkish Super Cup and 2014 EuropeanChallenge Cup. Miljković played forFenerbahçe Grundig in 2010–2015.[3] Miljković in 2015 sing in Italian clubCucine Lube Civitanova. Miljković in 2016 back to Turkey League.[4]
He ended up his career after achieving gold medal of Turkish Championship in May 2017 with Halkbank Ankara team.[5]
He played in the national team ofFR Yugoslavia for the first time a year later (on 4 October 1998, in a game against Turkey). In 2000 in Sydney theYugoslav national team (members of which were alsoVladimir Grbić,Nikola Grbić,Andrija Gerić,Goran Vujević) won the Olympic gold medal.[6][7] 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. The only player to win MVP of the FIVB World League 3 times in a row (2002, 2003, 2004) and only player to win 4 MVP awards during the FIVB World League (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006).[8]
Miljković is regularly on the top of the best spikers list in the tournaments and has a great jump serve. He is very well built and extremely strong opposite hitter who has variety of different shots; he can swing the ball away with a power or using his good technique. For an extremely big player Miljković moves surprisingly well. He has a good footwork and is quick from his feet; therefore he is able to generate good speed for his approach from any distance to the ball.
2001/2002 – withLube Macerata
2015/2016 – withCucine Lube Civitanova 2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2005/2006 – withLube Macerata2013/2014 – withFenerbahçe
| Sporting positions | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by | Serbia captain 2011 | Succeeded by |
| Awards | ||
| Preceded by | Most Valuable Player of European Championship 2001 2011 | Succeeded by |
.jpg)
