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Nikola Grbić ( sr-cyrl, Никола Грбић; born 6 September 1973) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player, who is currently serving as head coach for the Poland national team. The
2008–09 CEV Champions League, 2008/2009 – with Trentino Volley
* CEV Champions League, CEV European Champions Cup
** 1999/2000 – with Volley Treviso, Sisley Treviso
* CEV Cup
** 
1997/1998 – with Piemonte Volley, Alpitour Traco Cuneo
** 2005/2006 – with Volley Piacenza, Copra Berni Piacenza
** 2009–10 CEV Cup, 2009/2010 – with Piemonte Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
* National championships
** 1991/1992 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1991/1992 
Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1992/1993 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1993/1994 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1993/1994 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1998/1999 Italian Cup, with Piemonte Volley, TNT Alpitour Cuneo
** 1999/2000 Italian Cup, with Sisley Treviso
** 2007/2008 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley, Itas Diatec Trentino
** 2009/2010 2009–10 Men's Volleyball Serie A1, Italian Championship, with Piemonte Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2010/2011 Italian SuperCup, with Piemonte Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2010/2011 Italian Cup, with Piemonte Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2013/2014 Russian Championship, with VC Zenit-Kazan, Zenit Kazan
2020–21 CEV Champions League, 2020/2021 – with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
* National championships
** 2019/2020 Polish Men's Volleyball SuperCup#Winners, Polish SuperCup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** 2020/2021 Polish Men's Volleyball SuperCup#Winners, Polish SuperCup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** 2020/2021 2020–21 Polish Men's Volleyball Cup, Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** 2021/2022 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Umbria Volley, Sir Safety Conad Perugia
Coach profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach/Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net''
Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
at ''Volleyhall.org'' * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grbic, Nikola 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Zrenjanin Yugoslav men's volleyball players Serbia and Montenegro men's volleyball players Serbian men's volleyball players European champions for Serbia and Montenegro Serbian volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Olympic volleyball players of Yugoslavia Olympic volleyball players of Serbia and Montenegro Olympic volleyball players of Serbia Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic gold medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle coaches Setters (volleyball)
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, a bronze medallist in the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, and a multiple World Championship, European Championship and World League medallist. Grbić was named the European Player of the Year in 2007, and inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2016.
Early life
Grbić was born in Klek. He has an older brotherVladimir
Vladimir may refer to:
Names
* Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name
* Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name
* Volodymyr for the Ukr ...
, who is also a former volleyball player.
Personal life
He is married to Stanislava and has two sons who practice volleyball.Career as player
Clubs
After the embargo was lifted in 1994, Nikola Yugoslavian national team career resumed at a time when he transferred to Italian club team Gabeca Montichiari, which started a 13–year career playing for eight different Italian teams and resulting in eight league titles from 1994 to 2013. He won two Championship titles in Italy (2008 Trentino – 2010 Cuneo), and one in Russia (2014 Zenit Kazan). He also won two CEV Euro Champions League titles (2000Sisley
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– 2009 Trentino).
National team
He started with senior national team in 1991, when he was 18 years old. Then, for two years (1992–1994) wasn't playing because of international embargo. He was a captain of his national team in 1999–2010. In 1996Yugoslavia
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, including Grbić, won bronze medal of the Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games Atlanta 1996. Nikola was honored as the European Championship Best Setter in 1997 as Yugoslavia earned the silver medal. In 1998 Yugoslavia
Yugoslavia (; sh-Latn-Cyrl, separator=" / ", Jugoslavija, Југославија ; sl, Jugoslavija ; mk, Југославија ;; rup, Iugoslavia; hu, Jugoszlávia; rue, label=Pannonian Rusyn, Югославия, translit=Juhoslavija ...
on Volleyball at the World World Championship won a silver medal. At the next Olympics his team achieved gold of the Volleyball at the 2000 Summer Olympics, Olympic Games 2000 in Sydney. Yugoslavia went on to capture the 2000 Olympic Games gold-medal with a dominating three-set win over Russia in the finals. They beat Russia men's national volleyball team, Russia in final match (3-0). Again, in 2010, with Serbia his team won a bronze medal. Nikola career was not over following Beijing as he helped Serbia win bronze at the 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship, FIVB World Championship in Italy where he was named Best Setter of the tournament. Nikola career was not over following Beijing as he helped Serbia win bronze at the World Championship.
Career as coach
In May 2014, he became a head coach of Italian club Sir Safety Umbria Volley, Sir Safety Perugia. On 3 February 2015, Grbić was announced as a new head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team. Nikola in his first step winner Silver medal at 2015 FIVB Volleyball World League, 2015 FIVB World League. In next year Serbia with powerful presence winner Gold medal 2016 FIVB Volleyball World League, 2016 FIVB World League. Serbia had lost their five previous appearances in World League final including three times to Brazil and last year’s against France, now after five silver medals and three bronze, in 2016 year won first Gold medal.Honours
As a player
* CEV Champions League ** 2008–09 CEV Champions League, 2008/2009 – with Trentino Volley
* CEV Champions League, CEV European Champions Cup
** 1999/2000 – with Volley Treviso, Sisley Treviso
* CEV Cup
** 1997/1998 – with Piemonte Volley, Alpitour Traco Cuneo
** 2005/2006 – with Volley Piacenza, Copra Berni Piacenza
** 2009–10 CEV Cup, 2009/2010 – with Piemonte Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
* National championships
** 1991/1992 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1991/1992 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1992/1993 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1993/1994 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1993/1994 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with OK Vojvodina, Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 1998/1999 Italian Cup, with Piemonte Volley, TNT Alpitour Cuneo
** 1999/2000 Italian Cup, with Sisley Treviso
** 2007/2008 Italian Championship, with Trentino Volley, Itas Diatec Trentino
** 2009/2010 2009–10 Men's Volleyball Serie A1, Italian Championship, with Piemonte Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2010/2011 Italian SuperCup, with Piemonte Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2010/2011 Italian Cup, with Piemonte Volley, Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo
** 2013/2014 Russian Championship, with VC Zenit-Kazan, Zenit Kazan
As a coach
* CEV Champions League ** 2020–21 CEV Champions League, 2020/2021 – with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
* National championships
** 2019/2020 Polish Men's Volleyball SuperCup#Winners, Polish SuperCup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** 2020/2021 Polish Men's Volleyball SuperCup#Winners, Polish SuperCup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** 2020/2021 2020–21 Polish Men's Volleyball Cup, Polish Cup, with ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle
** 2021/2022 Italian Cup, with Sir Safety Umbria Volley, Sir Safety Conad Perugia
Individual awards
* 1997: 1997 Men's European Volleyball Championship, CEV European Championship – Best Setter * 1997: Awards of Olympic Committee of Serbia#Sportsman of The Year, Sportsman of The Year by the Olympic Committee of Serbia * 2000: Italian Championship – Best Player * 2000: Italian Championship – Best Foreign Player * 2001: 2001 Men's European Volleyball Championship#Individual awards, CEV European Championship – Best Setter * 2003: 2003 Men's European Volleyball Championship#Awards, CEV European Championship – Best Setter * 2003: 2003 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Cup#Awards, FIVB World Cup – Best Setter * 2005: 2005 Men's European Volleyball Championship, CEV European Championship – Best Setter * 2006: CEV Cup, CEV Top Teams Cup – Best Setter * 2009: 2009 FIVB Volleyball World League#Awards, FIVB World League – Best Setter * 2010: Italian Championship – Best Setter * 2010: Italian Cup – Best Player * 2010: 2009–10 CEV Cup#Awards, CEV Cup – Best Setter * 2010: 2010 FIVB Volleyball Men's World Championship#Awards, FIVB World Championship – Best Setter * 2014: European Volleyball Confederation, CEV – Ultimate Team LeaderSee also
* Matches of Serbian men's volleyball national team conducted by Nikola GrbićReferences
External links
*Coach profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
Coach/Player profile
at ''Volleybox.net''
Player profile
at ''LegaVolley.it''
at ''Volleyhall.org'' * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grbic, Nikola 1973 births Living people Sportspeople from Zrenjanin Yugoslav men's volleyball players Serbia and Montenegro men's volleyball players Serbian men's volleyball players European champions for Serbia and Montenegro Serbian volleyball coaches Volleyball coaches of international teams Olympic volleyball players of Yugoslavia Olympic volleyball players of Serbia and Montenegro Olympic volleyball players of Serbia Olympic medalists in volleyball Olympic gold medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Olympic bronze medalists for Federal Republic of Yugoslavia Volleyball players at the 1996 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2004 Summer Olympics Volleyball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate volleyball players in Italy Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate volleyball players in Russia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland ZAKSA Kędzierzyn-Koźle coaches Setters (volleyball)