Igor Kolaković ( sr-cyrl, Игор Колаковић; born 4 June 1965) is a Montenegrin professional

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coach and former player.

Personal life

Igor's wife, Sandra, is a former

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national team player and former head coach of the Serbia women's national handball team. Igor received a bachelor's degree in business administration in 1989 at the University of Montenegro. Aleksa Kolaković, son of Igor, is a

player.

Career

As a player

Kolakovic played as a setter for Budućnost Podgorica and Partizan Beograd from 1979 to 1997, after which he became the head coach of the Podgorica team.

As a coach

Igor Kolaković replaced Ljubomir Travica as head coach of the Serbia men's national volleyball team ahead of the 2006 World Championship, after assisting him for three years. He led Serbia to a gold medal at the 2011 European Championship, and bronze in

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and

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. In 2010, he achieved a great success at the 2010 World Championship, winning a bronze medal. He helped his team win two silver medals at the

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and 2009 World League, and a bronze one in

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. In 2014, he resigned his post as the head coach of Serbia after eight years. At the professional club level, he won, among others, two titles of the Montenegrin Champion in 2007 and 2008 with Budućnost Podgorica, and two titles of the Slovenian Champion in 2011 and 2012 with ACH Volley. In 2017, he was appointed as a new head coach of the Iran national team. He led Iran to a bronze medal at the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup, defeating, among others, teams of the USA,

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and

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. In 2019, Iran, led by him, won their 3rd Asian Champions title. In 2020, he was dismissed as the head coach of Iran.

Honours

As a player

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1989–90 – with Partizan Beograd * Domestic ** 1988–89 Simple gold cup

Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd ** 1989–90 Simple gold cup

Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd ** 1989–90 Gold medal with cup

Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd ** 1990–91 Gold medal with cup

Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd

As a coach

* Domestic ** 2000–01 Simple gold cup

Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2001–02 Gold medal with cup

Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2004–05 Simple gold cup

Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2004–05 Gold medal with cup

Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2005–06 Simple gold cup

Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2005–06 Gold medal with cup

Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2006–07 Simple gold cup

Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2006–07 Gold medal with cup

Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2007–08 Simple gold cup

Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2007–08 Gold medal with cup

Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica ** 2010–11 Simple gold cup

Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley ** 2010–11 Gold medal with cup

Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley ** 2011–12 Simple gold cup

Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley ** 2011–12 Gold medal with cup

Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley

References

External links

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Coach profile
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