Marko Ivović ( sr-cyrl, Марко Ивовић; born 22 December 1990) is a Serbian professional
volleyball
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player who plays as an outside hitter for
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and the
Serbia national team. He is the
2019 European Champion and the
2016 World League winner with Serbia.
Career
Club
Ivović spent the 2013–14 season playing for
Paris Volley
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. His team won the
CEV Cup
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Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...
and he himself was named the ''Most valuable player'' of the final.
In 2014, he moved to the
PlusLiga
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team,
Asseco Resovia. He won the
2014–15 CEV Champions League
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Participating teams
League round
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silver medal, having lost to
Zenit Kazan in the final, and the
2015 Polish Champion title. In May 2015, he left Resovia and signed a contract with the Russian team,
Belogorie Belgorod. In April 2016, he came back to Asseco Resovia for the 2016–17 season.
In April 2018,
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, announced that they had signed Ivović for the 2018–19 season.
National team
In 2015, Serbia reached the
World League final, but eventually lost to
France
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(0–3), and obtained silver medals.
On 17 July 2016, the
Serbian national volleyball team won their first ever
World League title by a 3–0 win over
Brazil
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. Marko Ivović earned the tournament's ''Most valuable player'' award.
Marko Ivović was voted the Best Volleyball Player in Serbia in 2016.
Honours
Club
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CEV Champions League
The CEV Champions League is the top official competition for men's volleyball clubs from the whole of Europe. The competition is organised every year by the European Volleyball Confederation.
Formula (2018–19 to present) Qualification
A tota ...
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2014–15 – with
Asseco Resovia
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CEV Cup
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Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...
**
2013–14 – with
Paris Volley
Paris Volley is a professional men's volleyball club based in Paris, France. They compete in the top flight of French volleyball, LNV Ligue A Masculine, Ligue A. The club was founded in 1998 from the merger of the volleyball section of ''Paris Un ...
* Domestic
** 2009–10

Serbian Cup, with
Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 2011–12

Serbian Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
** 2013–14

French SuperCup, with Paris Volley
** 2013–14

French Championship, with Paris Volley
** 2014–15
Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
** 2019–20

Russian Championship, with
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Individual awards
* 2014: French Championship – Most valuable player
* 2014: French Championship – Best receiver
* 2014:
CEV Cup
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Until 2000, it was the CEV Cup Winners' Cup. In 2000 it was renamed to CEV Top Teams Cup and in 2007 to CEV Cup. T ...
– Most valuable player
* 2016:
FIVB World League
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– Best outside spiker
* 2016:
FIVB World League
The FIVB Volleyball World League was an annual international men's volleyball competition. Created in 1990, it was the longest and richest of all the international events organized by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball (FIVB). The wome ...
– Most valuable player
* 2016: Best Volleyball Player in Serbia
References
External links
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Marko Ivovićat ''PlusLiga.pl''
Marko Ivovićat ''Volleybox.net''
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1990 births
Living people
People from Ljig
Sportspeople from Kolubara District
Serbian men's volleyball players
European champions for Serbia
Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Turkey
Serbian expatriate volleyball players in France
Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Poland
Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Russia
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Brazil
Expatriate volleyball players in Brazil
Paris Volley players
Resovia (volleyball) players
Outside hitters
Volleyball players at the 2024 Summer Olympics
Olympic volleyball players for Serbia
21st-century Serbian sportsmen