Uroš Kovačević

Uroš Kovačević (Урош Ковачевић; born 6 May 1993) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Gas Sales Piacenza 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.

Club

 * FIVB Club World Championship
 * Gold medal world centered-2.svg Poland 2018 – with Trentino Volley


 * AVC Asian Club Championship
 * Silver medal asia.svg Naypyidaw 2016 – with Al Arabi Doha


 * CEV Cup
 * Simple gold cup.svg 2018–19 – with Itas Trentino


 * CEV Challenge Cup
 * Simple gold cup.svg 2015–16 – with Calzedonia Verona


 * Domestic
 * 2010–11 Simple gold cup.svg Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
 * 2010–11 Gold medal with cup.svg Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
 * 2011–12 Simple gold cup.svg Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
 * 2011–12 Gold medal with cup.svg Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
 * 2014–15 Simple gold cup.svg Italian Cup, with Parmareggio Modena
 * 2020–21 Gold medal with cup.svg Chinese Championship, with Beijing BAIC Motor

Youth national team

 * 2009 Silver medal europe.svg CEV U19 European Championship
 * 2009 Gold medal world centered-2.svg FIVB U19 World Championship
 * 2011 Gold medal europe.svg CEV U19 European Championship
 * 2011 Gold medal world centered-2.svg FIVB U19 World Championship
 * 2013 Silver medal world centered-2.svg 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)