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Igor Kolaković
Personal information
Born (1965-06-04) 4 June 1965 (age 59)
Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Coaching information
Current teamHalkbank Ankara
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1997–2009
2003–2006
2006–2014
2010–2012
2013–2016
2017–2020
2020–2022
2022–2024
2024–
Budućnost Podgorica
Serbia and Montenegro (AC)
Serbia
ACH Volley
AS Cannes
Iran
Warta Zawiercie
Serbia
Halkbank Ankara
Volleyball information
PositionSetter
Career
YearsTeams
1979–1987
1987–1991
1991–1993
1993–1994
1994–1997
Budućnost Podgorica
Partizan Beograd
Budućnost Podgorica
Partizan Beograd
Budućnost Podgorica
Honours
Men's volleyball
Head coach  Serbia
FIVB World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Italy
FIVB World League
Silver medal – second place 2008 Rio de Janeiro
Silver medal – second place 2009 Belgrade
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Córdoba
CEV European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Austria/Czech Republic
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Russia
Bronze medal – third place 2013 Denmark/Poland
Head coach  Iran
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Japan
AVC Asian Championship
Gold medal – first place 2019 Tehran

Igor Kolaković (Serbian Cyrillic: Игор Колаковић; born 4 June 1965) is a Montenegrin professional volleyball coach and former player. He serves as head coach for Halkbank Ankara.[1][2][3][4]

Personal life

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Igor's wife, Sandra, is a former handball 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 handball player.

Career

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As a player

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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

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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 2007 and 2013. 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 2008 and 2009 World League, and a bronze one in 2010. In 2014, he resigned his post as the head coach of Serbia after eight years.[5] 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.[6] He led Iran to a bronze medal at the 2017 World Grand Champions Cup, defeating, among others, teams of the USA, France and Italy. In 2019, Iran, led by him, won their 3rd Asian Champions title.[7] In 2020, he was dismissed as the head coach of Iran.[8]

Honours

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As a player

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  • Domestic
    • 1988–89 Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd
    • 1989–90 Yugoslavian Cup, with Partizan Beograd
    • 1989–90 Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd
    • 1990–91 Yugoslavian Championship, with Partizan Beograd

As a coach

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  • Domestic
    • 2000–01 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2001–02 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2004–05 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2005–06 Serbia and Montenegro Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2006–07 Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2006–07 Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2007–08 Montenegrin Cup, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2007–08 Montenegrin Championship, with Budućnost Podgorica
    • 2010–11 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
    • 2010–11 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley
    • 2011–12 Slovenian Cup, with ACH Volley
    • 2011–12 Slovenian Championship, with ACH Volley

References

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  1. ^ "Kolaković: Želim da vodim Crnu Goru!". Montenegro magazin (in Montenegrin). 15 December 2016. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  2. ^ "Mistrz Europy i Azji trenerem Jurajskich Rycerzy!". Warta Zawiercie (in Polish). 14 May 2020. Retrieved 14 May 2020.
  3. ^ "Zvanično: Kolaković ponovo na klupi odbojkaških Orlova". Sportklub (in Serbian). 10 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  4. ^ "Halkbank'ta Kolakovic dönemi". Voleybolunsesi (in Turkish). 12 June 2024. Retrieved 12 June 2024.
  5. ^ "BREAKING: Kolaković resigns as head coach of Serbia!". WorldofVolley. 15 September 2014. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  6. ^ "OFFICIAL: Igor Kolakovic takes over Iran!". WorldofVolley. 5 February 2017. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  7. ^ "Iran volleyball crowned Asian champions". Tehran Times. 21 September 2019. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
  8. ^ "IRN M: Kolaković and Iran are parting ways". WorldofVolley. 28 March 2020. Retrieved 19 April 2020.
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Sporting positions
Preceded by Head coach of Serbia
2022–2024
Succeeded by
TBD
Preceded by Head coach of Iran
2017–2020
Succeeded by
Preceded by Head coach of Serbia
2006–2014
Succeeded by