Nikola Grbić

Grbić, coach of Serbian national team, at a press conference during World League in Tehran in July 2016.

Personal information

Nationality

Born

September 6, 1973 (age 43)
Klek, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia

Height

1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)

Weight

91 kg (201 lb)

Spike

346 cm (136 in)

Block

320 cm (130 in)

College(s)

BK University - Management in Sports

Coaching information

Current team

Previous teams coached
Years	Teams
2014–2015 2015– 2016–	Sir Safety Perugia Serbia Calzedonia Verona

Volleyball information

Position

Setter

Career

Years	Teams
1987–1990 1990–1994 1994–1995 1995–1996 1996–1997 1997–1999 1999–2000 2000–2003 2003–2007 2007–2009 2009–2013 2013–2014	Gik Banat Vojvodina Novi Sad Gabeca Montichiari TNT Traco Catania Gabeca Montichiari TNT Alpitour Cuneo Sisley Treviso Asystel Milano Copra Piacenza Itas Diatec Trentino Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo Zenit Kazan

National team

1991–1993
1995–2003
2003–2006
2006–2010

Honours

Last updated: 18 February 2017

Nikola Grbić (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Грбић; born September 6, 1973) is a former Serbian volleyball player, a member of Yugoslavia in 1995–2003, Serbia and Montenegro in 2003–2006 and Serbia in 2006–2010, gold medalist of the Olympic Games Sydney 2000, bronze medalist of the Olympic Games Atlanta 1996, also participant of the Olympic Games (2004 Athens, 2008 Beijing), multimedalist of the World Championships, European Championships and World League, a double Italian Champion (2008, 2010), Russian Champion (2014), head coach of Serbia men's national volleyball team and Calzedonia Verona. He was named European Player of the Year in 2007 and inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame in 2013.

Grbić was born in Klek, SR Serbia, Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. He has older brother Vladimir, who is also former volleyball player. From 2006, married with Stanislava and they have two sons who practice volleyball.