Igor Kolaković

Igor Kolaković
Igor Kolaković
Personal information
Born	4 June 1965 (age 59); Titograd, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Coaching information
Current team	Halkbank Ankara
Previous teams coached
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
Position	Setter
Career
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
FIVB World League
CEV European Championship
Head coach Iran
FIVB World Grand Champions Cup
AVC Asian Championship

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

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

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 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

As a player

CEV Challenge Cup
- 1989–90 – with Partizan Beograd

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

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

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

External links

Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
Coach profile at Volleybox.net

Sporting positions
Preceded by Slobodan Kovač	Head coach of Serbia 2022–2024	Succeeded by TBD
Preceded by Raúl Lozano	Head coach of Iran 2017–2020	Succeeded by Vladimir Alekno
Preceded by Ljubomir Travica	Head coach of Serbia 2006–2014	Succeeded by Nikola Grbić

[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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