Marko Ivović

Marko Ivović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Ивовић) (born 22 December 1990) is a Serbian volleyball player, member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team, 2019 European Champion, gold medallist of the 2016 World League, Polish Champion (2015), Russian Champion (2020). On club level, he plays for Russian team Dynamo LO.

Marko Ivović posing with the trophy of MVP and cup after the final of the 2013–14 CEV Cup held in Paris.
Marko Ivović
Personal information
Nationality Serb
Born (1990-12-22) 22 December 1990
Ljig, SFR Yugoslavia, Serbia
Height1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Spike365 cm (144 in)
Block330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Current club Dynamo LO
Number15
Career
YearsTeams
2009–2012
2012–2013
2013–2014
2014–2015
2015–2016
2016–2017
2017–2018
2018–2021
2021–		 Vojvodina
Maliye Milli Piyango
Paris Volley
Asseco Resovia
Belogorie Belgorod
Asseco Resovia
Vôlei Taubaté
Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Dynamo LO
National team
2012– Serbia
Honours
Men’s volleyball
Representing  Serbia
FIVB World League
2016 Kraków
2015 Rio de Janeiro
CEV European Championship
2019 Belgium/France/Netherlands/Slovenia
2013 Denmark/Poland

Career

Clubs

In season 2013/2014 played for Paris Volley. His team won CEV Cup and received the Most Valuable Player title of the final. Ivović was voted the Best Player of French volleyball league 2013/2014.[1] In 2014 he moved to Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.[2] In season 2014/2015 he won silver medal of CEV Champions League.[3][4] Then Asseco Resovia Rzeszów, including Ivović, won title of Polish Champion 2015.[5] In May 2015 he left Polish club and went to Russian Belogorie Belgorod. In April 2016 he came back to Asseco Resovia Rzeszów.[6]

In April 2018, Russian club Lokomotiv Novosibirsk announced that they had signed Ivović for the 2018-2019 season.[7]

National team

On July 19, 2015 Serbian national team with him in squad went to the final of World League, but they lost to France 0–3 and won a silver medal.[8][9]

On July 17, 2016, the Serbian national team won their first ever World League title by a 3-0 win over Brazil. Marko Ivović was pronounced MVP of the final game.[10][11]

Marko Ivović was voted the Best Volleyball Player in Serbia in 2016.[12]

Sporting achievements

Clubs

Individual awards

References
  1. Ivovic : «J'ai le volley dans le sang» – lequipe.fr – 04-04-2014
  2. Marko Ivović nowym przyjmującym Asseco Resovii Archived 2016-05-09 at the Wayback Machine – assecoresovia.pl – 12-05-2014
  3. Asseco Resovia ze srebrnym medalem Ligi Mistrzów Archived 2015-04-01 at the Wayback Machine – assecoresovia.pl – 29-03-2015
  4. Three is the magic number for Russian armada from Tatarstan! Archived 2018-02-10 at the Wayback Machine – cev.eu – 29-03-2015
  5. POL M: Madhouse in Rzeszów – Resovia is new Polish champion! – worldofvolley.com – 28-04-2015
  6. Marko Ivović wraca do Asseco Resovii! Archived 2016-05-03 at the Wayback Machine – assecoresovia.pl – 29-04-2016
  7. Braden Keith (2018-05-08). "Marko Ivovic Leaves Brazil, Signs with Russian Team Lokomotiv". VolleyMob.
  8. France upset Serbia to claim first World League title – fivb.org – 19-07-2015
  9. France prevail over Serbia to claim gold; USA finish third – fivb.org – 19-07-2015
  10. MVP performance from Ivovic caps Serbia's success – fivb.org – 17-07-2016
  11. Serbia win first ever World League title – fivb.org – 17-07-2016
  12. Бошковићева и Ивовић најбољи у 2016. години – rts.rs – 30-01-2017
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