Nikola Grbić

Nikola Grbić Никола Грбић
Personal information
Full name	Nikola Grbić
Born	September 6, 1973 (1973-09-06) (age 38) Klek, SR Serbia, Yugoslavia
Height	1.95 m (6 ft 5 in)
Honours Men's Volleyball Competitor for  Yugoslavia/ Serbia and Montenegro/ Serbia Olympic Games Gold 2000 Sydney Bronze 1996 Atlanta World Championship Silver 1998 Japan Bronze 2010 Italy European Championship Gold 2001 Czech Republic Silver 1997 Netherlands Bronze 1995 Greece Bronze 1999 Austria Bronze 2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro Bronze 2007 Russia World Grand Champions Cup Bronze 2001 Japan World Cup Bronze 2003 Japan World League Silver 2003 Madrid Silver 2005 Belgrade Silver 2008 Rio de Janeiro Silver 2009 Belgrade Bronze 2002 Belo Horizonte Bronze 2004 Rome

Nikola Grbić (Serbian: Никола Грбић; born September 6, 1973) is a Serbian volleyball player. He was born at Klek, Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia, now part of Serbia. Standing at 1,95 m, he plays setter. He is the younger brother of Vladimir Grbić, who also played volleyball on the highest level.

With Yugoslavian national team he won gold medal in the 2000 Summer Olympics and a bronze medal in 1996 at Atlanta. His international victories include a silver medal in the 1998 FIVB Men's World Championship and a bronze medal and a gold medal in the in the 2010 FIVB Men's World Championship, as well as a gold at the 2001 European Championship.

Clubs

Club	Country	From	To
Gik Banat	SFR Yugoslavia	1987–1988	1989–1990
Vojvodina Novi Sad	FR Yugoslavia	1993–1994	1993–1994
Gabeca Galatron Montichiari	Italy	1994–1995	1994–1995
TNT Traco Catania	Italy	1995–1996	1995–1996
Gabeca Fad Montichiari	Italy	1996–1997	1996–1997
TNT Alpitour Cuneo	Italy	1997–1998	1998–1999
Sisley Treviso	Italy	1999–2000	1999–2000
Asystel Milano	Italy	2000–2001	2002–2003
Copra Piacenza	Italy	2003–2004	2006–2007
Itas Diatec Trentino	Italy	2007–2008	2008–2009
Bre Banca Lannutti Cuneo	Italy	2009–2010	~

Palmares

Club

• 3 Coppa Italia (1999, 2000, 2010)
• 1 European Cup Winners' (1998)
• 2 European Supercup (1997, 2000)
• 1 Cup of Champions (2000)
• 1 Top Teams Cup (2006)
• 2 Scudetto (2008, 2010)
• 1 Champions League (2009)
• 1 CEV Cup (2010)
• 1 Italian Supercup (2010)

National team

• 1 Gold medal Olympic Games (2000)
• 1 Bronze medal Olympic Games (1996)
• 1 Silver medal World Championship (1998)
• 1 Bronze medal World Championship (2010)
• 1 Gold medal European Championship (2001)
• 1 Silver medal European Championship (1997)
• 4 Bronze medals European Championship (1995, 1999, 2005, 2007)
• 4 Silver medal World League (2003, 2005, 2008, 2009)
• 2 Bronze medal World League (2002, 2004)
• 1 Bronze medal World Cup (2003)
• 1 Bronze medal World Grand Champions Cup (2001)

Individual awards

• 1997 Yugoslav Olympic Committee award for best sportsman^[1]
• 1997 Best European Player
• 1997 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2001 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2003 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2003 FIVB World Cup "Best Setter"
• 2005 European Championship "Best Setter"
• 2010 FIVB World Championship "Best Setter"

External links

• Profile at Sports-reference.com

References

1. ^ http://www.oks.org.rs/?page_id=462&lang=sr-latn

Persondata
Name	Grbic, Nikola
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Date of birth	September 6, 1973
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