Marko Ivović

Marko Ivović (Serbian Cyrillic: Марко Ивовић; born 22 December 1990) is a Serbian professional volleyball player who plays as an outside hitter for Lokomotiv Novosibirsk and the Serbia national team.^[1] He is the 2019 European Champion and the 2016 World League winner with Serbia.

Marko Ivović
Ivović in 2014
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1990-12-22) 22 December 1990 (age 34) Ljig, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Height	1.94 m (6 ft 4 in)
Weight	89 kg (196 lb)
Spike	365 cm (144 in)
Block	330 cm (130 in)
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Current club	Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
Career
Years Teams 2009–2012 2012–2013 2013–2014 2014–2015 2015–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018 2018–2021 2021–2024 2024– Vojvodina Novi Sad Maliye Milli Piyango Paris Volley Asseco Resovia Belogorie Belgorod Asseco Resovia Vôlei Taubaté Lokomotiv Novosibirsk Dynamo LO Lokomotiv Novosibirsk
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

Club

Ivović spent the 2013–14 season playing for Paris Volley. His team won the CEV Cup and he himself was named the Most valuable player of the final.^[2]

In 2014, he moved to the PlusLiga team, Asseco Resovia. He won the 2014–15 CEV Champions League silver medal, having lost to Zenit Kazan in the final, and the 2015 Polish Champion title.^[3][4] In May 2015, he left Resovia and signed a contract with the Russian team, Belogorie Belgorod. In April 2016, he came back to Asseco Resovia for the 2016–17 season.^[5]

In April 2018, Lokomotiv Novosibirsk, announced that they had signed Ivović for the 2018–19 season.^[6]

National team

In 2015, Serbia reached the World League final, but eventually lost to France (0–3), and obtained silver medals.^[7]

On 17 July 2016, the Serbian national volleyball team won their first ever World League title by a 3–0 win over Brazil. Marko Ivović earned the tournament's Most valuable player award.^[8]

Marko Ivović was voted the Best Volleyball Player in Serbia in 2016.^[9]

Honours

Club

• CEV Champions League
  • 2014–15 – with Asseco Resovia
• CEV Cup
  • 2013–14 – with Paris Volley
• Domestic
  • 2009–10 Serbian Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
  • 2011–12 Serbian Cup, with Vojvodina Novi Sad
  • 2013–14 French SuperCup, with Paris Volley
  • 2013–14 French Championship, with Paris Volley
  • 2014–15 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
  • 2019–20 Russian Championship, with Lokomotiv Novosibirsk

Individual awards

• 2014: French Championship – Most valuable player^[10]
• 2014: French Championship – Best receiver
• 2014: CEV Cup – Most valuable player
• 2016: FIVB World League – Best outside spiker
• 2016: FIVB World League – Most valuable player
• 2016: Best Volleyball Player in Serbia