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Ivan Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Миљковић pronounced [ǐv̞an mǐːʎkɔv̞it͡͡ɕ]; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian volleyball player, a member of Serbia men's national volleyball team in 1998–2012, Olympic Champion 2000, European Champion (2001, 2011), medalist of World Championship, World Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and World League.

Career
Clubs
After this success he changed his club and started playing for Italian Lube Banca Macerata. In 2001 the Yugoslav team won the European Volleyball Championship[1] in Ostrava, Czech Republic. With his club, Lube Banca Macerata, he also won the Champions League (2001), twice the Italian Cup (2001, 2003) and three times the CEV Cup (2001, 2005, 2006).

On 18 July 2007 he signed a contract with the M. Roma Volley. The following year, on 5 July 2008, Olympiacos, announced that he will be continuing his career in Greece. In 2009 he won the Greek Championship and the Greek Cup and in 2010 the championship. On 30 June 2010 he signed a two-year contract for Fenerbahçe SK of Turkey.[2] With Fenerbahçe he won 2011 and 2012 Turkish volleyball league, 2012 Turkish Cup, 2011 and 2012 Turkish Super Cup and 2014 European Challenge Cup. Miljković played for Fenerbahçe Grundig in 2010–2015.[3] Miljković in 2015 sing in Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. Miljković in 2016 back to Turkey League.[4]

He ended up his career after achieving gold medal of Turkish Championship in May 2017 with Halkbank Ankara team.[5]

National team
He played in the national team of FR Yugoslavia for the first time a year later (on 4 October 1998, in a game against Turkey). In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić, Nikola Grbić, Andrija Gerić, Goran Vujević) won the Olympic gold medal.[6] In the final match against Russia Ivan Miljković scored the last point and after that fell on his knees. In March 2012, has officially retired from the Serbian National Team after 14 years and 288 played matches. The only player to win MVP of the FIVB World League 3 times in a row (2002, 2003, 2004) and only player to win 4 MVP awards during the FIVB World League (2002, 2003, 2004, 2006).

Style of play
Miljković is regularly on the top of the best spikers list in the tournaments and has a great jump serve. He is very well built and extremely strong opposite hitter who has variety of different shots; he can swing the ball away with a power or using his good technique. For an extremely big player Miljković moves surprisingly well. He has a good footwork and is quick from his feet; therefore he is able to generate good speed for his approach from any distance to the ball.

2009 World League "Best Scorer"
2010 Greek Volley League "Most Valyable Player[8]
2009–10 CEV Champions League "Best Scorer"
2011 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
2011 Sportsperson of the Year of Niš
Best Volleyball Player in the History by volleyball-movies.net[9]
Serbia's sport Association "May Award"
2013–2014 Challenge Cup "Most Valuable Player"
Record
37 Points – 2002 FIVB World League record[10]
37 Points – 2005 FIVB World League record

Personal information
Full name Ivan Miljković
Nationality Serbian
Born 13 September 1979 (age 41)
Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia
Hometown Nis (Serbia)
Height 2.06 m (6 ft 9 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Spike 354 cm (139 in)
Block 333 cm (131 in)
Volleyball information
Position Opposite
Current club retired
Number 14
Career
Years Teams
1996–2000
2000–2007
2007–2008
2008–2010
2009
2010
2010–2015
2011
2015–2016
2016–2017 OK Partizan
Lube Banca Macerata
M. Roma Volley
Olympiacos Piraeus
→ Al Rayyan
→ Al Rayyan
Fenerbahçe Istanbul
→ Al Arabi
Cucine Lube Civitanova
Halkbank Ankara