# Ivan Miljković

Ivan Miljković (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Миљковић; born 13 September 1979) is a Serbian businessman and former professional volleyball player. Miljković was a member of the Serbia men's national volleyball team from 1998–2012. He is an Olympic Champion (2000), a European Champion (2001, 2011), and a medalist of the FIVB Volleybal Men's World Championship, World Grand Champions Cup, World Cup and World League.
After retiring from his active playing career, Miljković remained engaged in sport in different positions (governance, marketing, campaigns, management). He also resumed his education in the areas of economy and finance.

## 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 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. 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. Miljković in 2015 sing in Italian club Cucine Lube Civitanova. Miljković in 2016 back to Turkey League.
He ended up his career after achieving gold medal of Turkish Championship in May 2017 with Halkbank Ankara team.

### 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. 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).

## Sports business professional career

* Chief Athletes Commission – Olympic Committee of Serbia
* Executive Board Member – Olympic Committee of Serbia
* 1st Vice President – Volleyball Federation of Serbia

## Executive education

* Université de Limoges Master's degree, Sport Governance, 2020 - 2022
* Harvard Business School Online, Alternative Investments, Jan 2022 - Feb 2022, Private Equity, Private Debt, Distressed Investing and Secondaries, Hedge Funds, Real Estate, Portfolio Construction
* Faculty of Economics, Finance and Administration - FEFA, Business Administration, Management and Operations

## 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.

## Sporting achievements
### Clubs
#### CEV Champions League

* 2001/2002 – with Lube Macerata
* 2015/2016 – with Cucine Lube Civitanova

#### CEV Challenge Cup

* 2000/2001, 2004/2005, 2005/2006 – with Lube Macerata
* 2013/2014 – with Fenerbahçe

#### CEV Cup

* 2007–2008 – with M. Roma

#### National League

* Champions Italia – 2005–2006
* Champions Greece – 2008–2009, 2009–2010
* Champions Turkey – 2010–2011, 2011–2012, 2016–2017
* Champions Qatar – 2009, 2010, 2012

### Individually

* 2001 World League "Most Valuable Player"
* 2001 World League "Best Scorer"
* 2001 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
* 2001 European Championship "Best Scorer"
* 2001 World Grand Champions Cup "Most Valuable Player"
* 2001 World Grand Champions Cup "Best Scorer"
* 2002 Serie A1 League "Most Valuable Player"
* 2002 World League "Most Valuable Player"
* 2002 World League "Best Scorer"
* 2003 World League "Most Valuable Player"
* 2003 World League "Best Scorer"
* 2005 World League "Most Valuable Player"
* 2005 World League "Best Scorer"
* 2005 World League "Best Server"
* 2005 European Championship "Best Server"
* 2005–06 Top Teams Cup "Most Valuable Player"
* 2005–06 Top Teams Cup "Best Scorer"
* 2005–06 Top Teams Cup "Best Blocker"
* 2006 Serie A1 League "Most Valuable Player"
* 2007 European Championship "Best Scorer"
* 2007–08 CEV Cup "Best Spiker"
* 2008 World League "Best Scorer"
* 2009 World League "Best Scorer"
* 2010 Greek Volley League "Most Valyable Player
* 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
* Serbia's sport Association "May Award"
* 2013–2014 Challenge Cup "Most Valuable Player"

### Record

* 37 Points – 2002 FIVB World League record
* 37 Points – 2005 FIVB World League record