Ivan Miljković is a Serbia

Serbia

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n volleyball

Volleyball

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 player, whose first club was Student Niš

Niš

Niš is the largest city of southern Serbia and third-largest city in Serbia . According to the data from 2011, the city of Niš has a population of 177,972 inhabitants, while the city municipality has a population of 257,867. The city covers an area of about 597 km2, including the urban area,...

. He started his professional career in Partizan Belgrade

OK Partizan

Odbojkaški klub Partizan is a volleyball club from Belgrade, Serbia. OK Partizan is part of SD Partizan. The club formed in 1945. In its history it won 11 national championships and 7 cups,and it is one of the most successful male team in Serbian volleyball. The women club formed in 1950...

 in 1997 and currently playing for Fenerbahçe Grundig

Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball

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 in Turkey

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. He signed two year contract on 30 June 2010.

Both in the club and in the national team he wears a jersey with number 14.

Club career

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

European Volleyball Championship

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 in Ostrava

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, 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

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 Cup (2001, 2005, 2006).

On July 18, 2007, he signed a contract with the M. Roma Volley

M. Roma Volley

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. The following year, on July 5, 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 June 30, 2010, he signed a two-year contract for Fenerbahçe SK

Fenerbahçe Men's Volleyball

Fenerbahçe Grundig is the men's volleyball department of Fenerbahçe S.K., a major sports club based in Istanbul, Turkey. The senior team's name sponsor is Grundig....

 of Turkey

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.

International career

He played in the national team of FR Yugoslavia for the first time a year later (on October 4, 1998 in a game against Turkey). In 2000 in Sydney the Yugoslav national team

Serbia men's national volleyball team

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 (members of which were also Vladimir Grbić

Vladimir Grbic

Vladimir "Vanja" Grbić is a former Serbian volleyball player. He is 193 cm and played as passer-side attacker. He was born in Klek, then in the Socialist Republic of Serbia, Yugoslavia, now in Serbia...

, Nikola Grbić

Nikola Grbic

Nikola Grbić 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....

, Andrija Gerić

Andrija Geric

Andrija Gerić is a Serbian volleyball player . He started playing volleyball in OK Vojvodina club. He plays for Fenerbahçe Istanbul from Turkey. He signed two years contract on 6 September 2010....

, Goran Vujević

Goran Vujevic

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) won the Olympic gold medal. In the final match against Russia Ivan Miljković scored the last point and after that fell on his knees.

Individual awards

• 2001 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"
• 2001 European Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2002 FIVB World League "Most Valuable Player"
• 2005 European Championship "Best Server"
• 2007 European Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2009 World League Championship "Best Scorer"
• 2011 European Championship "Most Valuable Player"