| Ivan Miljković | |
| Fullname: | Ivan Miljković |
| Nationality: | Serbian/Italian |
| Birth Date: | 13 September 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Niš, Serbia, Yugoslavia |
| Hometown: | Nis (Serbia) |
| Height: | 2.06 m |
| Weight: | 100 kg |
| Spike: | 354 cm |
| Block: | 333 cm |
| Position: | Opposite |
| Currentclub: | retired |
| Currentnumber: | 14 |
| Years: | 1996–2000 2000–2007 2007–2008 2008–2010 2009 2010 2010–2015 2011 2015–2016 2016–2017 |
| Teams: | OK Partizan Lube Banca Macerata M. Roma Volley Olympiacos Piraeus → Al Rayyan → Al Rayyan Fenerbahçe Istanbul → Al Arabi Cucine Lube Civitanova Halkbank Ankara |
| Nationalyears: | 1998–2003 2003–2006 2006–2012 |
| Nationalteam: | FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro  Serbia |
| Updated: | 29 December 2017 |
Ivan Miljković (Serbian: Иван Миљковић pronounced as /ǐʋan mǐːʎkoʋitɕ/; born 13 September 1979) is a former 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.
After his active playing career Ivan reminded engaged in sport in different positions (governance, marketing, campaigns, management). After sport career resumed with education in economy and finance in order to get more insights about PE, VC and RE investments and M&A transactions.
Ivan has a strong interest in technologies such as blockchain, smart contracts, NFTs and Metaverse.
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]
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).[7]
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.