Ljubomir Travica
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Nationality | Serbian | ||||||
Born | Ervenik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia | 1 October 1954||||||
Height | 1.97 m (6 ft 6 in) | ||||||
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Current team | ES Tunis | ||||||
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Position | Outside hitter | ||||||
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Ljubomir Travica (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Травица; born 1 October 1954) is a professional volleyball coach and former player from former Yugoslavia. He is the current head coach of Prisma Taranto Volley, in the Italian Volleyball League.
His son, Dragan is a professional volleyball player, a former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team.
Career
[edit]Travica was born in Ervenik and started his career with Mladost Zagreb. In 1980, he participated with Yugoslavia at the 1980 Summer Olympics held in Moscow.
He moved to Italy in 1983, and during his career, played for Panini Modena and Padova in Serie A1 (Italy's top division), and Vimercate and Brugherio in Serie A2. In 1991, he started his coaching career in Serie B1 in Valdagno, and subsequently coached different teams in the A1 and A2 divisions, before moving to Olympiacos Piraeus in Greece. From 2008 to 2011, Travica coached Asseco Resovia in Poland.
Honours
[edit]As a player
[edit]- CEV Challenge Cup
- 1983–84 – with Panini Modena
As a coach
[edit]- Domestic
- 2002–03 Greek Championship, with Olympiacos
- 2008–09 Polish Championship, with Asseco Resovia
- 2012–13 Emir Cup, with Al Rayyan
- 2012–13 Qatari Championship, with Al Rayyan
- 2020–21 Tunisian Cup, with ES Tunis
- 2020–21 Tunisian Championship, with ES Tunis
References
[edit]External links
[edit]- Coach profile at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Coach profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- Coach profile at Volleybox.net
- Coach/Player profile at Olympedia (archive)
- Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)
- 1954 births
- Living people
- People from Ervenik
- Serbs of Croatia
- Yugoslav men's volleyball players
- Serbian men's volleyball players
- Serbia and Montenegro sports coaches
- Serbian volleyball coaches
- Olympic volleyball players for Yugoslavia
- Volleyball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics
- Serbian expatriate volleyball players in Italy
- Yugoslav expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Italy
- Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Greece
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Poland
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Iran
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Russia
- Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Tunisia
- Olympiacos SFP (men's volleyball) coaches
- Resovia (volleyball) coaches
- Expatriate volleyball coaches
- Volleyball coaches of international teams