Ljubomir Travica

Ljubomir Travica (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Травица; born 1 October 1954) is a Serbian professional volleyball coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Tunisian team, ES Tunis.

Ljubomir Travica
Personal information
NationalitySerbian
Born (1954-10-01) 1 October 1954
Ervenik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Height1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Coaching information
Current teamES Tunis
Previous teams coached
YearsTeams
1991–1992
1992–1993
1993–1994
1994–1995
1995–1996
1996–1997
1997–1998
1998–1999
1999–2000
2000–2001
2001–2002
2002–2004
2003–2006
2004–2005
2005–2006
2006–2007
2007–2008
2008–2011
2012–2013
2015–2016
2016
2018
2018–2019
2020–		Effedì Valdagno
Spal Ferrara
Latte Giglio Reggio Emilia
Olio Venturi Spoleto
TNT Traco Catania
Colmark Brescia
Olio Venturi Spoleto
Volley Gonzaga Milano
Gabeca Pallavolo
Domino Palermo Volley
Pallavolo Parma
Olympiacos
Serbia and Montenegro
Volley Piacenza
Top Volley Latina
Materdomini Volley
Volley Callipo
Asseco Resovia
Al Rayyan
El Jaish
Shahrdari Urmia
Macedonia
Yenisei Krasnoyarsk
ES Tunis
Volleyball information
PositionOutside hitter
Career
YearsTeams
1982–1983
1983–1984
1984–1985
1985–1989
1989–1990		Mladost Zagreb
Modena Volley
Di.Po. Vimercate
Pallavolo Padova
Gividì Milano
National team
 Yugoslavia
Honours
Men's volleyball
Head coach  Serbia and Montenegro
FIVB World Cup
Bronze medal – third place2003 Japan
FIVB World League
Silver medal – second place2005 Belgrade
Bronze medal – third place2004 Rome
CEV European Championship
Bronze medal – third place2005 Italy/Serbia and Montenegro

His son, Dragan is a professional volleyball player, a former member of the Italy men's national volleyball team.

Career

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

As a player

As a coach
  • 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

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