Ljubomir Travica

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.

Ljubomir Travica
Personal information
Nationality	Serbian
Born	(1954-10-01) 1 October 1954 Ervenik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Coaching information
Current team	ES Tunis
Previous teams coached Years Teams 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 2016-2017 2018-2019 2018–2019 2019–2023 2023- 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 Prisma Taranto Volley
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Career
Years Teams 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 2003 Japan FIVB World League 2005 Belgrade 2004 Rome CEV European Championship 2005 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

• CEV Challenge Cup
  • 1983–84 – with Panini Modena

As a coach

• AVC Asian Club Championship
  • Iran 2013 – with Al Rayyan

• CAVB African Club Championship
  • Tunis 2021 – with ES Tunis

• 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

External links

• 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)