{"id":161089,"date":"2025-01-28T15:44:25","date_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:44:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/?p=161089"},"modified":"2025-01-28T15:44:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-28T13:44:26","slug":"romanian-takes-the-helm-of-the-eagles-serbias-volleyball-team-gets-a-new-head-coach-photo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/romanian-takes-the-helm-of-the-eagles-serbias-volleyball-team-gets-a-new-head-coach-photo\/","title":{"rendered":"ROMANIAN TAKES THE HELM OF THE EAGLES: Serbia\u2019s volleyball team gets a new head coach! (PHOTO)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Following the end of Igor Kolakovi\u0107\u2019s tenure, Serbia\u2019s men\u2019s national volleyball team has appointed a foreign coach.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>George Cre\u021bu, a 56-year-old Romanian, has been named the head coach of Serbia\u2019s senior men\u2019s national team. Cre\u021bu is currently the coach of Polish club SKRA Be\u0142chat\u00f3w, where Serbian players Miran Kujund\u017ei\u0107 and Pavle Peri\u0107 play.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;First of all, it is a great honor for me to coach the Serbian national team! Being a head coach in such a strong sporting country as Serbia is truly very special for me, and I believe it would be for any coach in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I know the players very well; at this level, we are all familiar with the details of every team. If my memory serves me correctly, in the past two years, I have faced Serbia four times (as the coach of Slovenia). However, I am less familiar with the younger players, but I will do my best to get to know them better.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">FIND OUT MORE IN ENGLISH:<\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fserbiantimes%2Fposts%2Fpfbid035tnqs639dei1FVRcfw5FVK9kzGH1P1dadS8dqANeTj9hCRjzgbtZLJNEFjREjUztl&#038;show_text=true&#038;width=500\" width=\"500\" height=\"577\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p>My plan is to bring some new players into the team in specific positions and gradually integrate them into the squad. Together with the more experienced players, we will find the right path. I know this is a significant challenge, but that is precisely why I accepted it!&#8221; Cre\u021bu emphasized in his first statement to the Serbian Volleyball Federation&#8217;s website.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A former blocker for Dinamo Bucharest, German club Lohhof, and Austrian teams HotVolleys Vienna, Sokol Vienna, and Union Perchtoldsdorf, Cre\u021bu began his coaching career with the Austrian clubs where he once played. In the 2007\/2008 season, he served as the head coach of Romania\u2019s national team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From 2014 to 2019, Cre\u021bu led Estonia\u2019s national team, winning bronze at the 2018 FIVB Challenger Cup and two gold medals in the European League and Golden European League in 2016 and 2018, respectively.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><mark style=\"background-color:#FFFFFF;color:#d21414\" class=\"has-inline-color\">MORE TOPICS: <\/mark><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/serbiantimes.info\/en\/no-one-like-the-serbs-how-our-people-made-a-famous-hollywood-actors-night-at-trumps-inauguration-video\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">\u201cNO ONE LIKE THE SERBS\u201d: How our people made a famous Hollywood actor\u2019s night at Trump\u2019s inauguration! 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