Ljubomir Travica

Ljubomir Travica
Ljubomir Travica
Personal information
Born	1 October 1954; Ervenik, PR Croatia, FPR Yugoslavia
Height	1.97 m (6 ft 6 in)
Coaching information
Current team	Norwid Częstochowa
Previous teams coached
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; 2023–2024; 2025; 2025–	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 Volley ; Gas Sales Piacenza; Norwid Częstochowa
Volleyball information
Position	Outside hitter
Career
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
FIVB World League
CEV European Championship

Ljubomir Travica (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубомир Травица; born 1 October 1954) is a professional volleyball coach and former player from former Yugoslavia. He serves as head coach for the Polish PlusLiga team, Norwid Częstochowa.^[1]

His son, Dragan is a professional volleyball player, a former member of the Italy national 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

References

^ "Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Częstochowa ma nowego trenera". Radio Jura (in Polish). 27 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.

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
Player profile at LegaVolley.it (in Italian)

[1] "Steam Hemarpol Politechnika Częstochowa ma nowego trenera". Radio Jura (in Polish). 27 November 2025. Retrieved 27 November 2025.

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