Nikola Grbić is a former Serbian volleyball player. He was born in a volleyball family, where his father Miloš Grbić was in the national team of Yugoslavia that won first medal in history on European Championship in 1975. His brother Vladimir is one of the best players Serbia ever had and he is in volleyball hall of fame in Holy Oak.
He played for national team of Yugoslavia, then Serbia and Montenegro, and finally for Serbia. He started playing for GIK Banat in 1987 and after that he played for Vojvodina. In 1995 he goes to Italy and plays there for various teams until 2013, when he goes to Zenit Kazan and plays there until his retirement in 2014. He won a lot of trophies with clubs and national team, from where the most notable are definitely golden medal at summer Olympic games in Sydney in 2000, and golden medal in European championship in 2001. He was a captain of national team from 1999 to 2010. He was one of the best setters in the world claiming that prize multiple times. In 1997, he was named the best player of the world.
He won volleyball champions league twice, and he played several more times on the Final Four tournament. He won national titles with almost every club he played in, which includes Yugoslav, Italian and Russian national championship. He was awarded "Sportsman of the year" in 1997, which was awarded by the Olympic committee of Serbia.
After retiring from active playing, he started his coaching career in Italian club Sir Safety Perugia. In February 2015, he became head coach of the national team of Serbia. In his first major tournament as a head coach, national team of Serbia finished 7th on the European Championship in 2015.
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