Filip Filipović (water polo)

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Filip Filipović
Filipović at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1987-05-02) 2 May 1987 (age 36)
Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Nationality Serbian
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight 101 kg (223 lb)
Position Right Driv
Handedness Left
Senior clubs
Years Team
2002–2009
Partizan
2009–2012
Pro Recco
2012–2014
Radnički Kragujevac
2014–2020
Pro Recco
2020–2021
Szolnoki Vízilabda
2021–2023
Olympiacos
2023–2024
Novi Beograd

Filip Filipović (

FINA magazine.[3] He played for Pro Recco in Italy and won three LEN Champions League and three LEN Super Cup with them.[4] Currently, he plays for Novi Beograd
.

Filipović was given the honour to

flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics
.

Club career

Pro Recco

In February 2010. Filip and his Pro Recco teammate

2011–12 season

In the second round of the

Spartak Volgograd. On 29 October, in the Adriatic League seventh round 13–9 home win against Mladost, Filipović scored two goals.[10] On 26 November Filipović scored a goal in the Euroleague third round, in a 10–8 win against Jadran Herceg Novi. Filipović scored two goals on 3 December in a humiliating 21–0 defeat over POŠK in the twelfth round of the Adriatic League.[11] In the thirteenth round on 10 December, Filipović scored another two goals against Mornar Split in a 20–8 away win.[12] On 8 February 2012. in the fifth round of the Euroleague, Filipović scored two goals in a 15–7 win against CN Marseille. 3 days later he scored another two goals but in the Adriatic League fifteenth round 9–8 home win against Jug CO.[13] He scored one more in a win over Primorje EB by 13–6 on 18 February, in the sixteenth round.[14] On 25 February, in the last round of the Euroleague group stage, Filipović was the top scorer in the 18–7 away win against Spartak Volgograd with five goals.[15] Four days later, Filipović scored another five goals but in the Adriatic League fourteenth-round game behind, in a 21–5 easy home win over Mornar BS.[16] On 3 March Filipović scored two goals in a 12–7 Adriatic League away win against Mladost, the second goal was his 20th so far.[17]

National career

Filip finally scored his first two goals on 17 January at the European Championship against Germany in the second game which the Serbs won by a score of 13–12. On 19 January, in the third game of the tournament, Filipović scored two goals in a big 15–12 victory against rivals and defending European champions Croatia. He will also remember the match for the unsportsmanlike conduct of Croat Nikša Dobud who deliberately struck him from behind, resulting in serious bruising underneath Filipović's right eye. Filipović responded by scoring two goals against the Croatians and waving the Serbian three-finger salute at the Croatian bench. On 27 January Filipović scored three goals in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. Filip Filipović won the 2012 European Championship on 29 January. He scored a goal in the final against Montenegro which his national team won by 9–8.[18] This was his third gold medal at the European Championships.

Filipović was the joint top goalscorer at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with 19 goals.[19]

Honours

Filipović has played for the Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia national team more than 381 times and has scored more than 677 goals. He has 35 medals with his national team, the most notable being gold medals representing Serbia at the World Championships in 2009 Rome and 2015 Kazan, as well as gold medals and individual MVP awards at the Olympics in 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo.[1][20][21]

Club

Partizan
  • Serbian Championship
    : 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
  • Serbian Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
Pro Recco
Radnički Kragujevac
Szolnok Vízilabda

Olympiacos

Novi Beograd

Awards

Personal life

Filipović is married to Sanja and has a son and a daughter.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Filip Filipović Archived 6 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Filip Filipović Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. ^ a b c Filip Filipović Archived 19 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. ^ Craig Lord: Germany Back On Top In European Vote. SwimNews.com. Retrieved on 11 August 2016.
  5. ^ "Sonja Vasić i Filip Filipović nose zastavu Srbije na otvaranju Olimpijskih igara" [Sonja Vasić and Filip Filipović will carry the Serbian at the Olympic opening ceremonies]. rts.rs (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. ^ Pro Recco u Triglav Jadranskoj ligi. Vaterpolo Magazin (29 June 2011)
  7. ^ "Pro Recco 16–4 Koper Rokava". hvs. 24 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
  8. ^ "Jug CO 7–10 Pro Recco". hvs. 1 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  9. ^ "Pro Recco 15–8 Primorje EB". hvs. 15 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ "Pro Recco 13–9 Mladost". hvs. 29 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
  11. ^ "Pro Recco 21–0 POŠK". hvs. 3 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
  12. ^ "Mornar BS 8–20 Pro Recco". hvs. 10 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
  13. ^ "Pro Recco 9–8 Jug CO". hvs. 11 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  14. ^ "Primorje EB 6–13 ro Recco". hvs. 11 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  15. ^ "PALLANUOTO, SAVONA E RECCO REGINE DI COPPA". liguria notizie. 27 February 2012.
  16. ^ "Pro Recco 21–5 Mornar BS". hvs. 29 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
  17. ^ "Mladost 7–12 Pro Recco". hvs. 3 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
  18. ^ Serbia 2012 European champions Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Waterpoloworld.com. Retrieved on 11 August 2016.
  19. IOC. p. 100. Archived
    from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  20. ^ "Serbia wins its 1st men's water polo gold". USA Today. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  21. ^ "Filipovic, Serbia top Greece 13-10 for men's water polo gold". Associated Press News. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  22. ^ "Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség". waterpolo.hu. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  23. ^ "Στο θρόνο ο Φιλίποβιτς!". pisina.net (in Greek). Retrieved 6 June 2022.

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Sporting positions
Preceded by Serbia captain
2017–
Succeeded by
Incumbent
Awards
Preceded by Most Valuable Player of
Water Polo World Championship

2011
Succeeded by
Preceded by
FINA Water Polo Player of the Year

2011
2014
2021
Succeeded by
Croatia Josip Pavić
 Serbia
Incumbent
Preceded by Swimming World Magazine
Water Polo Player of the Year

2016
2021
Succeeded by
Hungary Márton Vámos
Incumbent
Preceded by
Ivana Anđušić Maksimović
Flagbearer for  Serbia
(with Sonja Vasić)
Tokyo 2020
Succeeded by
Incumbent