Filip Filipović (water polo)
Filip Filipović (
Filipović was given the honour to
Club career
Pro Recco
In February 2010. Filip and his Pro Recco teammate
- 2011–12 season
In the second round of the
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
- LEN Super Cup: 2010, 2012, 2015
- Adriatic League: 2011–12
- Serie A1: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Coppa Italia: 2009–10, 2010–11, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
- Radnički Kragujevac
- LEN Euro Cup: 2012–13
- LEN Champions League runners-up: 2013–14
- Szolnok Vízilabda
Olympiacos
- Greek Championship: 2021–22, 2022–23
- Greek Cup: 2021–22, 2022–23
Novi Beograd
- Adriatic League: 2023–24
- Serbian Cup: 2023–24
Awards
- FINA "World Player of the Year" award: 2009, 2011, 2014, 2021
- Swimming World Magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2014, 2016, 2021
- Waterpolo-World Magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2015
- LEN "European Player of the Year" award: 2009, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2021
- Member of the World Team of the Year's 2000-2020 by total-waterpolo
- Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo: 2018, 2021
- Sportsman of The Year by the Serbian Olympic Committee: 2016, 2021
- Serbia's sport association "May Award" : 2007
- Serbian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020
- World Championship Top Scorer: 2009 Rome
- MVP: 2011 Shanghai[3]
- World League MVP: 2019 Belgrade
- World League Top Scorer: 2011 Firenze, 2014 Dubai
- LEN Champions League MVP: 2013–14, 2015–16, 2018–19
- LEN Champions League Top Scorer: 2013–14
- Olympic Tournament Team of the Tournament: 2012 Pekino , 2016 Rio de Janeiro, 2020 Tokyo
- Olympic Tournament Top Scorer: 2016 Rio de Janeiro
- European Championship MVP: 2018 Barcelona
- Adriatic League MVP: 2011–12
- Adriatic League Right Driver of the Year: 2023–24
- Hungarian Championship MVP: 2020–21[22]
- Hungarian Championship Right Driver of the Year: 2020–21
- Greek Championship MVP: 2021–22[23]
- Greek Championship Right Driver of the Year: 2021–22, 2022–23
- Serbian Championship MVP: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14
- Serbian ChampionshipRight Driver of the Year: 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2012–13, 2013–14
- Serbian ChampionshipTop Scorer: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2013–14
- Serie A1 MVP: 2010–11, 2015–16, 2017–18
Personal life
Filipović is married to Sanja and has a son and a daughter.[3]
See also
- Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
- List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
- List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
- List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
- List of flag bearers for Serbia at the Olympics
- List of world champions in men's water polo
- List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo
References
- ^ a b Filip Filipović Archived 6 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
- ^ Filip Filipović Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
- ^ a b c Filip Filipović Archived 19 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
- ^ Craig Lord: Germany Back On Top In European Vote. SwimNews.com. Retrieved on 11 August 2016.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Pro Recco u Triglav Jadranskoj ligi. Vaterpolo Magazin (29 June 2011)
- ^ "Pro Recco 16–4 Koper Rokava". hvs. 24 September 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Jug CO 7–10 Pro Recco". hvs. 1 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pro Recco 15–8 Primorje EB". hvs. 15 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pro Recco 13–9 Mladost". hvs. 29 October 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pro Recco 21–0 POŠK". hvs. 3 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mornar BS 8–20 Pro Recco". hvs. 10 December 2011.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Pro Recco 9–8 Jug CO". hvs. 11 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Primorje EB 6–13 ro Recco". hvs. 11 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "PALLANUOTO, SAVONA E RECCO REGINE DI COPPA". liguria notizie. 27 February 2012.
- ^ "Pro Recco 21–5 Mornar BS". hvs. 29 February 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Mladost 7–12 Pro Recco". hvs. 3 March 2012.[permanent dead link]
- ^ Serbia 2012 European champions Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Waterpoloworld.com. Retrieved on 11 August 2016.
- IOC. p. 100. Archivedfrom the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
- ^ "Serbia wins its 1st men's water polo gold". USA Today. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Filipovic, Serbia top Greece 13-10 for men's water polo gold". Associated Press News. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
- ^ "Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség". waterpolo.hu. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
- ^ "Στο θρόνο ο Φιλίποβιτς!". pisina.net (in Greek). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
External links
- Official website
- Filip Filipović on Instagram
- Filip Filipović at World Aquatics
- Filip Filipović at Olympedia
- Filip Filipović at Olympics.com
- Filip Filipović at the Olimpijski Komitet Srbije (former profile) (in Serbian)