Žarko Šešum (; born 16 June 1986) is a retired Serbian

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player.

Club career

Born in

Bačka Palanka Bačka Palanka ( sr-cyrl, Бачка Паланка, ; hu, Palánka) is a town and municipality located in the South Bačka District of the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia. It is situated on the left bank of the Danube. In 2011 the tow ...

, Šešum started out at his hometown club Sintelon. He was promoted to the senior squad in the 2002–03 season, at age 16. In early 2007, Šešum was transferred to Hungary and signed with

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. He helped the side win three consecutive championships. In 2010, Šešum moved to Germany and joined Rhein-Neckar Löwen, spending the next four years with the club. He subsequently played for fellow German team Frisch Auf Göppingen from 2014 to 2018, winning two successive EHF Cup titles (

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and

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International career

Youth

At youth level, Šešum was an instrumental member of the

Serbia and Montenegro Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup of the Socialist Federal Republic of Yu ...

winning squad at the European Under-18 Championship in August 2004. He subsequently led his nation to the gold medal at the World Under-19 Championship in August 2005. Later the same month, Šešum was an important member of the team that finished as runners-up at the World Under-21 Championship.

Senior

A Serbia international since its inception, Šešum made his major debut for the national team at the 2009 World Championship. He was also a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the 2012 European Championship, but missed the final due to injury. Subsequently, Šešum was selected to compete at the

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Honours

;MKB Veszprém * Nemzeti Bajnokság I: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 * Magyar Kupa: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 * EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2007–08 ;Rhein-Neckar Löwen * EHF Cup:

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;Frisch Auf Göppingen * EHF Cup: 2015–16, 2016–17 ;Kadetten Schaffhausen *

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: 2018–19

References

External links

EHF record

MKSZ record

Olympic record
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sesum, Zarko 1986 births Living people People from Bačka Palanka Serbian male handball players Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Olympic handball players of Serbia Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics RK Sintelon players Veszprém KC players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Frisch Auf Göppingen players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland