Živko Gocić ( sr-cyrl, Живко Гоцић; born 22 August 1982) is a former Serbian

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player. He was a member of the Serbian teams that won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and a gold medal in 2016. He also held the world title in 2009 and 2015 and the European title in 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2016. In December 2013 he became captain of the national team.Živko Gocić
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Club career

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On 27 September 2011, Gocić scored a goal in the first round of the Vodafone OB-1, in the 9–7 away win against Szentesi VK. Gocić scored his second goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the third round easy 12–5 away win against

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. Gocić scored his third goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the fourth round 10–9 away win against BVSC- Zugló. Gocić scored his fourth goal in the 10–9 Vodafone OB-1 fifth round home defeat to ZF-Eger. Gocić scored his fifth goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the sixth round 16–7 easy away win against FTC Fisher Klíma. Gocić scored his sixth goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the eight round 13–6 away win against Groupama Honvéd. Gocić scored his seventh goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the 7–6 ninth round home defeat to TEVA-VasasUNIQA. Živko Gocić scored two goals in the 9–4 Vodafone OB-1 home win against Debrecen Fujitsu.

National career

Gocić scored his first goal at the European Championship on 17 January against

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in a second game which the

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won by 13–12. On 19 January, in a third game of the tournament, he scored his second goal in a difficult 15–12 victory against the defending European champions

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. On 21 January in the fourth match, Gocić scored his third goal of the tournament for his national team in a routine victory against

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14–5. On 23 January, in the last round of group A, which Serbia lost to

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with 11–7, Gocić scored two goals. On 29 January, Gocić won the European Championship with his

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beating in the final

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by 9–8.Serbia 2012 European champions
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Honours

Club

;VK Partizan * National Championship of Serbia: 2008–09, 2009–10 * National Cup of Serbia: 2008–09, 2009–10 * Eurointer League: 2010

Personal life

Gocić is married to Svetlana and has a son Rodic.

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gocic, Zivko 1982 births Living people Sportspeople from Belgrade Serbian male water polo players Water polo centre backs Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Serbia in water polo Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia in water polo World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo European champions for Serbia and Montenegro European champions for Serbia Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Serbian water polo coaches Serbian expatriates in Hungary Serbian expatriates in Italy Serbian expatriates in Russia