Aaron Younger (born 25 September 1991) is an Australian water polo player. He was born in

Attadale, Western Australia Attadale is a riverside suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Melville. It was the first subdivision of Matheson's Melville Water Park Estate. Attadale was named after an estate in Scotland situated on the south side ...

and is tall. He made his debut for the Australian national team in 2009, that year, he was also part of the Australian Universities team that won the World University Games. In 2010, he signed for the Hungarian team Szeged. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the

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in the men's event - he was the youngest player on the team. He also competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics, scoring seven goals in five games. In 2015, he signed for another Hungarian team, Szolnok, before moving to Ferencváros in 2018. At the

2018 FINA Men's Water Polo World Cup The 16th edition of the Men's FINA Water Polo World Cup were held in Berlin, Germany from September 11 to September 16, 2018. Like the final tournament of the 2007 FINA Men's Water Polo World League all matches were contested in the Europasportp ...

, Aaron Younger was nominated best player of the tournament. Younger was picked to captain the Australian team in the men's water polo tournament at the

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. Coached by

Elvis Fatović Elvis Fatović (born 8 May 1971) is a Croatian professional water polo coach and former player. He is currently the head coach of the Club Natació Atlètic-Barceloneta senior men's team. His son Loren is a professional water polo player. Play ...

, the team finished joint fourth on points in their pool but their inferior goal average meant they finished fifth overall and out of medal contention. They were able to upset Croatia in a group stage match 11–8. Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics details the results in depth. He currently plays for Italian club Pro Recco. He has also represented Australia at five World Championships. Original, he focussed on swimming but switched to water polo at the age of 10. He has a Bachelor of Commerce from Curtin University and an MBA from the

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Honours

Club

;Szolnok *

LEN Champions League The LEN Champions League is the top-tier European professional water polo club competition with teams from up to 18 countries. It is organized by the Ligue Européenne de Natation. The competition started in 1963 as European Cup. A change of na ...

: 2016–17 *

LEN Super Cup The LEN Super Cup is an annual water polo match organized by LEN and contested by the reigning champions of the two European club competitions, the LEN Champions League and the LEN Euro Cup. From 1976 to 2002, the LEN Super Cup was contested betwe ...

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* Hungarian Championship: 2015–16, 2016–17 *

Hungarian Cup The Hungarian Cup ( hu, Magyar Kupa) is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association, the ''Magyar Labdarúgó Szövetség,'' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of the Hungarian ...

: 2016–17, 2017–18 *Hungarian Super Cup:

;Ferencvaros *

: 2018–19 *

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* Hungarian Championship: 2018–19 *

: 2018–19, 2019–20 *Hungarian Super Cup:

;Pro Recco *

: 2020–21, 2021–22 *

: 2021 *

Serie A The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...

: 2021–22 *

Coppa Italia The ("Italy Cup") is an annual knockout cup competition in Italian football organized by the FIGC until the 2009–10 season and the Lega Serie A ever since. History The beginning of the tournament was turbulent, due to the complexity of ...

: 2020–21, 2021–22

Awards

* 2015 World Championship Team of the Tournament *

World Cup A world cup is a global sporting competition in which the participant entities – usually international teams or individuals representing their countries – compete for the title of world champion. The event most associated with the concept i ...

MVP In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

: 2018 Berlin

References

External links

* Australian male water polo players 1991 births Living people Olympic water polo players of Australia Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{Australia-waterpolo-bio-stub