Goran Stojanović (born 24 February 1977) is a Montenegrin-Qatari
handball player for the
Al Rayyan
Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and funct ...
and the
Qatar
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.
Club career
After starting out at his hometown club
Mornar Bar, Stojanović played for
Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional Association football, foot ...
(2000–2002),
Lovćen
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(2002–2004),
Grasshoppers
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Grasshop ...
(2004–2005), VfL Pfullingen (2005–2006),
VfL Gummersbach
VfL Gummersbach is a handball club from the German city of Gummersbach. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal.
Gummersbach is one of the most successful team-handball clubs ever.
Crest, colours, sup ...
(2006–2011),
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP Are ...
(2011–2014) and
El Jaish (2014–2017) and
Al Rayyan
Al Rayyan (; also spelled as ''Ar Rayyan'') is the third-largest municipality in the state of Qatar. Its primary settlement is the city of the same name, which occupies the entire eastern section and largely surrounds Metropolitan Doha and funct ...
(2022–present).
International career
At international level, Stojanović represented
Montenegro
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at the
2008 European Championship in the nation's debut appearance in major tournaments. He later switched his allegiance to
Qatar
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, winning the gold medal at the
2014 Asian Championship. Stojanović was a member of the team that finished as runners-up at the
2015 World Championship. He subsequently helped Qatar win the
2016 Asian Championship and later participated at the
2016 Summer Olympics. Stojanović also won two gold medals at the
Asian Games (
2014
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and
2018
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).
Honours
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Serbia and Montenegro Handball Cup: 2002–03
;VfL Gummersbach
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EHF Cup
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:
2008–09
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EHF Cup Winners' Cup
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Winners
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: 2009–10,
2010–11
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;Rhein-Neckar Löwen
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EHF Cup
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:
2012–13
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;El Jaish
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Asian Club League Handball Championship
The Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship (AHF Club League Championship) is the official competition organised by Asian Handball Federation for the men's handball clubs of Asia, and takes place every year. In addition to crowning the Asi ...
: 2014
References
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1977 births
Living people
People from Bar, Montenegro
Naturalised citizens of Qatar
Qatari people of Montenegrin descent
Montenegrin male handball players
Qatari male handball players
Olympic handball players of Qatar
Handball players at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Handball players at the 2014 Asian Games
Handball players at the 2018 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2014 Asian Games
Medalists at the 2018 Asian Games
Asian Games medalists in handball
Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar
RK Crvena zvezda players
VfL Gummersbach players
Rhein-Neckar Löwen players
Handball-Bundesliga players
Expatriate handball players
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Qatar