Goran Stojanović (born 24 February 1977) is a Montenegrin-Qatari handball player for the

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and the

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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 Lovćen ( cyrl, Ловћен, ) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names ''Montenegro'' and ''Crna Gora'', both of which mean "Black Mountain" and refer to the appearance of Mount Lov� ...

(2002–2004),

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(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

(2022–present).

International career

At international level, Stojanović represented

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at the 2008 European Championship in the nation's debut appearance in major tournaments. He later switched his allegiance to

, 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 (

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and

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Honours

;Lovćen * Serbia and Montenegro Handball Cup: 2002–03 ;VfL Gummersbach *

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Prev ...

: 2008–09 *

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

: 2009–10,

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;Rhein-Neckar Löwen *

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. I ...

;El Jaish *

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

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stojanovic, Goran 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