Rajko Prodanović (; born 24 April 1986) is a Serbian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

player for Hercegovac Gajdobra.

Club career

After starting out at Jugović, Prodanović moved to Spain and joined

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in 2008. He also played abroad for

Vardar The Vardar (; mk, , , ) or Axios () is the longest river in North Macedonia and the second longest river in Greece, in which it reaches the Aegean Sea at Thessaloniki. It is long, out of which are in Greece, and drains an area of around . Th ...

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(two spells),

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 Aren ...

, and Meshkov Brest. In 2018, Prodanović returned to his homeland and signed with

Vojvodina Vojvodina ( sr-Cyrl, Војводина}), officially the Autonomous Province of Vojvodina, is an autonomous province that occupies the northernmost part of Serbia. It lies within the Pannonian Basin, bordered to the south by the national capital ...

International career

Youth

At youth level, Prodanović was a regular 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 2004 European Under-18 Championship. He subsequently helped the nation win the gold medal at the World Under-19 Championship in August 2005. Later that month, Prodanović also participated at the 2005 World Under-21 Championship, as the team finished as runners-up.

Senior

A full

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international since its inception, Prodanović was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 2012 European Championship. He also participated in the

2012 Summer Olympics The 2012 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXX Olympiad and also known as London 2012) was an international multi-sport event held from 27 July to 12 August 2012 in London, England, United Kingdom. The first event, the ...

and three

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(

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and

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Honours

;Meshkov Brest *

Belarusian Men's Handball Championship The Belarusian Men's Handball Championship is the national league for team handball in Belarus. The current champions are HC Meshkov Brest, who won 14th title in 2021/22 season. After the launching of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Eu ...

: 2016–17, 2017–18 * Belarusian Men's Handball Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18 ;Vojvodina *

Serbian Handball Super League The Serbian Handball Super League ( sr, Суперлига Србије у рукомету / Superliga Srbije u rukometu) is the top men's handball league in Serbia. It was founded in 2006. Rules Competition format The league is operated by t ...

: 2018–19 *

Serbian Handball Cup Serbian Handball Cup is the nationwide cup tournament for men's handball teams in Serbia. It succeeded in 1992 to the Yugoslavia Cup and became the FR Yugoslavia Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbij ...

: 2018–19 * Serbian Handball Super Cup: 2018, 2019

References

External links

MKSZ record

Olympic record
* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Prodanovic, Rajko 1986 births Living people Serbian male handball players Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Olympic handball players for Serbia Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics RK Jugović players RK Vardar players SC Pick Szeged players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players RK Vojvodina players Liga ASOBAL players Handball-Bundesliga players Expatriate handball players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Serbian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus People from Bačka Palanka Sportspeople from South Bačka District Serbia and Montenegro male handball players