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
Antequera
Antequera () is a city and municipality in the Comarca de Antequera, province of Málaga, part of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia. It is known as "the heart of Andalusia" (''el corazón de Andalucía'') because of its central locat ...
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 ...
,
Pick Szeged
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Szeged ( , ; see also #Etymology, other alternative names) is List of cities and t ...
(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
Serbia
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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
World Championships
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(
2009
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,
2011
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and
2013
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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 recordOlympic record*
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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