Nikola Rađen ( sr-cyr, Никола Рађен, ) (born 29 January 1985) is a Serbian

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player who plays for Serbian club

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. He was a member of the

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at the

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. He won with Serbia the 2009 World Championship as well as the 2012 Eindhoven European Championship. Rađen has also won 2

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s with his former clubs Partizan Raiffeisen (2011) and VK Crvena zvezda (2013).

National career

2012 Eindhoven

On 16 January, at the European Championship Rađen scored in the first game two goals in an 8–5 win against

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. After next two games without goals, on 21 January in the fourth match, Rađen scored his third goal of the tournament for his national team in a routine victory against

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14–5. Nikola Rađen won the 2012 European Championship on 29 January. He scored a goal in the final against Montenegro which his national team won by 9–8. This was his first gold medal at the European Championships.

Honours

Club

VK Partizan *

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* National Championship of Serbia (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 * National Cup of Serbia (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 * Eurointer League (2): 2010, 2011 VK Crvena Zvezda *

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(1): 2013 * National Championship of Serbia (1): 2012–13 * National Cup of Serbia (1): 2012–13 * Eurointer League (1): 2013 Olympiacos * National Championship of Greece (1): 2014–15 * National Cup of Greece (1): 2014–15 CSM Digi Oradea * National Championship of Rumania (1) : 2016–17 Dynamo Moscow * National Championship of Russia (2): 2017–18, 2018–19 *National Cup of Russia (2): 2017–18, 2018–19

Failed drug test

On May 15, 2015, Serbian media published that Rađen was tested positive for

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after the World League game between Serbia and Spain, held on February 17, 2015. The penalty for such doping violation is 4 years of not participating in any kind of sport events. On May 18, 2015, he was officially temporary suspended by

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due to continued investigation into his positive doping results to cocaine metabolites. Furthermore, two days later,

Olympiacos Olympiacós Sýndesmos Filáthlon Peiraiós ( el, Ολυμπιακός Σύνδεσμος Φιλάθλων Πειραιώς, Olympic Club of Fans of Piraeus) is a major multi-sport club based in Piraeus, Greece. Olympiacos is parent to a number ...

, the club with whom he was under the contract, terminated the contract for violating the terms of it. On August 24, 2015, he was officially suspended on a 4-year period by FINA for positive doping results; from tests taking place on February 17, and nearly two months later, on April 15.

References

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External links

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