Slobodan Soro (

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: Слободан Соро; born December 23, 1978) is a Serbian-born Brazilian

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goalkeeper. As a member of the

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at the 2008 Beijing Olympics and the

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, he won the bronze medal in both of those Olympics.Slobodan Soro
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. It was his second gold medal in the competition. In 2011 he won the National Championship and National Cup of Serbia,

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and Eurointer League with Partizan Raiffeisen. In 2015 he became a Brazilian naturalized citizen and was a member of the Brazil national team that competed at the

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. He was the top goalkeeper at the

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, with 81 saves.

Club career

Slobodan Soro played for numerus clubs, including VK Vojvodina, VK Beograd, VK Bečej, VK Dinamo,

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VK Partizan Vaterpolo klub Partizan ( sr-cyr, Ватерполо клуб Партизан) is a professional water polo club based in Belgrade, Serbia. VK Partizan is one of the sports clubs in Serbia that is part of sport society Partizan. As of 2021–22 ...

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, CN Sabadell,

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and now S.S. Lazio.

VK Partizan

In July 2010, the goalkeeper of VK Partizan and Serbian national team, signed a new two-year contract with Serbian champions. Partizan had financial problems, so that at one time Soro's stay at the club was questioned, but in the end it was all denied by him signing a new contract.

National career

2012 Samartzidis Cup

From 9 to 11 January 2012. Soro competed with his national team on the

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in the Samaridis Cup which was more a like preparation tournament for the upcoming 2012 European Championship held in Eindhoven. He and his team-mates finished second behind the

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on goal difference. However, Soro was named as the best goalkeeper of the tournament.

2012 Eindhoven

On 16 January, at the European Championship Soro had a brilliant game making 14 saves in the first game in an 8–5 win against

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. On 29 January, Soro won the European Championship with his

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beating in the final

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by 9–8. Unlike in the semifinal game against

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were Soro was substituted by

Branislav Mitrović Branislav Mitrović ( sr-cyr, Бранислав Митровић; born 30 January 1985) is a Serbian water polo goalkeeper for Vasas and the Serbia men's national water polo team. He won the European title in 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018, the world ...

because of the poor play, he absolutely dominated on the goal of Serbia in the final match. This was his second gold and overall fourth European medal.

Honours

Club

VK Bečej * National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 1999–2000 * National Cup of Yugoslavia (1): 1999–2000 *

(1): 1999–2000 VK Partizan * National Championship of Serbia (3): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11 * National Cup of Serbia (4): 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11, 2011–12 *

(1):

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(1): 2011 *

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(1): 1997–98 * Eurointer League (2): 2010, 2011 Botafogo * National Championship of Brazil (1): 2015 * Rio de Janeiro State Championship (1): 2016 * South America Championship (1): 2017

Individual

* FINA World Cup Best Goalkeeper (1): 2010 Oreada * FINA World League Best Goalkeeper (1): 2011 Firenze *Samaridis Cup Best Goalkeeper (1): 2012 Chios * Serbia's sport association "May Award" : 2012

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soro, Slobodan 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Novi Sad Serbian male water polo players Serbian expatriates in Brazil Brazilian people of Serbian descent Brazilian male water polo players Water polo goalkeepers Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2008 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Serbia in water polo Olympic water polo players of Brazil World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo European champions for Serbia Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Water polo players at the 2019 Pan American Games Pan American Games medalists in water polo Pan American Games bronze medalists for Brazil Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games