Goran Stojanović (born 24 February 1977) is a Montenegrin-Qatari

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player for the

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and the

Qatar Qatar, officially the State of Qatar, is a country in West Asia. It occupies the Geography of Qatar, Qatar Peninsula on the northeastern coast of the Arabian Peninsula in the Middle East; it shares Qatar–Saudi Arabia border, its sole land b ...

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 referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

(2000–2002),

Lovćen Lovćen ( cnr-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 ...

(2002–2004),

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(2004–2005), VfL Pfullingen (2005–2006),

VfL Gummersbach VfL Gummersbach is a professional handball club from the German city of Gummersbach, North Rhine-Westphalia. Currently, VfL Gummersbach competes in the Handball-Bundesliga and the DHB-Pokal. The club has seen great success, especially from the ...

(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 A ...

(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 The 2016 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad () and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event held from 5 to 21 August 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with preliminary events i ...

. Stojanović also won two gold medals at the

Asian Games The Asian Games, also known as Asiad, is a continental multi-sport event held every four years for athletes of Asia. The Games were regulated by Asian Games Federation from the 1951 Asian Games, first Games in New Delhi, India in 1951, until ...

(

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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. Previo ...

: 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 Europe is a continent located entirely in the Northern Hemisphere and mostly in the Eastern Hemisphere. It is bordered by the Arctic Ocea ...

: 2009–10,

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;Rhein-Neckar Löwen *

2012–13 1 (one, unit, unity) is a number, numeral, and glyph. It is the first and smallest positive integer of the infinite sequence of natural numbers. This fundamental property has led to its unique uses in other fields, ranging from science to sp ...

;El Jaish *

Asian Club League Handball Championship The Asian Men's Club League Handball Championship (AHF Club League Championship) is the annual international competition organised by Asian Handball Federation for the men's handball clubs of Asia. In addition to crowning the Asian champions, t ...

: 2014

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Stojanovic, Goran 1977 births Living people Sportspeople from Bar, Montenegro Naturalized citizens of Qatar Qatari people of Montenegrin descent Montenegrin male handball players Qatari male handball players Olympic handball players for 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 gold medalists in handball Asian Games gold medalists for Qatar Asian Games handball players for Qatar RK Crvena zvezda players VfL Gummersbach players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Handball-Bundesliga players Montenegrin expatriate handball players in Germany Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Naturalised handball players Serbia and Montenegro male handball players Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate handball players in Switzerland 21st-century Qatari sportsmen