Rajko Prodanović
{{short description|Serbian handball player (born 1986)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}
{{Infobox handball biography
| name = Rajko Prodanović
| image = Rajko Prodanovic 20170924.jpg
| image_size = 200px
| caption = Prodanović in 2017
| full_name = Rajko Prodanović
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|04|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Gajdobra, SFR Yugoslavia
| nationality = Serbian
| height = 1.86 m
| position = Right wing
| currentclub =
| clubnumber =
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 = Jugović
| years1 = 2002–2008
| clubs1 = Jugović
| years2 = 2008–2010
| clubs2 = Antequera
| years3 = 2010–2011
| clubs3 = Vardar
| years4 = 2011–2013
| clubs4 = Pick Szeged
| years5 = 2013–2014
| clubs5 = Rhein-Neckar Löwen
| years6 = 2014–2016
| clubs6 = Pick Szeged
| years7 = 2016–2018
| clubs7 = Meshkov Brest
| years8 = 2018–2020
| clubs8 = Vojvodina
|
|
| nationalyears1 = 2006–2018
| nationalteam1 = Serbia
| nationalcaps1 = 111
| nationalgoals1 = 265
| medaltemplates =
{{MedalSport|Men's handball}}
{{MedalCountry|{{SCG}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|U21 World Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2005 Hungary|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|U19 World Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2005 Qatar|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|U18 European Championship}}
{{MedalGold|2004 Serbia and Montenegro|Team}}
{{MedalCountry|{{SRB}}}}
{{MedalCompetition|European Championship}}
{{MedalSilver|2012 Serbia|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Mediterranean Games}}
{{MedalGold|2009 Pescara|Team}}
}}
Rajko Prodanović ({{Lang-sr-Cyrl|Рајко Продановић}}; born 24 April 1986) is a Serbian handball player for Hercegovac Gajdobra.
Club career
After starting out at Jugović, Prodanović moved to Spain and joined Antequera in 2008. He also played abroad for Vardar, Pick Szeged (two spells), Rhein-Neckar Löwen, and Meshkov Brest. In 2018, Prodanović returned to his homeland and signed with Vojvodina.
International career
=Youth=
At youth level, Prodanović was a regular member of the Serbia and Montenegro winning squad at the 2004 European Under-18 Championship.{{Cite web | url=http://arhiva.glas-javnosti.rs/arhiva/2004/08/02/srpski/S04080109.shtml | title=Plavi bez poraza do zlata | language=Serbian | publisher=glas-javnosti.rs | date=2 August 2004 | access-date=24 December 2020}} He subsequently helped the nation win the gold medal at the World Under-19 Championship in August 2005.{{Cite web | url=https://www.novosti.rs/vesti/sport.72.html:172924-Apsolutni-sampioni | title=Apsolutni šampioni | language=Serbian | publisher=novosti.rs | date=12 August 2005 | access-date=24 December 2020}} Later that month, Prodanović also participated at the 2005 World Under-21 Championship, as the team finished as runners-up.{{Cite web | url=https://www.b92.net/sport/rukomet/vesti.php?yyyy=2005&mm=08&dd=29&nav_id=175512 | title=Srebro za plave u Budimpešti | language=Serbian | publisher=b92.net | date=29 August 2005 | access-date=24 December 2020}}
=Senior=
A full Serbia international since its inception,{{Cite web | url=https://www.sportskacentrala.com/2006/10/05/26899/ | title=Novi početak za srpski rukomet | language=Serbian | publisher=sportskacentrala.com | date=5 October 2006 | access-date=22 June 2020}} Prodanović was a member of the team that won the silver medal at the 2012 European Championship.{{Cite web | url=https://www.b92.net/sport/rukomet/vesti.php?yyyy=2012&mm=01&dd=29&nav_id=578134 | title=Srbija osvojila srebro u Beogradu | language=Serbian | publisher=b92.net | date=29 January 2012 | access-date=22 June 2020}} He also participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics and three World Championships (2009, 2011 and 2013).
Honours
;Meshkov Brest
- Belarusian Men's Handball Championship: 2016–17, 2017–18
- Belarusian Men's Handball Cup: 2016–17, 2017–18
;Vojvodina
- Serbian Handball Super League: 2018–19
- Serbian Handball Cup: 2018–19
- Serbian Handball Super Cup: 2018, 2019
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
{{Commons category}}
- {{EHF|id=518411|new_id=fasL5zbODwkQx-wh8jMDfw}}
- [https://mksz.hu/v2h/901/002/p_002.asp?p_szemely_kod=32441 MKSZ record] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220122222547/https://mksz.hu/v2h/901/002/p_002.asp?p_szemely_kod=32441 |date=2022-01-22 }}
- {{Olympedia|123413}}
- {{Olympics.com|rajko-prodanovic|org_archive=20200625112018}}
- {{OKS profile|rajko-prodanovic}}
{{Serbia squad 2009 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Serbia squad 2011 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Serbia squad 2012 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Serbia handball squad 2012 Summer Olympics}}
{{Serbia squad 2013 World Men's Handball Championship}}
{{Serbia squad 2014 European Men's Handball Championship}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Prodanovic, Rajko}}
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Category:Competitors at the 2009 Mediterranean Games
Category:Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
Category:Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia
Category:Olympic handball players for Serbia
Category:Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics
Category:SC Pick Szeged players
Category:Rhein-Neckar Löwen players
Category:Handball-Bundesliga players
Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia
Category:Serbian expatriate handball players in Germany
Category:Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Belarus
Category:Sportspeople from Bačka Palanka
Category:Serbia and Montenegro male handball players
Category:Serbian expatriate handball players in Hungary