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Goran Stojanović

Goran Stojanović

Montenegrin-Qatari handball player

Goran Stojanović (born 24 February 1977) is a Montenegrin-Qatari handball player for the Al Rayyan and the Qatar.

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Club career

After starting out at his hometown club Mornar Bar, Stojanović played for Crvena zvezda (2000–2002), Lovćen (2002–2004), Grasshoppers (2004–2005), VfL Pfullingen (2005–2006), VfL Gummersbach (2006–2011), Rhein-Neckar Löwen (2011–2014) and El Jaish (2014–2017) and Al Rayyan (2022–present).

International career

At international level, Stojanović represented Montenegro at the 2008 European Championship in the nation's debut appearance in major tournaments. He later switched his allegiance to Qatar,[1] winning the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Championship.[2] 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. Stojanović also won two gold medals at the Asian Games (2014 and 2018).[3]

Honours

Lovćen
VfL Gummersbach
Rhein-Neckar Löwen
El Jaish

References

  1. [1]
    "Qatar found a new goalkeeper". handball-world.news. 2 September 2013. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  2. [2]
    "Thrilling win gives Qatar historic title". gulf-times.com. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
  3. [3]
    "Cosmopolitan Qatar grab second Asian handball crown". yahoo.com. 31 August 2018. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
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