Filip Filipović (water polo)

Filip Filipović (Serbian Cyrillic: Филип Филиповић; born 2 May 1987) is a Serbian professional water polo player widely considered to be one of the greatest players in the history of the sport. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo teams that won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and gold medals in 2016 and 2020. He also held the world title in 2009 and 2015 and the European title in 2003, 2006, 2012, 2014, 2016 and 2018. He was named Most Valuable Player at the 2011 World Championships. He was also voted as the male water polo "World Player of the Year" in 2009, 2011, 2014 and 2021 by the FINA magazine.[3] He played for Pro Recco in Italy and won three LEN Champions League and three LEN Super Cup with them.[4] Currently, he plays for Novi Beograd.

Filip Filipović
Filipović at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Born (1987-05-02) 2 May 1987
Belgrade, SR Serbia,
SFR Yugoslavia[1]
Nationality Serbian
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)[2]
Weight 101 kg (223 lb)
Position Right Driv
Handedness Left
Club information
Current team Novi Beograd
Number 10
Senior clubs
Years Team
2002–2009
 Partizan
2009–2012
 Pro Recco
2012–2014
 Radnički Kragujevac
2014–2020
 Pro Recco
2020–2021
 Szolnoki Vízilabda
2021–2023
 Olympiacos
2023–
 Novi Beograd
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
Gold medal – first place2020 TokyoTeam
Bronze medal – third place2008 BeijingTeam
Bronze medal – third place2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
Gold medal – first place2009 RomeTeam
Gold medal – first place2015 KazanTeam
Silver medal – second place2011 ShanghaiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 BudapestTeam
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2006 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place2012 Eindhoven
Gold medal – first place2014 Budapest
Gold medal – first place2016 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place2018 Barcelona
Silver medal – second place2008 Málaga
Bronze medal – third place2010 Zagreb
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place2010 Oradea
Bronze medal – third place2018 Berlin
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place2007 Berlin
Gold medal – first place2008 Genova
Gold medal – first place2010 Niš
Gold medal – first place2011 Firenze
Gold medal – first place2013 Chelyabinsk
Gold medal – first place2014 Dubai
Gold medal – first place2015 Bergamo
Gold medal – first place2016 Huizhou
Gold medal – first place2017 Ruza
Gold medal – first place2019 Belgrade
Bronze medal – third place2009 Podgorica
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place2009 Pescara
Gold medal – first place2018 Tarragona


Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
European Championship
Gold medal – first place2003 Kranj
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place2006 Budapest
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place2005 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place2006 Athens
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place2005 Almeria

Filipović was given the honour to carry the national flag of Serbia at the opening ceremony of the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo,[5] becoming the 26th water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.

Club career

Pro Recco

In February 2010. Filip and his Pro Recco teammate Udovičić were guests in Soria. They played an all-stars humanitarian match between Italy and the selection of foreigners playing in the Italian championship, and all proceeds from the match went to charity – to help Haiti, the victims of the recent devastating earthquake. Caps of all players were offered for sale at a symbolic price of 30 euros. It was confirmed on 29 June 2011 that Filip and his teammates from Pro Recco will play in Adriatic Water polo League.[6]

2011–12 season

In the second round of the Adriatic League, on 24 September, Filipović scored his first goal against Koper Rokava in a 16–4 home win.[7] On 1 October 2011. Filipović scored two goals in the Adriatic League, in a 10–7 third round away win against Jug CO.[8] On 15 October Filipović scored a goal in the fifth round of the Adriatic League, in a 15–8 home win against Primorje EB.[9] On 22 October Filipović scored two goals in the first round of the Euroleague Group in an easy 13–5 win over Spartak Volgograd. On 29 October, in the Adriatic League seventh round 13–9 home win against Mladost, Filipović scored two goals.[10] On 26 November Filipović scored a goal in the Euroleague third round, in a 10–8 win against Jadran Herceg Novi. Filipović scored two goals on 3 December in a humiliating 21–0 defeat over POŠK in the twelfth round of the Adriatic League.[11] In the thirteenth round on 10 December, Filipović scored another two goals against Mornar Split in a 20–8 away win.[12] On 8 February 2012. in the fifth round of the Euroleague, Filipović scored two goals in a 15–7 win against CN Marseille. 3 days later he scored another two goals but in the Adriatic League fifteenth round 9–8 home win against Jug CO.[13] He scored one more in a win over Primorje EB by 13–6 on 18 February, in the sixteenth round.[14] On 25 February, in the last round of the Euroleague group stage, Filipović was the top scorer in the 18–7 away win against Spartak Volgograd with five goals.[15] Four days later, Filipović scored another five goals but in the Adriatic League fourteenth-round game behind, in a 21–5 easy home win over Mornar BS.[16] On 3 March Filipović scored two goals in a 12–7 Adriatic League away win against Mladost, the second goal was his 20th so far.[17]

National career

Filip finally scored his first two goals on 17 January at the European Championship against Germany in the second game which the Serbs won by a score of 13–12. On 19 January, in the third game of the tournament, Filipović scored two goals in a big 15–12 victory against rivals and defending European champions Croatia. He will also remember the match for the unsportsmanlike conduct of Croat Nikša Dobud who deliberately struck him from behind, resulting in serious bruising underneath Filipović's right eye. Filipović responded by scoring two goals against the Croatians and waving the Serbian three-finger salute at the Croatian bench. On 27 January Filipović scored three goals in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. Filip Filipović 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.[18] This was his third gold medal at the European Championships.

Filipović was the joint top goalscorer at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, with 19 goals.[19]

Honours

Filipović has played for the Serbia and Montenegro / Serbia national team more than 381 times and has scored more than 677 goals. He has 35 medals with his national team, the most notable being gold medals representing Serbia at the World Championships in 2009 Rome and 2015 Kazan, as well as gold medals and individual MVP awards at the Olympics in 2016 Rio de Janeiro and 2020 Tokyo.[1][20][21]

Club
Partizan
Pro Recco
Radnički Kragujevac
Szolnok Vízilabda

Olympiacos

Awards

Personal life

Filipović is married to Sanja and has a son and a daughter.[3]

See also

References
  1. Filip Filipović Archived 6 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
  2. Filip Filipović Archived 15 August 2016 at the Wayback Machine. rio2016.com
  3. Filip Filipović Archived 19 October 2016 at the Wayback Machine. nbcolympics.com
  4. Craig Lord: Germany Back On Top In European Vote. SwimNews.com. Retrieved on 11 August 2016.
  5. "Sonja Vasić i Filip Filipović nose zastavu Srbije na otvaranju Olimpijskih igara" [Sonja Vasić and Filip Filipović will carry the Serbian at the Olympic opening ceremonies]. rts.rs (in Serbian). Radio Television of Serbia. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
  6. Pro Recco u Triglav Jadranskoj ligi. Vaterpolo Magazin (29 June 2011)
  7. "Pro Recco 16–4 Koper Rokava". hvs. 24 September 2011.
  8. "Jug CO 7–10 Pro Recco". hvs. 1 October 2011.
  9. "Pro Recco 15–8 Primorje EB". hvs. 15 October 2011.
  10. "Pro Recco 13–9 Mladost". hvs. 29 October 2011.
  11. "Pro Recco 21–0 POŠK". hvs. 3 December 2011.
  12. "Mornar BS 8–20 Pro Recco". hvs. 10 December 2011.
  13. "Pro Recco 9–8 Jug CO". hvs. 11 February 2012.
  14. "Primorje EB 6–13 ro Recco". hvs. 11 February 2012.
  15. "PALLANUOTO, SAVONA E RECCO REGINE DI COPPA". liguria notizie. 27 February 2012.
  16. "Pro Recco 21–5 Mornar BS". hvs. 29 February 2012.
  17. "Mladost 7–12 Pro Recco". hvs. 3 March 2012.
  18. Serbia 2012 European champions Archived 14 December 2013 at the Wayback Machine. Waterpoloworld.com. Retrieved on 11 August 2016.
  19. "Official Results Book – 2016 Olympic Games – Water Polo". olympic.org. IOC. p. 100. Archived from the original on 18 December 2018. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  20. "Serbia wins its 1st men's water polo gold". USA Today. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  21. "Filipovic, Serbia top Greece 13-10 for men's water polo gold". Associated Press. 8 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  22. "Magyar Vízilabda Szövetség". waterpolo.hu. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
  23. "Στο θρόνο ο Φιλίποβιτς!". pisina.net (in Greek). Retrieved 6 June 2022.
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