Nikola Rađen

Nikola Rađen (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Рађен, pronounced [nǐkɔla râd͡ʑɛn]) (born 29 January 1985) is a Serbian water polo player who plays for Greek club AEK Athens. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won with Serbia the 2009 World Championship as well as the 2012 Eindhoven European Championship. Rađen has also won 2 LEN Euroleagues with his former clubs Partizan Raiffeisen (2011) and VK Crvena zvezda (2013).

Nikola Rađen
Personal information
Born	(1985-01-29) 29 January 1985 Sombor, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Serbian
Height	195 cm (6 ft 5 in)
Weight	121 kg (267 lb)
Position	Defender
Handedness	Right
Club information
Current team	AEK Athens
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2000–2002	Vojvodina
2002–2011	Partizan Raiffeisen
2011–2012	NC Chios
2012–2014	Crvena zvezda
2014–2015	Olympiacos
2017	CSM Digi Oradea
2017–2019	WPC Dynamo Moscow
2019–present	Crvena zvezda
National team
Years	Team
2005–2006	Serbia and Montenegro
2006–2015	Serbia
Medal record Olympic Games 2008 Beijing 2012 London World Championship 2009 Rome 2011 Shanghai European Championship 2012 Eindhoven 2014 Budapest 2008 Málaga 2010 Zagreb FINA World League 2008 Genova 2010 Niš 2011 Firenze 2013 Chelyabinsk 2014 Dubai 2009 Podgorica Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 2005 Almeria Universiade 2005 İzmir

National career

2012 Eindhoven

On 16 January, at the European Championship Rađen scored in the first game two goals in an 8–5 win against Spain. After next two games without goals, on 21 January in the fourth match, Rađen scored his third goal of the tournament for his national team in a routine victory against Romania 14–5. Nikola Rađen 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.[1] This was his first gold medal at the European Championships.

Honours

Club

VK Partizan

• National Championship of Serbia (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• National Cup of Serbia (5): 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11
• LEN Euroleague (1): 2011
• Eurointer League (2): 2010, 2011

VK Crvena Zvezda

• LEN Euroleague (1): 2013
• LEN Super Cup (1): 2013
• National Championship of Serbia (1): 2012–13
• National Cup of Serbia (1): 2012–13
• Eurointer League (1): 2013

Olympiacos

• Greek Cup (1): 2014–15[2]

Failed drug test

On May 15, 2015, Serbian media published that Rađen was tested positive for cocaine after the World League game between Serbia and Spain, held on February 17, 2015.[3] The penalty for such doping violation is 4 years of not participating in any kind of sport events. On May 18, 2015, he was officially temporary suspended by FINA due to continued investigation into his positive doping results to cocaine metabolites.[4][5] Furthermore, two days later, Olympiacos, the club with whom he was under the contract, terminated the contract for violating the terms of it.[6] On August 24, 2015, he was officially suspended on a 4-year period by FINA for positive doping results; from tests taking place on February 17, and nearly two months later, on April 15.[7]

See also

• List of Olympic medalists in water polo
• List of world champions in men's water polo

References

1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-12-14. Retrieved 2012-01-29.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
2. Παναθηναϊκός-Ολυμπιακός 10-18. sport24.gr. 9 May 2015. (in Greek).
3. N., V. (18 May 2015). "FINA još ćuti, Rađen čeka kaznu". novosti.rs (in Serbian). Retrieved 18 May 2015.
4. "ADAS: FINA suspendovala Rađena". b92.net (in Serbian). Antidoping Agencija Srbije. Retrieved 18 May 2015.
5. "VSS: Rađen privremeno suspendovan". b92.net (in Serbian). 19 May 2015. Retrieved 19 May 2015.
6. "Olimpijakos otpustio Rađena". b92.net (in Serbian). 20 May 2015. Retrieved 20 May 2015.
7. "Nikola Radjen, Serbian Water Polo Player And Olympic Medalist, Suspended For Four Years By FINA Doping Panel". swimmingworldmagazine.com. 24 August 2015. Retrieved 25 August 2015.

External links

• juegosmediterraneos