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. He played for Pro Recco in Italy and won three LEN Champions League and three LEN Super Cup with them. 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
Nationality Serbian
Height 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Weight 101 kg (223 lb)
Position Right Driv
Handedness Left
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
2023–2024
Novi Beograd
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de JaneiroTeam
2020 TokyoTeam
2008 BeijingTeam
2012 LondonTeam
World Championship
2009 RomeTeam
2015 KazanTeam
2011 ShanghaiTeam
2017 BudapestTeam
European Championship
2006 Belgrade
2012 Eindhoven
2014 Budapest
2016 Belgrade
2018 Barcelona
2008 Málaga
2010 Zagreb
FINA World Cup
2010 Oradea
2018 Berlin
FINA World League
2007 Berlin
2008 Genova
2010 Niš
2011 Firenze
2013 Chelyabinsk
2014 Dubai
2015 Bergamo
2016 Huizhou
2017 Ruza
2019 Belgrade
2009 Podgorica
Mediterranean Games
2009 Pescara
2018 Tarragona


Representing  Serbia and Montenegro
European Championship
2003 Kranj
FINA World Cup
2006 Budapest
FINA World League
2005 Belgrade
2006 Athens
Mediterranean Games
2005 Almeria

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

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