Andrija Prlainović
Prlainović after winning 2011 LEN Euroleague
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| Nationality | Serbian |
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28 April 1987 Dubrovnik, SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia |
| Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 93 kg (205 lb) |
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 Serbia
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| Sport | Water polo |
| Club | Szolnoki Dózsa |
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Medal record
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Andrija Prlainović (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Прлаиновић; born 28 April 1987) is a Serbian water polo player. He won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Olympics and a gold medal in 2016. He also held the world title in 2009 and 2015 and the European title in 2006, 2012, 2014 and 2016. Prlainović was born in Dubrovnik, Croatia and raised in Herceg Novi, Montenegro, where he came up through the PVK Jadran youth system. In 2011, he won the LEN Euroleague with VK Partizan and in 2013 with Red Star Belgrade, where he was one of the best scorers.
In June 2010, Fluminense triumphed in the Brazilian championship (in which a record number of foreign players (15) played that year), winning their fifth title. In the finals the team overcame Pinheiros, 13–7. Prlainović scored two goals in the final.
On 17 September 2011, in the first round of the Adriatic League, Prlaionović scored a goal in an easy 14–6 home win against . In the second round on 24 September, he scored his second goal against in a 16–4 home win. On 1 October Prlainović scored his second Adriatic goal in a 10–7 away win against . On 8 October in the Adriatic League fourth round, Prlainović and his team-mate and fellow countryman Pijetlović were the top scorers with each scoring three times in a 14–8 away win against . Prlainović scored two goals in the fifth round on 15 October, in a 15–8 home win against . On 22 October Prlainović scored two goals in the first round of the Euroleague Group in an easy 13–5 win over . On 26 October Prlainović scored another two goals in an easy 15–5 away win against , but this time in the sixth round of the Adriatic League. On 29 October he scored a goal in the Adriatic League seventh round 13–9 home win against Mladost. On 9 November Prlainović scored three goals in the second round of the Euroleague, in a 13–4 away victory against . On 26 November Prlainović scored two goals in the Euroleague third round, in a 10–8 win against . On 30 November he scored another two goals, but in the eleventh round Adriatic League 16–1 away win over . Prlainović managed to score just one goal on 3 December in a humiliating 21–0 defeat over in the twelfth round of the Adriatic League. In the thirteenth round on 10 December, Prlainović scored three goals against in a 20–8 away win. Prlainović scored three goals on 14 December in the fourth round of the Euroleague, in a 14–9 away win against VK Jadran HN. The third goal was his 10th of the tournament. On 8 February 2012. in the fifth round of the Euroleague, Prlainović scored a goal in a 15–7 win against CN Marseille. 3 days later he scored two goals in Adriatic League fifteenth round 9–8 home win against Jug CO. On 25 February, in the last round of the Euroleague group stage, Prlainović scored three goals in the 18–7 away win against Spartak Volgograd. Four days later, Prlainović scored another three goals but in the Adriatic League fourteenth round game behind, in a 21–5 easy home win over Mornar BS. On 3 March Prlainović scored a goal in a 12–7 Adriatic League away win against Mladost.
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