Nikola Rađen
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Nikola Rađen (Serbian Cyrillic: Никола Рађен, pronounced [nǐkɔla râd͡ʑɛn]) (born 29 January 1985) is a Serbian water polo player who plays for Olympiacos in Greece. 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).
Clubs
- ____–____ Vojvodina
- ____–2011 Partizan Raiffeisen
- 2011–2012 NC Chios
- 2012–2014 VK Crvena Zvezda
- 2014– Olympiacos
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