Andrija Prlainović

Andrija Prlainović

Personal information
Born	April 28, 1987 Dubrovnik, Croatia
Medal record Men's Water Polo Competitor for Serbia and Montenegro and Serbia Olympic Games Bronze 2008 Beijing Team Competition World Championship Gold 2009 Rome Team Competition Silver 2011 Shanghai Team Competition European Championship Gold 2006 Belgrade Silver 2008 Málaga Bronze 2010 Zagreb Gold 2012 Eindhoven FINA World Cup Gold 2006 Budapest Gold 2010 Oreada FINA World League Gold 2008 Genova Bronze 2009 Podgorica Gold 2010 Niš Gold 2011 Firenze Mediterranean Games Bronze 2005 Almería Team Competition Gold 2009 Pescara Team Competition

Andrija Prlainović (Serbian Cyrillic: Андрија Прлаиновић), (born April 28, 1987) is a Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Prlainović was born in Dubrovnik (SR Croatia, SFR Yugoslavia) and raised in Herceg Novi (SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia), where he came up through the PVK Jadran youth system. In 2011. he won the LEN Euroleague with VK Partizan, where he was one of the best scorers. He is curently playing for Pro Recco. Even though he is a young player he is considered to be one of the most intelligent players in Europe. During May and June 2010, Prlainović played for Fluminense from Rio de Janeiro. He has one World Championship gold medal from 2009 Rome and two European gold medals from 2006 Belgrade and 2012 Eindhoven.

Club career

PA Fluminense

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.

Pro Recco

2011–12 season

On 17 September, 2011. in the first round of the Adriatic League, Prlaionović scored a goal in a easy 14–6 home win against Jadran HN. In the second round on 24 September, he scored his second goal against Koper Rokava in a 16–4 home win. On 1 October Prlainović scored his second Adriatic goal in a 10–7 away win against Jug CO. 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 Medveščak. Prlainović scored two goals in the fifth round on 15 October, in a 15–8 home win against Primorje EB. On 22 October Prlainović scored two goals in the first round of the Euroleague Group in an easy 13–5 win over Spartak Volgograd. On 26 October Prlainović scored another two goals in an easy 15–5 away win against Jadran ST, 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 CN Marseille. On 26 November Prlainović scored two goals in the Euroleague third round, in a 10–8 win against VK Jadran HN. On 30 November he scored another two goals, but in the eleventh round Adriatic League 16–1 away win over Primorac. Prlainović managed to score just one goal on 3 December in a humiliating 21–0 defeat over POŠK in the twelfth round of the Adriatic League. In the thirteenth round on 10 December, Prlainović scored three goals against Mornar BS 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 fiveteenth 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.

Clubs he played for

• ____–2006 Jadran
• 2006–2011 Partizan Raiffeisen
• 2010–2010 Fluminense
• 2011–____ Pro Recco

National career

2012 Eindhoven

Prlainović scored his first two goals at the European Championship on 17 January against Germany in a second game which the Serbs won by 13–12. He also scored a goal in a third game on 19 January, in a great 15–12 victory for his country against the defending European champions Croatia. On 21 January in the fourth match, Prlainović scored three goals for his national team in a routine victory against Romania 14–5. On 23 January, Prlainović scored a goal in the last round of group A, in which Serbia lost to Montenegro with 11–7. On 27 January Prlainović scored a goal in a semifinal 12–8 victory over Italy. Andrija Prlainović 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. This was his second gold medal at the European Championships.

Honours

Club

PVK Jadran

• National Championship os Serbia & Montenegro (1): 2003–04
• National Cup of Serbia & Montenegro (1): 2004–05

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): 2010–11
• Eurointer League (2): 2010, 2011

PA Fluminense

• National Championship of Brazil (1): 2009–10

Individual

• Young Sportsman of the Year by MOC (1): 2005