Goran Stojanović
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| Full name | Goran Stojanović | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born |
24 February 1977 Bar, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Montenegrin / Qatari | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Current club | Retired | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Number | 12,16 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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– | Mornar Bar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
– | Serbia and Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Montenegro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2013–2018 | Qatar | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Goran Stojanović (born 24 February 1977) is a Montenegrin-Qatari handball player for the Al Rayyan and the Qatar.
Club career
After starting out at his hometown club Mornar Bar, Stojanović played for Crvena zvezda (2000–2002), Lovćen (2002–2004), Grasshoppers (2004–2005), VfL Pfullingen (2005–2006), VfL Gummersbach (2006–2011), Rhein-Neckar Löwen (2011–2014) and El Jaish (2014–2017) and Al Rayyan (2022–present).
International career
At international level, Stojanović represented Montenegro at the 2008 European Championship in the nation's debut appearance in major tournaments. He later switched his allegiance to Qatar,[1] winning the gold medal at the 2014 Asian Championship.[2] Stojanović was a member of the team that finished as runners-up at the 2015 World Championship, the first World Championship medal for both Qatar and for any Asian team.[3] The result was however controversial due to the many naturalized players of Qatar, of which Stojanović was one of them.[4][5] According to the Frankfurter Allgemeine, only four of the 17 players in the squad were native to Qatar.[6] The practice was criticised by Austrian goalkeeper after his team's loss to Qatar in the round of 16, saying "It [felt] like playing against a world selection team" and "I think it is not the sense of a world championship."[7] Furthermore there were claims of favourable refereering for the hosts.[8][9][10] After the final whistle of their semifinal against Poland, the Polish players showed their discontent by ironically applauding the three referees.[11][12]
He subsequently helped Qatar win the 2016 Asian Championship and later participated at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Stojanović also won two gold medals at the Asian Games (2014 and 2018).[13]
Honours
- Lovćen
- Serbia and Montenegro Handball Cup: 2002–03
- VfL Gummersbach
- EHF Cup: 2008–09
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2009–10, 2010–11
- Rhein-Neckar Löwen
- El Jaish
References
- ^ "Qatar found a new goalkeeper". handball-world.news. 2 September 2013. Archived from the original on 6 November 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "Thrilling win gives Qatar historic title". gulf-times.com. 6 February 2014. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
- ^ "France beat Qatar to win fifth world handball title". Gulf Times. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 1 February 2015.
- ^ "Player Eligibility Code" (PDF). ihf.info. International Handball Federation. p. 5. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
They shall not have played in any national team of another country in the three years preceding their first appearance in the national team in an official match.
- ^ "Qatar's foreign legion primed for handball date with Germany". Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ "Falsche Fans simulieren Stimmung" [Fake fans simulate excitement]. Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung (in German). Frankfurter Allgemeine. Retrieved 31 January 2015.
- ^ "Qatar handball team coach faces questions over foreign players". BBC. Retrieved 29 January 2015.
- ^ Team, Fans und Schiris gekauft? (German)
- ^ Handball-WM in Katar: Österreich hält sich für verpfiffen (German)
- ^ Österreich von Referees und Katar aus WM gekickt (German)
- ^ "Radość Katarczyków, Polacy z pretensjami do sędziów". przegladsportowy.pl (in Polish). 30 January 2015.
- ^ "Polish National Handball Team Sarcastically Applauds Officials After Controversial Loss to Qatar". thebiglead.com. 31 January 2015.
- ^ "Cosmopolitan Qatar grab second Asian handball crown". yahoo.com. 31 August 2018. Archived from the original on 7 November 2020. Retrieved 31 October 2020.
External links
- Goran Stojanović at the European Handball Federation
- Goran Stojanović at Olympics.com
- Goran Stojanović at Olympedia
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