Žarko Šešum (; born 16 June 1986) is a retired Serbian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...

player.

Club career

Born in

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, Šešum started out at his hometown club Sintelon. He was promoted to the senior squad in the 2002–03 season, at age 16. In early 2007, Šešum was transferred to Hungary and signed with

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. He helped the side win three consecutive championships, though his time there was somewhat marred by an assault in a nightclub in 2009, in which he was injured and teammate Marian Cozma was stabbed to death. In 2010, Šešum moved to Germany and joined

Rhein-Neckar Löwen Rhein-Neckar Löwen is a professional handball club founded in 2002, based in Mannheim, Germany. The club competes in the German Handball-Bundesliga and continentally in EHF European League. Rhein-Neckar Löwen play their home games in SAP A ...

, spending the next four years with the club. He subsequently played for fellow German team

Frisch Auf Göppingen Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time c ...

from 2014 to 2018, winning two successive

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titles (

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and

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International career

Youth

At youth level, Šešum was an instrumental member of the

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winning squad at the European Under-18 Championship in August 2004. He subsequently led his nation to the gold medal at the World Under-19 Championship in August 2005. Later the same month, Šešum was an important member of the team that finished as runners-up at the World Under-21 Championship.

Senior

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international since its inception, Šešum made his major debut for the national team at the 2009 World Championship. He was also a member of the squad that won the silver medal at the 2012 European Championship, but missed the final due to injury. Subsequently, Šešum was selected to compete at the

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Honours

;MKB Veszprém *

Nemzeti Bajnokság I The Nemzeti Bajnokság (, ), also known as NB I or Fizz Liga after its title sponsor, OTP Bank's webshop subsidiary, is a professional association football league in Hungary and the highest level of the Hungarian football league system. Twelve ...

: 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

Magyar Kupa The Hungarian Cup (, ), officially known as MOL Magyar Kupa for sponsorship reasons, is the Hungarian cup competition for football clubs. It was started by the Hungarian Football Association'','' in 1909, eight years after the commencement of ...

: 2006–07, 2008–09, 2009–10 *

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: 2007–08 ;Rhein-Neckar Löwen *

: 2012–13 ;Frisch Auf Göppingen *

: 2015–16, 2016–17 ;Kadetten Schaffhausen * Swiss Handball League: 2018–19

References

External links

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MKSZ record
* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sesum, Zarko 1986 births Living people Sportspeople from Bačka Palanka Serbian male handball players 21st-century Serbian sportsmen Handball players at the 2009 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in handball Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Serbia Olympic handball players for Serbia Handball players at the 2012 Summer Olympics RK Sintelon players Veszprém KC players Rhein-Neckar Löwen players Frisch Auf Göppingen players Handball-Bundesliga players Serbian expatriate handball players in Germany Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Serbia and Montenegro male handball players Serbian expatriate handball players in Hungary Expatriate handball players in Switzerland