Aleksandar Ivović, (born 24 February 1986) is a Montenegrin professional

water polo Water polo is a competitive sport, competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the water polo ball, ball into the oppo ...

player. He started his career at

PVK Jadran PVK Jadran is a professional water polo club based in Herceg Novi, Montenegro. As of 2021–22 season, the club competes in the Montenegrin League and Regional League A1. PVK Jadran is a 16-time winner of the National league (10 Montenegro, 2 S ...

, which is his first senior team to compete for. He was a member of the

Montenegro men's national water polo team The Montenegro men's national water polo team represents Montenegro in international men's water polo competitions, and is controlled by the Water Polo and Swimming Federation of Montenegro. Prior history Between 1918 and 1991, Montenegro was par ...

at the

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. The team reached the semifinals, where they were defeated by

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and then lost to

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in the bronze medal match. At the

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, he was again a member of Montenegro's team, where they lost to Croatia in the semi-final, and then lost to Serbia again in the bronze medal match, this time 11–12. He is considered one of the best defenders of all time and by many the top in his position in the world as he can transform the entire defense of his team.

Honours

Club

;PVK Jadran *

Adriatic League The ABA League, renamed the ABA League First Division in 2017, is the top-tier regional men's professional basketball league that originally featured clubs from former Yugoslavia (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Montenegro, North Macedonia, ...

: 2009–10 *Championship of Serbia & Montenegro: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05, 2005–06, 2008–09 *Montenegrin Cup: 2006–07, 2007–08 ;Jug Dubrovnik * Croatian Championship: 2012–13 *

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'' ; runners-up'' : 2012–13 ;Pro Recco *

: 2011–12, 2014–15, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23 ; ''runners-up'':

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, 2017–18 *

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: 2012, 2015, 2021, 2022 *

: 2011 –12 * Serie A1:

, 2011–12, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2021–22, 2022–23 *

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: 2010–11, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21, 2021–22, 2022–23

Awards

* Swimming World Magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2011, 2018 *

Defender of the Year: 2016–17, 2021–22 *Member of the Second World Team of the 2000–2020 by ''total-waterpolo'' *Member of the World Team by'' total-waterpolo'' 2018, 2019 *Montenegrin Olympic Committee "Athlete of the Year": 2015, 2016 *

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of the 2008–09

with

*Top Scorer of the 2008–09

: 103 goals with

of the 2009–10 Adriatic League with

*Top Scorer of the 2009–10 Adriatic League: 68 goals with

*Top Scorer of the 2010–11 Serie A1: 79 goals with

Pro Recco A.S.D. Pro Recco (Official name: Associazione Sportiva Dilettantistica Pro Recco) is an Italian professional water polo club from Recco, in Liguria. It currently plays in Serie A1. Pro Recco is the most successful club in men's water polo. In m ...

*Top Scorer of the 2012–13 Adriatic League: 66 goals with Jug Dubrovnik * 2012 Olympic Games Team of the Tournament * 2020 Olympic Games Team of the Tournament * Top Scorer of the 2020 Olympic Games: 24 goals * Top Scorer of the 2018 World League: 14 goals * Top Scorer of the 2018 European Championship: 17 goals * Top Scorer of the 2013 World Championship: 20 goals * Top Scorer of the 2019 World Championship: 21 goals * 2013 World Championship Team of the Tournament * 2019 World Championship Team of the Tournament * World League

: 2020 Tbilisi

References

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External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ivovic, Aleksandar Living people Montenegrin male water polo players 21st-century Montenegrin sportsmen Olympic water polo players for Montenegro Water polo players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2012 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2016 Summer Olympics Water polo players at the 2020 Summer Olympics 1986 births Sportspeople from Herceg Novi World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Water polo players at the 2005 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in water polo Summer World University Games medalists in water polo FISU World University Games gold medalists for Serbia and Montenegro Medalists at the 2005 Summer Universiade Montenegrin expatriate water polo players Serbia and Montenegro male water polo players Mediterranean Games bronze medalists for Montenegro Water polo players at the 2018 Mediterranean Games Montenegrin expatriate sportspeople in Italy European champions for Montenegro European Water Polo Championship medalists

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Club

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