Aleksandr Yuryevich Dereven (; born 26 March 1992) is a former Russian

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 for the Russian national team. He participated at the

2015 World Men's Handball Championship The 2015 World Men's Handball Championship was the 24th staging of the IHF World Men's Handball Championship, World Men's Handball Championship, organised by the International Handball Federation (IHF). The final tournament was held for the first ...

in Qatar.

Club career

Dereven played for

Chekhovskiye Medvedi Chekhovskie Medvedi (, ) is a professional handball club from Chekhov, Moscow Oblast, Russia. They compete in the Russian Handball Super League and in the SEHA League. After the launching of the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the European Han ...

from 2012 to 2015, where he won the Russian championship in 2013, 2014 and 2015. He then joined Macedonian

RK Vardar Skopje RK Vardar 1961 () is a professional handball club from Skopje, Republic of Macedonia. Vardar is the most successful handball team in the country, having won 15-fifteen national League titles and 17-seventeen League Cup titles. Vardar is also ...

. Here he won the Macedonian double in 2016 and 2017 and the

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

in 2017. In 2017 he returned to Russia and joined

HBC CSKA Moscow CSKA Moscow () is a professional handball club from Moscow, Russia. CSKA is competing in the Russian Handball Super League and in the SEHA League. In reaction to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the International Handball Federation banne ...

Accomplishments

* Russian Handball League: 2013, 2014, 2015 *

Macedonian Handball Super League The Macedonian Handball Super League (), is the top-tier team handball competition in North Macedonia. As of 2018, the Macedonian Handball Federation was ranked 8th in the world. Current teams Teams for season 2024–25 Handball League * RK ...

: 2016, 2017 *

Handball Cup of North Macedonia The Handball Cup of North Macedonia (), is an elimination handball tournament held annually. It is the second most important national title in Macedonian handball after the Macedonian First League of Handball. Currently, RK Vardar RK Vardar 1 ...

: 2016, 2017 *

: 2017

References

1992 births Living people Russian male handball players Handball players from Tolyatti RK Vardar players Russian expatriate handball players Russian expatriate sportspeople in North Macedonia Expatriate handball players in North Macedonia 21st-century Russian sportsmen {{Russia-handball-bio-stub