Goran Rađenović
water polo player
Goran Rađenović (Serbian Cyrillic: Горан Рађеновић; born 4 November 1966 in Niš) is a former Serbian water polo player and now he is water polo coach. During his career he played in Partizan, Roma and Budva and won numerous national and international trophies. The most of his successes are from the time when he was part of national team of Yugoslavia. He played for national team 265 times and won Olympic, World and European Championship.
Early life
Goran Rađenović grew up in Blokovi, New Belgrade. He started swimming lessons with Goran Kasum (who also lived at the same place) when he was in the first grade.
Club career
VK Partizan
Rađenović started playing water polo at the age of 8 in water polo Club Partizan from Belgrade. He played in Partizan for 18 years and went through all age groups. In younger categories he won many titles.
He made his senior debut for Partizan in 1982 when he was 16 years old and he played in Partizan until 1992.
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