Živko Gocić

Živko Gocić

Personal information
Born	22 August 1982 Belgrade, Serbia
Medal record Men's Water Polo Representing  Serbia Olympic Games 2008 Beijing Team 2012 London Team World Championship 2009 Rome Team 2015 Kazan Team 2011 Shanghai Team European Championship 2003 Kranj Team 2006 Belgrade Team 2012 Eindhoven Team 2014 Budapest Team 2016 Belgrade Team 2010 Zagreb Team FINA World League 2005 Belgrade Team 2006 Athens Team 2007 Berlin Team 2008 Genoa Team 2010 Niš Team 2011 Firenze Team 2013 Chelyabinsk Team 2014 Dubai Team 2015 Bergamo Team 2009 Podgorica Team World Cup 2006 Budapest Team 2010 Oradea Team Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara Team

Živko Gocić (born 22 August 1982) is a Serbian water polo player. He was a member of the Serbian squad which won bronze medals at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics.^[1] He is currently playing for the Hungarian water polo club Szolnoki Vízilabda SC. He won with Serbia the 2012 Men's European Water Polo Championship. It was his second gold medal in European Championships with Serbia.

Club career

Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP

On 27 September 2011, Gocić scored a goal in the first round of the Vodafone OB-1, in the 9–7 away win against Szentesi VK.^[2] Gocić scored his second goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the third round easy 12–5 away win against Orvosegyetem SC.^[3] Gocić scored his third goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the fourth round 10–9 away win against BVSC- Zugló.^[4] Gocić scored his fourth goal in the 10–9 Vodafone OB-1 fifth round home defeat to ZF-Eger.^[5] Gocić scored his fifth goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the sixth round 16–7 easy away win against FTC Fisher Klíma.^[6] Gocić scored his sixth goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the eight round 13–6 away win against Groupama Honvéd.^[7] Gocić scored his seventh goal of the Vodafone OB-1 season in the 7–6 ninth round home defeat to TEVA-VasasUNIQA.^[8] Živko Gocić scored two goals in the 9–4 Vodafone OB-1 home win against Debrecen Fujitsu.^[9]

Clubs

• ____–____ VK Partizan
• ____–____ VK Niš
• ____–____ Ortigia
• ____–____ Dinamo Moscow
• ____–2010 Partizan Raiffeisen
• 2010–2011 CN Latina
• 2011–____ Szolnok VSC

National career

Gocić scored his first goal at the European Championship on 17 January against Germany in a second game which the Serbs won by 13–12. On 19 January, in a third game of the tournament, he scored his second goal in a difficult 15–12 victory against the defending European champions Croatia. On 21 January in the fourth match, Gocić scored his third goal of the tournament for his national team in a routine victory against Romania 14–5. On 23 January, in the last round of group A, which Serbia lost to Montenegro with 11–7, Gocić scored two goals. On 29 January, Gocić won the European Championship with his national team beating in the final Montenegro by 9–8.^[10]

Honours

Club

VK Partizan

• National Championship of Serbia: 2008–09, 2009–10
• National Cup of Serbia: 2008–09, 2009–10
• Eurointer League: 2010

References

1. http://web.archive.org/web/20080908183741/http://results.beijing2008.cn/WRM/ENG/BIO/Athlete/3/229493.shtml
2. "Szentesi Vk 7–9 Szolnoki VSC". waterpolo.hu. 27 September 2011.
3. "Orvosegyetem SC 5–12 Szolnoki VSC". waterpolo.hu. 14 October 2011.
4. "BVSC- Zugló 9–10 Szolnoki VSC". waterpolo.hu. 15 October 2011.
5. "Szolnoki VSC 9–10 ZF-Eger". waterpolo.hu. 28 October 2011.
6. "FTC Fisher Klíma 7–16 Szolnoki VSC". waterpolo.hu. 31 October 2011.
7. "Groupama Honvéd 6–13 Szolnoki VSC". waterpolo.hu. 21 November 2011.
8. "Szolnoki VSC 6–7 TEVA-VasasUNIQA". waterpolo.hu. 3 December 2011.
9. "Szolnoki VSC 9–4 Debrecen Fujitsu". waterpolo.hu. 10 December 2011.
10. http://www.waterpoloworld.com/News/tabid/169/ArticleId/1897/news.aspx

External links

• Water polo Association of Serbia (Serbian)
• Hungarian Water Polo Federation Official Website (Hungarian)