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
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
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Serbia captain
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External links
Partizan (1998–2003)
Niš Klasik (2003–2004)
Ortigia (2004–2005)
Dinamo Moscow (2005–2007)
Partizan Raiffeisen (2007–2010) 2x
Szolnoki Dózsa-KÖZGÉP (2011–____)
