Mlađan Janović

Mlađan Janović (Montenegrin Cyrillic: Млађан Јановић; born 12 June 1984) is a Montenegrin water polo player. He currently plays for AN Brescia and he is a long-standing member of the Montenegrin national water polo team.^[1] He was part of the Montenegro national team that was crowned European Champion at the 2008 European Championship in Málaga.

Mlađan Janović
Personal information
Born	(1984-06-12) 12 June 1984 (age 41) Kotor, SR Montenegro, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Montenegro
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2004–2008 2008–2009 2009–2013 2013–2014 2014–2016 2016–2017 2017–2018	PVK Primorac CN Marseille PVK Primorac RN Savona Pro Recco Galatasaray Olympiacos AN Brescia
Medal record Men's Water polo Representing  Serbia and Montenegro Mediterranean Games 2005 Almería Team Competition Representing  Montenegro World Championships 2013 Barcelona Team Competition European Championship 2008 Málaga Team Competition 2012 Eindhoven Team Competition 2016 Belgrade Team Competition FINA World League 2009 Podgorica Team Competition 2010 Niš Team Competition 2014 Dubai Team Competition

Career

At club level, he played for his local club VK Primorac Kotor and was also a member of Pro Recco, Olympiacos, CN Marseille and RN Savona. Janović was a member of the Montenegro men's national water polo team who finished 4th in the 2008 Games of the XXIX Olympiad in Beijing. This was his first Olympic Games participation.^[2] The team was defeated by Hungary in the semifinals and by Serbia in the bronze medal match.^[3]

Montenegro won the gold medal at the 2008 Men's European Water Polo Championship in Malaga defeating Serbia 6–5 in the final.^[4] He is the younger brother of Nikola Janović. Montenegro finished in 1 place at the 2009 FINA Men's Water Polo World League.^[5]

Honours

CN Marseille

• French Championship: 2006–07, 2007–08
• French Cup: 2006–07

VK Primorac Kotor

• LEN Champions League: 2008–09
• Montenegrin Cup: 2008–009

Savona

• LEN Euro Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12

Pro Recco

• Serie A1: 2013–14
• Coppa Italia: 2013–14

Galatasaray

• Turkish Championship: 2014–15

Olympiacos

• Greek Championship: 2016–17

Awards

• Olympic Tournament 2008 Pekin Team of the Tournament
• Serie A1 Top Scorer: 2009–10 with Savona
• European Championship MVP: 2012 Eindhoven
• Montenegrin Olympic Committee "Athlete of the Year": 2014
• World League Top Scorer: 2018 Budapest

See also

• Montenegro men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
• List of men's Olympic water polo tournament top goalscorers
• List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo