Dušan Mandić

Dušan Mandić
Mandić in 2015
Personal information
Born (1994-06-16) 16 June 1994
Kotor, Montenegro,
FR Yugoslavia
Nationality Serbian
Height 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 105 kg (231 lb)
Position Right Wing/ Right Driv
Club information
Current team Ferencváros
Senior clubs
Years Team
2009–2010
 Primorac Kotor
2010–2015
 Partizan
2015–2021
 Pro Recco
2021–2023
 Novi Beograd
2023–present
 Ferencváros
Medal record
Men's water polo
Representing  Serbia
Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2020 Tokyo Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Paris Team
Bronze medal – third place 2012 London Team
World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2015 Kazan Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Budapest Team
European Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Budapest
Gold medal – first place 2016 Belgrade
Gold medal – first place 2018 Barcelona
Gold medal – first place 2026 Belgrade
FINA World League
Gold medal – first place 2013 Chelyabinsk
Gold medal – first place 2014 Dubai
Gold medal – first place 2015 Bergamo
Gold medal – first place 2019 Belgrade
FINA World Cup
Gold medal – first place 2014 Almaty
Bronze medal – third place 2018 Berlin
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place 2018 Tarragona
Junior World Championship
Bronze medal – third place 2012 Perth


Representing  Montenegro
Youth World Championship
Gold medal – first place 2011 Volos

Dušan Mandić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Мандић; born 16 June 1994) is a Serbian water polo player who plays for Ferencváros.[1]

He was a part of the Montenegrin junior water polo team before opting to play for Serbia. With Serbian junior national team he won a gold medal at the 2011 Junior Water Polo World Championship. At the 2012 Summer Olympics, he competed for the Serbia men's national water polo team in the men's event, winning bronze.

He has won one bronze and three gold medals for Serbia at the Olympics, the most recent one coming in Paris in 2024. He was also named MVP of the tournament in Paris as well. Mandić is widely considered as one of the best water polo players worldwide.

Honours

Club

Primorac Kotor
  • LEN Champions League runners-up: 2009–10
  • Montenegrin Cup: 2009–10
Partizan
  • Serbian Championship: 2010–11, 2011–12, 2014–15
  • Serbian Cup: 2010–11, 2011–12
  • Eurointer League: 2011
  • LEN Champions League: 2010–11
  • LEN Super Cup: 2012
Pro Recco
  • LEN Champions League: 2020–21; runners-up: 2017–18
  • Serie A: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19
  • Coppa Italia: 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21

Novi Beograd

  • LEN Champions League runners-up: 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Adriatic League: 2021–22
  • Serbian Championship: 2021–22, 2022–23

Ferencváros

  • LEN Champions League: 2023–24, 2024–25
  • Hungarian Championship: 2023–24
  • Hungarian Cup: 2023–24

Individual

  • World Aquatics Best Male Water Polo Player: 2020, 2024
  • Swimming World Magazine's man water polo ''World Player of the Year " award: 2020
  • Total-waterpolo magazine's man water polo "World Player of the Year" award: 2021,[2] 2024
  • Member of the World Team by total-waterpolo: 2018, 2021,[3] 2024
  • Summer Olympics MVP: 2024
  • Summer Olympics Top Scorer: 2024
  • Summer Olympics Best Right Driv of the Tournament: 2024
  • LEN Champions League MVP: 2020–21, 2023–24
  • LEN Champions League Final Four MVP: 2024
  • LEN Champions League Final Eight MVP: 2021
  • LEN Champions League Right Driver of the Year: 2017–18, 2020–21, 2021–22
  • LEN Champions League Right Winger of the Year: 2023–24, 2024–25
  • World Championship Team of the Tournament: 2019, 2025
  • World League MVP: 2015 Bergamo
  • Serie A MVP (2): 2016–17, 2020–21
  • Serie A Right Driver of the Year (5): 2015–16, 2016–17, 2017–18, 2018–19, 2020–21
  • Serbian Championship MVP (2): 2014–15, 2021–22
  • Serbian Championship Top Scorer: 2014–15
  • Serbian Championship Right Wing of the Year (7): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2021–22, 2022–23
  • Serbian Championship Young Player of the Year (4): 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13, 2013–14
  • "Young Athlete of the Year" by Olympic Committee of Serbia: 2012
  • Serbian Water Polo Player of the Year: 2017
  • 2026 Men's European Championship All Star team.
  • 2026 Men's European Championship finals MVP.[4]

See also

  • Serbia men's Olympic water polo team records and statistics
  • List of Olympic champions in men's water polo
  • List of Olympic medalists in water polo (men)
  • Summer Olympics national flag bearers
  • List of world champions in men's water polo
  • List of World Aquatics Championships medalists in water polo

References

  1. ^ "Dusan Mandic". London 2012. The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited. Archived from the original on 2013-05-02. Retrieved 14 September 2012.
  2. ^ "Total Waterpolo Player Award 2021 - Results".
  3. ^ "Total Waterpolo Player Award 2021 - Results".
  4. ^ "Мандић МВП финала, Глушац први голман, Рашовић у идеалном тиму". rts.rs. 25 January 2026. Retrieved 28 January 2026.
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