Nikola Rađen


Nikola Rađen is a Serbian water polo player who plays for Greek club AEK Athens. He was a member of the Serbia men's national water polo team at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. He won with Serbia the 2009 World Championship as well as the 2012 Eindhoven European Championship. Rađen has also won 2 LEN Euroleagues with his former clubs Partizan Raiffeisen and VK Crvena zvezda.

National career

2012 Eindhoven

On 16 January, at the European Championship Rađen scored in the first game two goals in an 8–5 win against Spain. After next two games without goals, on 21 January in the fourth match, Rađen scored his third goal of the tournament for his national team in a routine victory against Romania 14–5. Nikola Rađen won the 2012 European Championship on 29 January. He scored a goal in the final against Montenegro which his national team won by 9–8. This was his first gold medal at the European Championships.

Honours

Club

VK Partizan
VK Crvena Zvezda
Olympiacos
On May 15, 2015, Serbian media published that Rađen was tested positive for cocaine after the World League game between Serbia and Spain, held on February 17, 2015. The penalty for such doping violation is 4 years of not participating in any kind of sport events. On May 18, 2015, he was officially temporary suspended by FINA due to continued investigation into his positive doping results to cocaine metabolites. Furthermore, two days later, Olympiacos, the club with whom he was under the contract, terminated the contract for violating the terms of it. On August 24, 2015, he was officially suspended on a 4-year period by FINA for positive doping results; from tests taking place on February 17, and nearly two months later, on April 15.