Vanja Udovicic

About Vanja Udovicic

• Vanja Udovicic is a retired Serbian water polo player, currently performing the role of cabinet minister in the Serbian government under prime minister Aleksandar Vucic and deputy prime minister Ivica Dacic.
  
• During an illustrious professional water polo career that spanned 15 seasons, Udovicic played for Partizan Belgrade, Jadran Herceg Novi, Posillipo Naples, Pro Recco, Mladost Zagreb and Radnicki Kragujevac. His most notable achievements on the club level are winning the LEN Euroleague twice with Pro Recco. The first one in 2008 followed by another one in 2010, the final in which he scored 4 goals for his team bringing the title back to Pro Recco with his fellow countryman Filip Filipovic contributing 2 goals.
  
• With the Serbian national team, his most notable achievements are European gold for juniors in 2000, the gold medals from the World Championship in 2005 and 2009, European gold in 2003, 2006, and 2012, and Olympic silver in 2004 and bronze in 2008 and 2012.
  
• On 2 September 2013, Udovicic accepted the offer of becoming the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Government of Serbia.
  

Vanja Udovicic Achievements

Honours:

Club:

VK Partizan

• National Championship of Yugoslavia (1): 2001–02
  
• National Cup of Yugoslavia (1): 2001–02
  

PVK Jadran

National Championship os Serbia & Montenegro (2): 2003–04, 2004–05

National Cup of Serbia & Montenegro (2): 2003–04, 2004–05

Circolo Nautico Posillipo

• LEN Supercup (1): 2005–06
  

Pro Recco

• Serie A1(3): 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10
  
• Coppa Italia2): 2007–08, 2008–09
  
• LEN Euroleague (2): 2007–08, 2009–10
  
• LEN Supercup (2): 2006–07, 2007–08
  

Mladost Zagreb

• National Cup of Croatia (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
  

VK Radnicki Kragujevac

• LEN Trophy (1): 2012–03
  

Individual:

• National Championship of Italy Top Scorer (1): 2007, 2010
  
• FINA World League MVP (2): 2007 Berlin, 2010 Niš
  
• World Championship MVP (1): 2009 Rome
  
• MVP Foreigner in National Championship of Italy (1): 2009
  
• LEN Euroleague Final Four MVP (1): 2010 Naples
  
• FINA World Cup MVP (1): 2010 Oreada
  
• European Championship MVP (1): 2010 Zagreb
  
• European Championship Top Scorer (1): 2010 Zagreb
  
• LEN magazine's man water polo "Athlete of the Year" award (1): 2010
  
• FINA magazine's man water polo "Athlete of the Year" award (1): 2010
  
• Best Male Sports Team of the year in Zagreb (1): 2011 (with HAVK Mladost)
  
• Serbia's sport association "May Award" : 2010