Nationality Montenegrin Role Handball Player Height 1.85 m | Current club Retired Weight 74 kg Name Bojana Popovic Spouse Petar Popovic (m. 2004) | |
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Born 20 November 1979 (age 45) Nis, SFR Yugoslavia ( 1979-11-20 ) 1994–19981998–20022002–20072007–20102010–2012 RK DIN NisBuducnostSlagelse DTViborg HKZRK Buducnost T-Mobile Olympic medals Handball at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women\'s tournament Similar People Katarina Bulatovic, Maja Savic, Milena Knezevic, Jovanka Radicevic, Ana Dokic | ||
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Bojana popovi the best women handball player all times
Bojana Popović, née Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојана Поповић) (born 20 November 1979) is a Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past two decades, despite not being given any official recognition. After winning the Women's EHF Champions League with Budućnost and a silver medal at the 2012 Olympic Games with the Montenegro national team, Bojana Popović decided to retire from handball. However, in June 2016 Popović announced she would come out of retirement and make herself available for selection by the Montenegro national handball team to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
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- Bojana popovi the best women handball player all times
- Bojana popovi i ve got the power
- Career
- Team results
- Awards and recognition
- References
Bojana popovi i ve got the power
Career
Bojana Popović started playing handball at Serbian club HC Naisa Niš when she was eleven years old. She later played for Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for four seasons. In 2002, Popović signed a contract with Danish team Slagelse DT, at that time coached by Anja Andersen. With Slagelse, she experienced great success: three times Champions League winner, EHF Cup winner, three Danish Championship golds and one Danish Cup.
At the end of the 2006/07 season, Popović signed a contract with Viborg HK. Since her arrival at Viborg, she has won two Danish Championship golds and two Danish Cups. In 2009 she won her fourth Champions League title, the first with Viborg.
Team results
Awards and recognition
Bojana Popović is considered to be the best player in the world by many. She has been chosen Player of the Year by the Danish Handball Federation four times. Popović's individual awards and achievements include:
