Bojana Popović
Bojana Popović née Petrović, (born 20 November 1979) is a handball coach and a retired Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past decade, 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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| Born |
20 November 1979 Niš, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Montenegrin | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Senior clubs | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1994–1998 | RK DIN Niš | ||||||||||||||||||||||
1998–2002 | ŽRK Budućnost | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2002–2007 | Slagelse DT | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2007–2010 | Viborg HK | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2010–2012 | ŽRK Budućnost | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||||||||
2009–2016 | Montenegro | 61 | (315) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Teams managed | |||||||||||||||||||||||
2020– | Budućnost (Head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
2021– | Montenegro (Head coach) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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