HANDBALL PLAYERS from Montenegro

Top 10

The following people are considered by Pantheon to be the top 10 most legendary Montenegrin Handball Players of all time. This list of famous Montenegrin Handball Players is sorted by HPI (Historical Popularity Index), a metric that aggregates information on a biography’s online popularity. Visit the rankings page to view the entire list of Montenegrin Handball Players.

1. Veselin Vujović (b. 1961)

With an HPI of 52.78, Veselin Vujović is the most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 25 different languages on wikipedia.

Veselin Vujović (born 18 January 1961) is a Montenegrin handball coach and former professional player. He is the current head coach of RK Nexe Našice As a player, Vujović competed at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics for the Yugoslavia national team.

2. Jovanka Radičević (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 34.91, Jovanka Radičević is the 2nd most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 25 different languages.

Jovanka Radičević (born 23 October 1986) is a Montenegrin handball player for RK Krim Mercator and a former player of the Montenegrin national team. She is considered to be the best right wing of all time.

3. Maja Savić (b. 1976)

With an HPI of 33.85, Maja Savić is the 3rd most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Maja Savić (born April 29, 1976) is a former Montenegrin handball player, playing for ŽRK Budućnost, where she came to from Viborg HK. She plays on the left wing position, and was member of ŽRK Budućnost and Slagelse Dream Team (2004–2008). Maja Savić played for the national teams of FR Yugoslavia and Serbia and Montenegro. In the 2001 World Women's Handball Championship, where Yugoslavia won bronze, Maja Savić was declared the Best Left Wing of the World and member of All Star Team At the 2012 Summer Olympics, she was part of the Montenegrin handball team that won the silver medal.

4. Marija Jovanović (b. 1985)

With an HPI of 30.00, Marija Jovanović is the 4th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Marija Jovanović (born 26 December 1985) is a retired Montenegrin handball player. She played for the Montenegrin national team. She competed at the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship, where the Montenegrin team placed sixth, and Jovanović was listed among the top ten goalscorers of the tournament (scoring 31 goals). As captain, she led the Montenegrin national team when they won a gold medal at the European Championship in Serbia. After two years spent at the Ferencvárosi, she decided to end her career and graduated in Business Economics in 2018. She has been in private business ever since.

5. Ivan Nikčević (b. 1981)

With an HPI of 29.38, Ivan Nikčević is the 5th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Ivan Nikčević (Serbian Cyrillic: Иван Никчевић; born 11 February 1981) is a Serbian former handball player.

6. Sonja Barjaktarović (b. 1986)

With an HPI of 28.27, Sonja Barjaktarović is the 6th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Sonja Barjaktarović (born 11 September 1986) is a retired Montenegrin handball goalkeeper. She was the first goalkeeper of the Montenegro women's national handball team and helped them to win the silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

7. Marina Rajčić (b. 1993)

With an HPI of 27.58, Marina Rajčić is the 7th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 20 different languages.

Marina Rajčić née Vukčević, (born 24 August 1993) is a Montenegrin handball goalkeeper for Siófok KC and the Montenegrin national team. She is married to Vladimir Rajčić.

8. Anđela Bulatović (b. 1987)

With an HPI of 27.32, Anđela Bulatović is the 8th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Anđela Bulatović née Dragutinović, (born 15 January 1987) is a retired Montenegrin handballer for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team.

9. Milena Raičević (b. 1990)

With an HPI of 25.71, Milena Raičević is the 9th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 21 different languages.

Milena Raičević née Knežević, (born 12 March 1990) is a retired Montenegrin international handballer for the Montenegrin national team.

10. Suzana Lazović (b. 1992)

With an HPI of 24.97, Suzana Lazović is the 10th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Suzana Lazović (born 28 January 1992) is a retired Montenegrin handballer that played for ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegro women's national handball team. She was part of the Montenegrin teams that won silver at the 2012 Summer Olympics, and gold at the 2012 Women's EHF European Championship. She was also on the Budućnost team that won the 2012 EHF Women's Champions League and 2015 EHF Women's Champions League. The team were also runners up in the 2013-2014 season. Lazović won the award for best defender in the 2013 Champions League. She participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil, but Montenegro did not progress from the group stages. She had to retire at the age of 25 due to injuries, including a severely herniated disc, heart ablation and a neck injury, and moved into handball coaching. She coached the Montenegrin junior team. She then moved to China and coached their youth, junior and senior teams. During her reign, the Chinese junior team reached the last 16 of the IHF Women’s Junior World Championship, for the first time in 33 years. She has also coached at club level with the Hungarian team, Alba Fehervar. She was the Montenegro's coach at the 2024 European handball championships. Despite her success at handball, her original sport was judo. As a junior, she won the Serbia and Montenegro national championship. She signed her first professional contract at 16, for Budućnost. She played for them for her entire career.