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The Most Famous

HANDBALL PLAYERS from Montenegro

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This page contains a list of the greatest Montenegrin Handball Players. The pantheon dataset contains 304 Handball Players, 13 of which were born in Montenegro. This makes Montenegro the birth place of the 11th most number of Handball Players behind Bosnia and Herzegovina and Serbia.

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.

Photo of Veselin Vujović

1. Veselin Vujović (1961 - )

With an HPI of 50.02, Veselin Vujović is the most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  His biography has been translated into 23 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.

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2. Jovanka Radičević (1986 - )

With an HPI of 32.97, Jovanka Radičević is the 2nd most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 22 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.

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3. Maja Savić (1976 - )

With an HPI of 31.22, Maja Savić is the 3rd most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 19 different languages.

Maja Savić (born April 29, 1976 in Berane, Montenegro) 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.

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4. Ivan Nikčević (1981 - )

With an HPI of 29.72, Ivan Nikčević is the 4th 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 handball player for Spanish club Benidorm.

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5. Sonja Barjaktarović (1986 - )

With an HPI of 25.58, Sonja Barjaktarović is the 5th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 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. In 2011, she played in Champions League the semifinals with Budućnost. At the 2010 European Women's Handball Championship Barjaktarović finished at 6th place with the Montenegrin national team.

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6. Marija Jovanović (1985 - )

With an HPI of 25.57, Marija Jovanović is the 6th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 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.

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7. Anđela Bulatović (1987 - )

With an HPI of 23.75, Anđela Bulatović is the 7th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

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

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8. Majda Mehmedović (1990 - )

With an HPI of 23.70, Majda Mehmedović is the 8th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 18 different languages.

Majda Kirmizi née Mehmedović, (born 25 May 1990) is a retired Montenegrin handball player and a former player of the Montenegrin national team.She won a silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics.

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9. Marina Rajčić (1993 - )

With an HPI of 23.41, Marina Rajčić is the 9th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 19 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.

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10. Radmila Miljanić-Petrović (1988 - )

With an HPI of 22.30, Radmila Miljanić-Petrović is the 10th most famous Montenegrin Handball Player.  Her biography has been translated into 17 different languages.

Radmila Petrović née Miljanić, (born 19 April 1988) is a retired Montenegrin handball player. She played for ŽRK Nikšić and ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica and the Montenegrin national team, and participated at the 2011 World Women's Handball Championship in Brazil and at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where Montenegro won silver. She won the Champions League in 2012 and 2015.

Pantheon has 13 people classified as handball players born between 1961 and 1997. Of these 13, 13 (100.00%) of them are still alive today. The most famous living handball players include Veselin Vujović, Jovanka Radičević, and Maja Savić. As of April 2022, 1 new handball players have been added to Pantheon including Đurđina Jauković.

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