Marija Jovanović

For the Serbian handballer, see Marija Jovanović (Serbian handballer). For the Australian military test pilot, see Marija Jovanovich.

Marija Jovanović
Marija Jovanović in 2015
Personal information
Born (1985-12-26) 26 December 1985 (age 39)
Podgorica, SR Montenegro,
SFR Yugoslavia
Height 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
2000-2004
 ŽRK Danilovgrad
2004–2005
 ŽRK Medicinar Šabac
2005–2011
 ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
2011–2013
 Oltchim Vâlcea
2013–2014
 HC Astrakhanochka
2014–2016
 Issy-Paris Hand
2016–2018
 Ferencváros
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Montenegro 132 (507)
Medal record
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2012 London Team
European Championship
Gold medal – first place 2012 Serbia Team
Mediterranean Games
Bronze medal – third place 2009 Pescara Team

Marija Jovanović (born 26 December 1985)[1] is a retired Montenegrin handball player. She played for the Montenegrin national team.[2]

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).[3][4] 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.

Honours

Club
  • EHF Champions League:
    • Semifinalist: 2011, 2012, 2013
  • EHF Cup Winners' Cup:
    • Winner: 2006 and 2010
  • Women's Regional Handball League:
    • Winner: 2010 and 2011
    • Silver Medallist: 2009
  • Montenegrin Championship:
    • Winner: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
  • Romanian Championship:
    • Winner: 2012, 2013
  • Montenegrin Cup:
    • Winner: 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010 and 2011
  • Romanian Supercup:
    • Winner: 2011
National team

References

  1. ^ "Marija Jovanovic". eurohandball.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 5 November 2014. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
  2. ^ "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). handball.sportresult.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 December 2014. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
  3. ^ "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010. Individual statistics" (PDF). sportresult.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 December 2011. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
  4. ^ "EHF Euro 2010. All Star Team announced". ehf-euro.com. European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
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