Marija Jovanović

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

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

Marija Jovanović
Marija Jovanović in 2015
Personal information
Born	(1985-12-26) 26 December 1985 (age 37) 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 2012 London Team European Championship 2012 Serbia Team Mediterranean Games 2009 Pescara 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).^[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

• European Handball Championship:
  • Gold Medallist: 2012
• Olympics:
  • Silver Medallist: 2012

References

1. "Marija Jovanovic". eurohandball.com. Retrieved 19 June 2011.
2. "2014 European Championship Roster" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 7 December 2014.
3. "9th Women's European Handball Championship, Euro 2010. Individual statistics" (PDF). European Handball Federation. Retrieved 20 December 2010.
4. . European Handball Federation. Archived from the original on 22 December 2010. Retrieved 20 December 2010.

External links

 

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Marija Jovanović.

• Marija Jovanović at the European Handball Federation 
• Marija Jovanović at Olympedia