Bojana Popović
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20 November 1979 Niš, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia |
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| Nationality | Montenegrin | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Left back | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1994–1998 1998–2002 2002–2007 2007–2010 2010–2012 |
RK DIN Niš Budućnost Slagelse DT Viborg HK Budućnost |
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| Montenegro | 56 (311) | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Bojana Popović, née Petrović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бојана Поповић) (born 20 November 1979) is a Montenegrin handballer. She is considered by many to be the best female handball player of the past two decades, 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.
Bojana Popović started playing handball at Serbian club HC Naisa Niš when she was eleven years old. She later played for Montenegrin club Budućnost Podgorica for four seasons. In 2002, Popović signed a contract with Danish team Slagelse DT, at that time coached by Anja Andersen. With Slagelse, she experienced great success: three times Champions League winner, EHF Cup winner, three Danish Championship golds and one Danish Cup.
At the end of the 2006/07 season, Popović signed a contract with Viborg HK. Since her arrival at Viborg, she has won two Danish Championship golds and two Danish Cups. In 2009 she won her fourth Champions League title, the first with Viborg.
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