Milena Raičević
| Player information | |
|---|---|
| birthday | March 12, 1990 |
| place of birth | Titograd , Yugoslavia |
| citizenship |
 Montenegrin
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| height | 1.78 m |
| Playing position | Back left |
| Back center | |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Club information | |
| society | ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica |
| Jersey number | 90 |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 2000– |
ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica
|
| National team | |
| Games (goals) | |
|
Montenegro
|
145 (450) |
|
As of November 30, 2019 |
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Milena Raičević (born March 12, 1990 in Titograd , Yugoslavia , born Milena Knežević ) is a Montenegrin handball player who was named Montenegrin handball player of the year in 2012.
Career
Raičević has played for the Montenegrin club ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica since 2000 . With Budućnost, the backcourt player won the European Cup Winners' Cup in 2010, the EHF Champions League in 2012 and 2015 , and the championship and the cup in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 and 2019.
In 2007, Raičević first made international attention when she was the top scorer at the U-17 European Championship with 65 goals. At the U-20 World Cup in 2010, she surprisingly took 3rd place with the Montenegrin team. At the end of the tournament, Raičević was elected to the All-Star Team.
Raičević's first international tournament with the Montenegrin women's national team was the 2010 European Championship . A year later, the next big tournament followed for them with the World Cup . In the summer of 2012, Raičević took part in the Olympic Games in London with Montenegro , where she won the silver medal. In the same year she won the European Championship with Montenegro . She also took part in the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro .
Web links
- Milena Raičević in the database of the European Handball Federation (English)
- Milena Raičević in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Player portrait of Milena Raičević
Individual evidence
- ↑ japanhandball2019.com: モ ン テ ネ グ ロ , accessed November 30, 2019
- ↑ handballme.me: Mileni će od sledeće sezone na dresu pisati Raičević ( memento of October 12, 2015 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on September 7, 2015
- ↑ handball-world.com: Knezevic and Markovic are Montenegro's handball player of the year , accessed on December 28, 2012
- ↑ handball-world.com: U17 European Junior Championships , accessed on December 28, 2012
- ↑ handball-world.com: Montenegro celebrates bronze, Korea tearful fourth , accessed on December 28, 2012
- ↑ handball.no: To på All Star Team , accessed on December 28, 2012
- ↑ handball-world.com: Top scorer Visser, Knezevic sees the first red card , accessed on December 28, 2012
- ↑ ihf.info: Montenegrin World Cup squad 2011 (PDF; 23 kB), accessed on December 28, 2012
- ↑ ehf-euro.com: Montenegro take EHF EURO 2012 crown ( memento from December 21, 2012 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on December 28, 2012
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Raičević, Milena |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Knežević, Milena (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Montenegrin handball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 12, 1990 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Podgorica |