Sanela Knezović

Sanela Knezović
Personal information
Born	(1979-12-22) 22 December 1979 Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Croatian
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1996-2004	Podravka
2004–2007	Budućnost
2007-2008	Dunaferr
2008-2011	Budućnost
2011-2012	CS Oltchim
2012	Dunaferr
2012–2015	HC Astrakhanochka
National team 1
Years	Team
	Croatia
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 1 July 2011

Sanela Knezović (born 22 December 1979) is a Herzegovinian-born Croatian handballer.

Club career

Knezović started to play handball in 1990 in Mostar. Her first coach was Nikola Stipić. Unfortunately Knezović was forced to take a one-year pause because of Bosnian War. After the war she continued to play handball and in 1994 joined Zrinjski Mostar. In 1996 she received the Best Athlete of Bosnia and Herzegovina award. Same year Knezović signed with European Champions Podravka Vegeta. In eight years of playing for best Croatian team, Knezović won many Croatian Championship and Croatian Cup trophies. In 2002, she played in EHF Cup finals. Two years after that she joined Montenegrin Champions Budućnost and in 2006 won Cup Winners' Cup trophy. In 2007, she went to Hungarian handball club Dunaferr, but because of the club's financial problems she returned to Budućnost. In 2010 Knezović again won Cup Winners' Cup trophy and in 2011 played in Champions League semi-finals. In the 2011/2012 season Sanela Knezović played for Romanian champions CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea. After one season in Dunaferr, Sanela moved to HC Astrakhanochka on three years contract. She retired from handball in 2015. After retirement, she completed her studies and graduated from Faculty of Kinesiology. She has been in private business ever since.

Achievements

• EHF Champions League:
  • Semifinalist: 2012
• Cup Winners' Cup:
  • Winner: 2006, 2010
• Women's Regional Handball League:
  • Winner: 2010, 2011
  • Silver Medallist: 2009
• Romanian Championship:
  • Winner: 2012
• Hungarian Championship:
  • Silver Medallist: 2008
• Croatian Championship:
  • Winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003
• Montenegrin Championship:
  • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
• Romanian Supercup:
  • Winner: 2011
• Hungarian Cup:
  • Silver Medallist: 2008
• Croatian Cup:
  • Winner: 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
• Montenegrin Cup:
  • Winner: 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011

Individual accomplishments

• Best Athlete of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1996
• Captain of Croatian national team: 2004

External links

• Official site of Sanela Knezović
• Profile at eurohandball.com