Aleksandar Knežević (; born 26 December 1968) is a Serbian former
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...
player and current coach.
Club career
Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Knežević played for
Borac Banja Luka
Fudbalski klub Borac Banja Luka (Serbian Cyrillic: Фудбалски клуб Бopaц Бања Лука, ) is a Bosnian professional association football club, based in the city of Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and is the major part of th ...
,
Crvena zvezda
Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-Cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club, ), commonly known as Red Star Belgrade in English-language media, is a Serbian professional football club based in B ...
(1992–1993), USM Gagny (1993–1994),
Conquense (1994–1995),
Partizan Partizan may refer to:
Sport
* JSD Partizan, a sports society from Belgrade, Serbia, which includes the following clubs:
**AK Partizan, athletics
** Biciklistički Klub Partizan, cycling
** Džudo Klub Partizan, judo
**FK Partizan, association fo ...
(1995–1996 and 1998–1999), BSV Borba Luzern (1996–1998) and
Frisch Auf Göppingen
Turn- und Polizeisportgemeinschaft Frisch Auf Göppingen e.V. is a sports club from Germany, located in Göppingen, Baden-Württemberg. The club's men's handball team plays under the name FRISCH AUF! Göppingen in Handball-Bundesliga. Nine-time c ...
(1999–2007).
International career
Knežević represented
FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro ( sr, Cрбија и Црна Гора, translit=Srbija i Crna Gora) was a country in Southeast Europe located in the Balkans that existed from 1992 to 2006, following the breakup
A relationship breakup, breakup, or ...
in the
2000 Summer Olympics
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.
He was also a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the
1996 European Championship.
Honours
;Borac Banja Luka
* Yugoslav Handball Cup: 1991–92
*
EHF Cup
The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...
: 1990–91
;Partizan
*
Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia
Serbia and Montenegro Handball Super League was the highest-level national handball league competition in Serbia and Montenegro.
Champions
Results by teams
See also
* Yugoslav Handball Championship
* Serbian Handball Super League
The Ser ...
: 1998–99
References
External links
Olympic record*
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1968 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Banja Luka
Serbs of Bosnia and Herzegovina
Serbian male handball players
Yugoslav male handball players
Competitors at the 1991 Mediterranean Games
Mediterranean Games medalists in handball
Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Yugoslavia
Olympic handball players for Yugoslavia
Handball players at the 2000 Summer Olympics
RK Borac Banja Luka players
RK Crvena zvezda players
RK Partizan players
Frisch Auf Göppingen players
Liga ASOBAL players
Handball-Bundesliga players
Expatriate handball players
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in France
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
Serbia and Montenegro expatriate sportspeople in Germany
Serbian handball coaches
Competitors at the 1990 Goodwill Games
Goodwill Games medalists in handball
Expatriate sports coaches
Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Germany