Kristina Topuzović ( sr-Cyrl, Кристина Топузовић, born August 23, 1994) is a Serbian

women's basketball Women's basketball is the team sport of basketball played by women. It was first played in 1892, one year after men's basketball, at Smith College in Massachusetts. It spread across the United States, in large parts via women's college compet ...

player who plays for Sepsi SIC of the Liga Națională. Standing at , she plays at the

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position. She also represent the

Serbian national basketball team The Serbia men's national basketball team () represents Serbia in international men's basketball competition, and is controlled by the Basketball Federation of Serbia. Serbia is currently ranked second in the FIBA World Ranking. From 1992 to ...

Club career

She began playing basketball in

Šabac Šabac ( sr-Cyrl, Шабац, ) is a List of cities in Serbia, city and the administrative centre of the Mačva District in western Serbia. The traditional centre of the fertile Mačva region, Šabac is located on the right banks of the river ...

where she stayed until 2010. She then moved to the Belgrade-based club

Radivoj Korać Radivoj Korać ( sr-cyrl, Радивој Кораћ; 5 November 1938 – 2 June 1969) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally. Korać is well-known for holding t ...

. In summer 2016, she moved in Montenegrin Budućnost Volcano. After two years in Podgorica, Kristina makes move back to

Belgrade Belgrade is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Serbia, largest city of Serbia. It is located at the confluence of the Sava and Danube rivers and at the crossroads of the Pannonian Basin, Pannonian Plain and the Balkan Peninsula. T ...

in October 2018, and links with Serbian powerhouse and one of the most refined women's basketball clubs in Europe,

Crvena zvezda Fudbalski klub Crvena zvezda ( sr-cyrl, Фудбалски клуб Црвена звезда, lit=Red Star Football Club), commonly referred to as Crvena zvezda () and colloquially referred to as Red Star Belgrade in anglophone media, is a ...

International career

She represented Serbian national basketball team at the

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in Budapest where they won the gold medal, and qualified for the

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, first in the history for the Serbian team.

References

External links

Kristina Topuzović
at eurobasket.com

at fiba.com

at fibaeurope.com * 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Šabac Serbian expatriate basketball people in Montenegro Serbian women's basketball players 21st-century Serbian sportswomen Shooting guards ŽKK Crvena zvezda players ŽKK Radivoj Korać players European champions for Serbia Beşiktaş women's basketball players {{Serbia-basketball-bio-stub