Željka Nikolić ( sr-cyr, Жељка Николић; born 12 July 1991) is a Serbian female

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor 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 thr ...

player for Romanian club SCM Craiova and the Serbian national team. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("

Honorary Citizen Honorary citizenship is a status bestowed by a city or other government on a foreign or native individual whom it considers to be especially admirable or otherwise worthy of the distinction. The honor usually is symbolic and does not confer an ...

") of the city of

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in 2018.

Honours

Club

EHF Champions League The EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the men's com ...

: **''Winner'': 2015 *

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. Previo ...

: **''Winner'':

2018 Events January * January 1 – Bulgaria takes over the Presidency of the Council of the European Union, after the Estonian presidency. * January 4 – SPLM-IO rebels loyal to Chan Garang Lual start a raid against Juba, capital of ...

Individual

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Best Right Wing of the Romanian Liga Națională:

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* 1991 births Living people Sportspeople from Priboj Sportspeople from Zlatibor District Serbian female handball players Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Montenegro SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (handball) players Mediterranean Games competitors for Serbia Handball players at the 2009 Mediterranean Games 21st-century Serbian sportswomen Expatriate handball players in Montenegro Serbian expatriate handball players in Romania Serbian expatriate sportspeople in Denmark Expatriate handball players in Denmark {{Serbia-handball-bio-stub