Blažo Lisičić (born 22 August 1972) is a Montenegrin former

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.

Club career

Born in

Titograd Podgorica ( cnr-Cyrl, Подгорица; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns in Montenegro, largest city of Montenegro. The city is just north of Lake Skadar and close to coastal destinations on the Adriatic Sea. Histor ...

, Lisičić was signed by Proleter Zrenjanin as a teenager. He would become a member of the team that won two Yugoslav Championship titles and reached the

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final in the 1990–91 season. Between 1993 and 1996, Lisičić played for Belgrade arch-rivals

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 ...

and Partizan. In 1996, Lisičić moved abroad to Spain and signed with Pozoblanco. He spent one season with the

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club, but failed to help them avoid relegation. From 1997 to 2002, Lisičić played for three teams in Germany, namely TV Niederwürzbach, HSG Dutenhofen/Münchholzhausen, and GWD Minden. Later on, Lisičić would also spend some time in Italy (Conversano and Casarano), Qatar ( Al Sadd), and Croatia (

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). He lastly played for

Lovćen Lovćen ( cnr-Cyrl, Ловћен, ) is a mountain and national park in southwestern Montenegro. It is the inspiration behind the names ''Montenegro'' and ''Crna Gora'', both of which mean 'Black Mountain' and refer to the appearance of Mount ...

in his native Montenegro, adding two more trophies to his collection, before retiring.

International career

At international level, Lisičić competed for

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in five major tournaments between 1996 and 2003, winning three bronze medals. After the split of Serbia and Montenegro, Lisičić represented

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, helping the nation qualify for the 2008 European Championship.

Honours

;Proleter Zrenjanin *

Yugoslav Handball Championship The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the highest level competition in men's team handball in the Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia, played regularly for almost four decades between 1953 and 1992, before being abandoned due to the breakup ...

: 1989–90, 1991–92 ;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 The Yugoslav Handball Championship was the ...

: 1994–95 ;Al Sadd * Qatar Handball League: 2003–04 ;Zagreb * Croatian Handball Premier League: 2005–06 *

Croatian Handball Cup The Croatian Handball Cup () is a national team handball competition in Croatia operated by the Croatian Handball Federation. It has been held annually since Croatian independence in 1991 and succeeded the former Yugoslavian Handball Cup. Winner ...

: 2005–06 ;Lovćen * Montenegrin Men's Handball Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10

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