Indira Kastratović, née Jakupović (; born 2 October 1970) is a Macedonian 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. She is considered as one of the best Macedonian female handball players in history and one of the best right backs in the world. She was inducted into the EHF Hall of Fame in 2024. In the 1997

World Women's Handball Championship The IHF Women's Handball World Championship has been organized by the International Handball Federation since 1957. European teams have won every time except 1995 where South Korea won as the first team outside Europe and 2013 where Brazil won ...

she helped the Macedonian women's handball team to reach 7th place by scoring 71 goals the most at that years championship. She played for

Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje WHC Gjorche Petrov () is a female handball club based in Skopje, the capital of North Macedonia. History The club was founded in 1979 under the name ''Women's Handball Club Gjorče Petrov''. Kometal Gjorče Petrov stopped its work on 16 Septem ...

almost her entire career and was one of their best players. She reached the final at two occasions and won the champions league with

in 2002 scoring 10 goals in the final game. In 2006 she went to

BM Remudas Balonmano Remudas, a.k.a. Rocasa Gran Canaria ACE for sponsorship reasons, is a Spanish professional women's team handball, handball club from Telde in the island of Gran Canaria, Canary Islands. Founded in 1978, ten years later it was promoted t ...

, at

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. But there were some problems with visas for her family and she decided to return home after three months. She's married to the handball coach Zoran Kastratović. She is of Bosnian origin.

Achievements

As player *Kometal Gjorce Petrov ** Macedonian League: 12 ***Winner: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 **

Macedonian Cup The Cup of Macedonia (, ''Kup na Makedonija'') is the top knockout tournament and the second most important football competition in North Macedonia after the Macedonian First League championship. The cup was established in 1992 after local clubs ...

: 12 ***Winner: 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006 ** Champions League: 1 ***Winner: 2002 ***Finalist: 2000 and 2005 **

Champions Trophy The ICC Champions Trophy, formerly known as the ICC Knock Out Trophy, is an international One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC) contested by international men's teams. Inaugurat ...

: 1 ***Winner: 2002 ***Semi-Finalist: 2004 As coach *ZRK Vardar ** Macedonian League: 3 ***Winner: 2013, 2014, 2015 **

: 3 ***Winner: 2013, 2014, 2015

References

1970 births Living people Handball players from Banja Luka Macedonian people of Montenegrin descent Macedonian people of Bosnia and Herzegovina descent Macedonian female handball players {{RMacedonia-handball-bio-stub