Sanela Knezović (born 22 December 1979) is a Herzegovinian-born Croatian

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Club career

Knezović started to play handball in 1990 in Mostar. Her first coach was Nikola Stipić. Unfortunately Knezović was forced to take a one-year pause because of

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. After the war she continued to play handball and in 1994 joined Zrinjski Mostar. In 1996 she received the Best Athlete of

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award. Same year Knezović signed with European Champions Podravka Vegeta. In eight years of playing for best Croatian team, Knezović won many Croatian Championship and Croatian Cup trophies. In 2002, she played in

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finals. Two years after that she joined Montenegrin Champions Budućnost and in 2006 won Cup Winners' Cup trophy. In 2007, she went to Hungarian handball club Dunaferr, but because of the club's financial problems she returned to Budućnost. In 2010 Knezović again won Cup Winners' Cup trophy and in 2011 played in Champions League semi-finals. In the 2011/2012 season Sanela Knezović played for Romanian champions

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. After one season in Dunaferr, Sanela moved to HC Astrakhanochka on three years contract. She retired from handball in 2015. After retirement, she completed her studies and graduated from Faculty of Kinesiology. She has been in private business ever since.

Achievements

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 ...

: **''Semifinalist'': 2012 *

Cup Winners' Cup The UEFA Cup Winners' Cup was a European football club competition contested annually by the winners of domestic cup competitions. The competition's official name was originally the European Cup Winners' Cup; it was renamed the UEFA Cup Winne ...

: **''Winner'': 2006, 2010 *Women's Regional Handball League: **''Winner'': 2010, 2011 **''Silver Medallist'': 2009 * Romanian Championship: **''Winner'': 2012 * Hungarian Championship: **''Silver Medallist'': 2008 *Croatian Championship: **''Winner'': 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 *Montenegrin Championship: **''Winner'': 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011 *Romanian Supercup: **''Winner'': 2011 *

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: **''Silver Medallist'': 2008 *Croatian Cup: **''Winner'': 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004 *Montenegrin Cup: **''Winner'': 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011

Individual accomplishments

* Best Athlete of Bosnia and Herzegovina: 1996 * Captain of Croatian national team: 2004

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