Aleksandar Knežević

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Aleksandar Knežević

Personal information

Full name

Aleksandar Knežević

Born

26 December 1968 (age 56)
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia-Herzegovina,
SFR Yugoslavia

Nationality

Serbian

Height

1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)

Playing position

Right back

Club information

Current club

Frisch Auf Frauen (head coach)

Senior clubs

Years

Team

Borac Banja Luka

1992–1993

Crvena zvezda

1993–1994

USM Gagny

1994–1995

Conquense

1995–1996

Partizan

1996–1998

BSV Borba Luzern

1998–1999

Partizan

1999–2007

Frisch Auf Göppingen

National team

Years

Team

1990–1992

Yugoslavia

1995–2000

FR Yugoslavia

Teams managed

2009–2013

Frisch Auf Frauen

2013–2014

Frisch Auf Göppingen

2014–

Frisch Auf Frauen

Medal record

Men's handball

Representing Yugoslavia
Goodwill Games
	1990 Seattle	Team
Mediterranean Games
	1991 Athens	Team
Representing Yugoslavia
European Championship
	1996 Spain	Team

Aleksandar Knežević (Serbian Cyrillic: Александар Кнежевић; born 26 December 1968) is a Serbian former handball player and current coach.

Club career

Over the course of his career that spanned more than two decades, Knežević played for Borac Banja Luka, Crvena zvezda (1992–1993), USM Gagny (1993–1994), Conquense (1994–1995), Partizan (1995–1996 and 1998–1999), BSV Borba Luzern (1996–1998) and Frisch Auf Göppingen (1999–2007).

International career

Knežević represented FR Yugoslavia in the 2000 Summer Olympics.^[1] He was also a member of the team that won the bronze medal at the 1996 European Championship.

Honours

Borac Banja Luka

Yugoslav Handball Cup: 1991–92
EHF Cup: 1990–91

Partizan

Handball Championship of FR Yugoslavia: 1998–99

References

^ "Pravo Veselina Vujovića" (in Serbian). glas-javnosti.rs. 29 August 2000. Retrieved 17 June 2020.

External links

Olympic record
Aleksandar Knežević at Olympedia (archive)
Aleksandar Knežević at the European Handball Federation

v t e Yugoslavia squad – 1990 Goodwill Games – Silver medal
1 Stojanović 2 Adžić 3 Prokić (c) 4 Kljaić 5 Đorđić 6 Škrbić 7 Knežević 8 Jovanović 9 Brajdić 10 Butulija 11 Gudelj 13 Ćavar 15 Peruničić 16 Perić Coach: Stanković

v t e FR Yugoslavia squad – 1996 European Men's Handball Championship – Bronze medal
1 Stojanović (c) 2 Škrbić 3 Kovačević 4 Lisičić 5 P. Peruničić 6 Stefanović 7 Knežević 8 Jovanović 9 N. Peruničić 10 Butulija 11 Vujović 12 Perić 13 Momić 14 Milosavljević 15 Adžić 16 Đorđić Coach: Živković

v t e FR Yugoslavia squad – 1997 World Men's Handball Championship – 9th place
1 Stojanović (c) 2 Škrbić 3 Jokić 4 Kovačević 5 P. Peruničić 6 Stefanović 7 Knežević 8 Jovanović 10 Butulija 11 Stupar 12 Perić 13 Momić 14 Milosavljević 15 Matić 16 Đorđić 19 N. Peruničić Coach: Elezović

v t e FR Yugoslavia squad – 2000 Summer Olympics – 4th place
3 Nikolić 7 Knežević 8 Jovanović 9 Peruničić 10 Butulija 11 Lapčević 12 Perić 14 Matić 15 Kapisoda 16 Šterbik 17 Milosavljević 18 Đukanović 20 Škrbić (c) 21 Golić 22 Đurković Coach: Vujović

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