Indira Kastratović

Indira Kastratović

Personal information
Full name	Indira Kastratović
Born	2 October 1970 Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Macedonian
Club information
Current club	ŽRK Vardar (coach)
Senior clubs
1994-2006	ŽRK Halas Jožef Jugoinspekt Novi Sad ŽRK Voždovac Kometal Gjorče Petrov
National team ^1
	Macedonia
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 17 February 2013

Indira Kastratović, née Jakupović (Macedonian: Индира Кастратовиќ; born 2 October 1970) is one of the best Macedonian female handball players in history^[1] and one of the best right backs in the world. In the 1997 World Women's Handball Championship she helped the Macedonian women's handball team to reach 7th place by scoring 71 goals^[2] the most at that years championship. She played for Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje almost her entire career and was one of their best players. She reached the final at two occasions and won the champions league with Kometal Gjorče Petrov Skopje in 2002 scoring 10 goals in the final game. She is currently the coach of ŽRK Vardar. She's a wife of handball coach Zoran Kastratović. She is of Bosnian heritage.

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: 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: 1
    • Winner: 2002
    • Semi-Finalist: 2004

As coach

• ZRK Vardar
  • Macedonian League: 3
    • Winner: 2013 ,2014 ,2015
  • Macedonian Cup: 3
    • Winner: 2013 ,2014 ,2015

References

1. "Győzött Brazília ellen a nőikézi-válogatott". Origo (in Hungarian). 7 June 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2013.
2. "Indira Kastratović: Uspjeh ne dolazi preko noći - Vijesti online" (in Serbian). Online Vijesti. 6 January 2013. Retrieved 17 February 2013. Indira Kastratović je 1997. godine bila najbolji strijelac Svjetskog prvenstva u Njemačkoj (Makedonija je završila na 7. mjestu, u konkurenciji 24 tima, nakon poraza u četvrtfinalu od domaćina) sa 71 golom, ali interesantno nije izabrana u najbolju postavu šampionata. [Machine translation: Indira Kastratović in 1997. was the top scorer of the World Cup in Germany (Macedonia finished in 7th place, 24 teams in the competition, after losing in the quarterfinals of the host) with 71 goal, but interestingly not selected the best lineup in the championship]