Julija Portjanko

Julija Portjanko

Personal information
Born	20 April 1983 Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine
Nationality	Macedonian
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	ŽRK Vardar
Number	14
Senior clubs
2001–2003 2003–2009 2009–2010 2010–2012 2012–2013 2013–2015	SC Galiceanka Liov Kometal Gjorče Petrov Üsküdar Belediyespor Arvor 29 Zvezda Zvenigorod ŽRK Vardar
National team ^1
	Macedonia	57 (187)[1]
^1 National team caps and goals correct as of 4 December 2012

Julija Portjanko, (Macedonian: Јулија Портјанко) also Julija Nikolić (Јулија Николиќ) (born 20 April 1983) is a Macedonian handball player. She plays for the club ŽRK Vardar and for the Macedonia women's national handball team. She played on the Macedonian team at the 2008 European Women's Handball Championship,^[2] where Macedonia finished 7th, and Portjanko was among the top-ten goalscorers at the championship.

On 3 June 2012, after leading Macedonia to qualification for the 2012 European Women's Handball Championship she announced her retirement from the national team.^[3]

References

1. Official squad 2012 Women’s EHF European Championship
2. "Official squads, Women's EURO 2008. Fyr Macedonia team roster". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 15 January 2009.
3. "Николиќ: „Мој последен натпревар за Македонија“". Ekipa. Retrieved 4 June 2012.