Amanda Kurtović Explained

Amanda Kurtović
Full Name:Amanda Maria Kurtović
Nationality:Norwegian
Birth Date:25 July 1991
Birth Place:Karlskrona, Sweden
Height:1.75 m
Position:Right back
Clubnumber:24
Youthclubs1:Sandefjord TIF
Years1:2007–2010
Clubs1:Nordstrand IF
Years2:2010
Clubs2:Byåsen HE
Years3:2011–2012
Clubs3:Larvik HK
Years4:2012–2014
Clubs4:Viborg HK
Years5:2014–2015
Clubs5:Oppsal
Years6:2015–2017
Clubs6:Larvik HK
Years7:2017–2019
Clubs7:CSM București
Years8:2019–2021
Clubs8:Győri Audi ETO KC
Years9:2021
Clubs9:Kastamonu Belediyesi (loan)
Years10:2021–2022
Years11:2022–
Nationalyears1:2011–2020
Nationalteam1:Norway
Nationalcaps1:118
Nationalgoals1:291

Amanda Kurtović (born 25 July 1991) is a Norwegian handball player who plays right back for Larvik HK and formerly the Norwegian national team.[1] [2] [3] She has won medals at Olympic, World and European level.

Career

Club career

Playing for Larvik HK, Kurtović won the Norwegian league and the Norwegian Women's Handball Cup in 2011, as well as winning the EHF Champions League, and also won the Norwegian league in 2012.

From 2012 to 2014 she played for the Danish club Viborg HK, and won the Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup with Viborg in 2014.

She played for the club Oppsal Håndball from 2014 to 2015, and again for Larvik HK from 2015 to 2017, when Larvik won the Norwegian cup in 2015, both the cup and the league in 2016, and the league in 2017.

International career

Playing for the Norwegian national team, Kurtović became World champion in 2011, Olympic champion in 2012, World champion in 2015, and European champion in 2016. In 2016 she also won Olympic bronze medal with the Norwegian team.[4] At the 2017 World Women's Handball Championship in Germany she won a silver medal with the Norwegian team.

Right before the European Championship, in November 2018, Kurtović raptured her ACL.[5] After that she has only made three appearances, in 2020, for the national team, and since has not been called back.

International honours

Individual awards

Personal life

She was born in Sweden to a Swedish mother and Croatian father, the handball coach and former player Marinko Kurtović. Her brother William is a professional footballer who represented Sweden internationally on youth level.[8] Her family moved to Sandefjord, Norway, when she was six because her father signed a contract with the local club.[2] In July 2023, Kurtović announced her first pregnancy with former hockey player Brede Csiszar.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Landslagsprofiler – Amanda Kurtovic . . no . 5 December 2011.
  2. http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=kurtovic-amanda-1110697/index.html Amanda Kurtović
  3. https://www.eurohandball.com/en/player/BTHj46lXMp-ma-5_fTZYog/amanda-kurtovic/ EHF profile
  4. Book: Haraldsen, Stian . Gode som gull. 30 år med håndballjentene . De 25 medaljemesterskapene . 2016 . Aschehoug . Oslo . Norwegian . 978-82-03-29618-5 . 144–159 .
  5. Web site: Kurtovic av banen i store smerter: – De hylene går gjennom marg og bein. . no . 13 August 2023.
  6. Web site: Her er Årets.... Norwegian Handball Federation. 21 May 2017. no.
  7. Web site: Cristina Neagu, cea mai bună handbalistă din Liga Naţională în sezonul 2017-2018. Cum arată echipa ideală a campionatului, după voturile exprimate de antrenori. Prosport. 21 May 2018. ro.
  8. Web site: I kveld skal Amanda banke farens fødeland. Arne Hole. Aftenposten. no.