Indira Kastratović, née Jakupović (Macedonian: Индира Кастратовиќ; born 2 October 1970) is a Macedonian handball player. She is considered as one of the best Macedonian female handball players in history[1] and one of the best right backs in the world.[citation needed]

Indira Kastratović
Personal information
Full name Indira Kastratović
Born (1970-10-02) 2 October 1970 (age 53)
Banja Luka, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia
Nationality North Macedonia Macedonian
Club information
Current club North Macedonia ŽRK Vardar (coach)
Senior clubs
Years Team
1988:1990
ŽRK Halas Jožef
1990-1992
Jugoinspekt Novi Sad
1992-1994
ŽRK Voždovac
1994-2006
Kometal Gjorče Petrov
National team 1
Years Team
North Macedonia Macedonia
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 17 February 2013

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's married to the handball coach Zoran Kastratović. She is of Bosnian origin.

Achievements edit

As player

  • Kometal Gjorce Petrov

As coach

References edit

  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. Archived from the original on 2 December 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. (Indira Kastratović was the top scorer of the World Cup in Germany in 1997 (Macedonia finished in 7th place out of 24, after losing in the quarterfinals against the host) with 71 goals, but interestingly was not selected to the best lineup in the championship)