Julija Portjanko

Julija Portjanko
Personal information
Born20 April 1983
NationalityMacedonian
Height1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing positionCentre back
Club information
Current clubŽRK Vardar
Number14
National team 1
 Macedonia57 (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]

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