Andrea Lekić

Andrea Lekić (; born 6 September 1987) is a Serbian former handballer.

In 2013 Lekić was chosen IHF World Player of the Year. She was also one of the candidates for 2011 IHF World Player of the Year award.

Lekić also played beach handball, where she represented the Serbia-Montenegro national team at the 2006 European Championship.

Career Lekić started her career in 1998 at the Serbian club ORK Belgrade. In 2005 she joined league rivals ŽRK Radnički Belgrade. A year later she joined ŽRK Knjaz Miloš in Aranđelovac. Here she won the Serbian Championship in 2007.

She then joined Slovenian side RK Krim, where she played for four years. In that time she won both the Slovenian championship and the Slovenian cup four times.

Her next club was Győri ETO KC in Hungary. Regarding the transfer, she said that she chose Ferencvaros as it gave her the best chances of winning the EHF Champions League. Here she won the Hungarian championship and the Hungarian cup double in 2012 and 2013, as well as the 2013 EHF Champions League.

She then joined the Macedonian club HC Vardar, where she won the Macedonian championship and Macedonian Cup every year from 2014 to 2018.

She then moved to Romania to join CSM București. Here she won the Romanian cup in 2019.

In 2020 she joined ŽRK Budućnost Podgorica. Here she won another set of the domestic titles.

A year later she returned to Slovenian RK Krim, where she once again won both the Slovenian championship and cup.

In 2022 she joined Hungarian side Ferencváros. With Ferencvaros she won the Hungarian championship in 2024, the Hungarian cup in 2023 and 2024 and reached the EHF Champions League final in 2023, where she lost to Norwegian Vipers Kristiansand 28:24.

National team She has represented Serbian at the 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012 European Women's Handball Championship. At the 2012 games she was selected for the tournament all star team.

At the 2013 World Women's Handball Championship she won silver medals with the Serbian national team.

Other accomplishments She is the main organizer of the “Andrea Lekic” handball academy for children, which debuted successfully in 2013, and she has serious expansion plans in the future. She graduated from the Faculty of Tourism and Hotel Management and received the title Bachelor of Economy, and she studies at the Faculty of Sports.

Lekić was given the award of Honorary Citizen of the cities of Győr, Hungary and Vrnjačka Banja, Serbia.

International honours Club EHF Champions League: Gold Medalist: 2013 Silver Medalist: 2012, 2017, 2018, 2023 Serbian First League Winner: 2007 Slovenian First League Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022 Slovenian Cup Winner: 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2022 Nemzeti Bajnokság I: Winner: 2012, 2013, 2024 Magyar Kupa: Winner: 2012, 2013, 2023, 2024, 2025 Macedonian First League Winner: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 Macedonian Cup Winner: 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021 Romanian Supercup: Winner: 2019 Romanian Cup: Winner: 2019

National team World Championship: Silver Medalist: 2013

Awards and recognition MVP of the Women's Regional Handball League: 2009 All-Star Playmaker of the European Championship: 2012 IHF World Player of the Year: 2013 Team of the Tournament Playmaker of the Bucharest Trophy: 2015 Balkan-Handball.com Ex-Yugoslavian Handballer of the Year: 2014, 2017 Balkan-Handball.com Serbian Handballer of the Year: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017 Liga Națională Centre Back of the Season: 2019