List of Famous people born in Podgorica Municipality, Montenegro
Milos Raonic
Milos Raonic is a Canadian professional tennis player. He reached a career-high Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) world No. 3 singles ranking on November 21, 2016. Raonic is one of the most successful Canadian singles male players in history. His career-high No. 3 ranking is the highest ever ranking for a Canadian man. He is the first Canadian male in the Open Era to reach the Australian Open semifinals, the French Open quarterfinals, and the Wimbledon final.
Nikola Mirotić
Nikola Mirotić is a Montenegrin-born Spanish professional basketball player for FC Barcelona of the Liga ACB and the EuroLeague. The power forward is a two-time All-EuroLeague Second Team member, and previously played for Real Madrid of the Liga ACB. Mirotić was drafted with the 23rd pick in the 2011 NBA draft, and played in the NBA from 2014 for the Chicago Bulls, New Orleans Pelicans and Milwaukee Bucks, before returning to Spain in the 2019 offseason.
Stevan Jovetić
Stevan Jovetić is a footballer who plays as a striker for Monaco and the Montenegro national team.
Predrag Mijatović
Predrag "Peđa" Mijatović is a retired Montenegrin professional footballer who played as a striker. At club level, Mijatović played for six clubs: Budućnost Titograd, Partizan, Valencia, Real Madrid, Fiorentina and Levante. Internationally, he played for Yugoslavia at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and at the UEFA Euro 2000.
Ilija Spasojević
Ilija Spasojević is a Montenegrin-born Indonesian professional footballer who plays as a striker for Liga 1 club Bali United and the Indonesia national team. Spasojević is known for his goalscoring ability. During his senior career he scored 180 goals in 344 official matches and earned himself a nickname "Spasogoal."
Niša Saveljić
Niša Saveljić is a Montenegrin former professional footballer who played as a defender.
Sergej Ćetković
Sergej Ćetković is a Montenegrin recording artist. He lives and works in the Serbian capital of Belgrade. Ćetković represented Montenegro in the Eurovision Song Contest 2014.
Dejan Savićević
Dejan Savićević is a Montenegrin former footballer who played as an attacking midfielder. Since 2004, he has been the president of the Montenegrin Football Association (FSCG), currently in his fifth term at the post. Savićević was considered one of the best players in the world during the 1980s and ‘90s, and is regarded as one of the greatest Montenegrin and Yugoslavian footballers of all-time. During his time in A.C. Milan he was nicknamed Il Genio.
Marko Kordić
Marko Kordić is a Montenegrin football goalkeeper who plays for FK Iskra Danilovgrad.
Andrea Demirović
Andrea Demirović, also known as simply Andrea, is a Montenegrin singer and a student of the Cetinje Music Academy – Music Pedagogy.