Cristina Vărzaru

Cristina Vărzaru
Personal information
Full nameCristina Georgiana Vărzaru
Born5 December 1979
Corabia, Romania
Height1.67 m (5 ft 6 in)
Playing positionRight Wing
Club information
Current clubCSM București
Youth clubs
CSS Corabia
CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
Senior clubs
1997–2002
2002–2005
2005–2012
2012-		CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
Rapid Bucharest
Viborg HK
CSM București
National team 1
 Romania Romania169 (478)
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 2 December 2011

Cristina Vărzaru (born 5 December 1979 in Corabia)[1] who plays for CSM București and the Romanian national team.

Biography

Vărzaru participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics where Romania finished seventh.[2] She received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship and a bronze one at the 2010 European World Championship.

She won the Champions League in 2006, 2009 and 2010, all with Viborg HK.[3]

She was top goalscorer of the 2009–10 EHF Women's Champions League edition, with a total of 101 goals .[4]

International honours

Personal life

Both parents are teachers. She has a twin sister, Anca, who graduated the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies. The other sister, Gabriela, is a Mathematics teacher in Râmnicu Vâlcea same as the father of the girls. Her mother is teacher of French.[5]

References

  1. ↑ "Cristina Georgiana Varzaru". eurohandball.com. Euro Handball. Retrieved 8 June 2012.
  2. ↑ "Cristina Vărzaru Biography and Statistics". Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  3. ↑ "Profile: Christina Várzaru" (in Danish). Viborg Håndbold Klub A/S. Retrieved 2009-06-18.
  4. ↑ "EHF Women's Champions League 2009/10 – Top 50 scorers". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 7 June 2012.
  5. ↑ "Destinul a despartit-o pe Cristina Varzaru de sora geamana!" (in Romanian). stl.ro. Retrieved 12 June 2010.

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Awards
Preceded by
Germany Grit Jurack		 EHF Champions League top scorer
2009–10 		Succeeded by
Norway Heidi Løke