Mariana Tîrcă
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mariana Tîrcă | ||
| Born | 9 October 1962 Mândra, Romania | ||
| Nationality |  Romanian | ||
| Playing position | Right back | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Retired | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
1999-2000 2000-2004 | Rulmentul Braşov CS Ştiinţa Bacău Oltchim Vâlcea Podravka Koprivnica GAS Anagennisi Artas Oltchim Vâlcea | ||
| National team 1 | |||
| Romania | 265 (1987) | ||
| 1 National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2011 | |||
Mariana Tîrcă (born 9 October 1962)[1] is a retired Romanian handball player. She is considered a living legend of the Romanian and international handball, being voted top 5 women handball players of the 20th century.[2] Tîrcă is currently the coach of Rulmentul Braşov.
She has played 265 games for the Romanian national team, and scored 1987 goals. She is currently the player with most goals for any handball national team in the world.[3]
International honours
- Player
- Women's EHF Champions League: Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica)
- EHF Women's Champions Trophy: Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica)
- Coach
- Romanian Women's Handball League: Winner 2006 (with Rulmentul Braşov)
- Women's EHF Challenge Cup: Winner 2007 (with Rulmentul Braşov)
- Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 2008 (with Rulmentul Braşov)
Personal life
Mariana Tîrcă is an honorary citizen of Croatia.[4]
She is married with Sorin Tîrcă and has one daughter, Sorina.[5]
References
- ↑ "Mariana Tîrcă profile – EuroHandball". EuroHandball. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
- ↑
- ↑ "„Brasov este orasul pe care il iubesc si unde as vrea sa ma stabilesc definitiv”, Mihail VAKULOVSKI in dialog cu Mariana TIRCA" (in Romanian). tiuk.reea.net. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
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