Vasile Stîngă
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| Born | 21 January 1957 (age 64) Hunedoara, Romania[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Handball | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Steaua Bucharest (1977–1989) Alzira Avidesa (1989–1992)[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Vasile Stîngă (also Stanga, born 21 January 1957) is a Romanian handball coach and former player. He played 216 matches for Romania men's national handball team, scoring 1414 goals[4] and winning bronze medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. He was the top scorer at the 1982 World Championship and in 1985 was selected for the World Handball Team.[2]
At the club level Stângă played for Steaua Bucharest (1977–1989), winning with them 11 national titles and also reach an EHF Champions League final in 1989,[5] and for Alzira Avidesa (1989–1992) in Spain,[2] and was instrumental in the 1992 Copa del Rey win against Barcelona. He led Steaua to victory in the 2006 EHF Challenge Cup as a coach.
Stîngă is married to the former basketball player Ecaterina Stîngă, they have a son Andrei and a daughter Corina.[5]
References[]
- ^ Vasile Stîngă. sports-reference.com
- ^ a b c Vasile Stanga. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ "The History of Handball in FISU". International University Sports Federation. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Performerii de altadata ai handbalului, premiati" (in Romanian). bihon.ro. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
- ^ a b In numele iubirii! Legendarul handbalist Vasile Stanga, iertat de sotie pentru cele TREI amante. cancan.ro (24 November 2013)
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