Mariana Tîrcă

Mariana Tîrcă
Personal information
Full name Mariana Tîrcă
Born (1962-10-09) 9 October 1962
Mândra, Romania
Nationality Romania 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 335 (2043)[1]
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23 June 2011

Mariana Tîrcă (born 9 October 1962)[2] 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.[3] Tîrcă is currently the coach of HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea.

She has played 335 games for the Romanian national team, and scored 2043 goals. Tîrcă played until the age of 41, and is currently the player with most goals for any handball national team in the world.[4][5]

International honours

Player
Coach

Personal life

Mariana Tîrcă is an honorary citizen of Croatia.[6]

She is married with Sorin Tîrcă and has one daughter, Sorina.[7]

References


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