Alexandru Buligan

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Alexandru Buligan
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A retired Romanian handball goalkeeper
Personal information
Born22 April 1960 (1960-04-22) (age 64)
Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania [1]
Height200 cm (6 ft 7 in)
Weight89 kg (196 lb)
Sport
Sport Handball
Club Poli Timișoara (1977–81)
Steaua (1981–82)
Poli Timișoara (1982–88)
Dinamo București (1988–90)
JD Arrate (1990–94)
BM Guadalajara (1994–95)
SDC San Antonio (1995–2002) [2]
Medal record
Representing Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
Olympic Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1984 Los Angeles Team
World Championship
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1990 Czechoslovakia Team

Alexandru Buligan (born 22 April 1960) is a retired Romanian handball goalkeeper who played a record of 280 international games for Romania. [3] He won bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1990 World Championships. [4]

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At the club level he played in Romania until 1990 and in Spain from 1990 to 2002. After that he worked as a goalkeeper coach and assistant for the Spain men's national handball team, winning with them the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship. [5]

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References

  1. Alexandru Buligan . sports-reference.com
  2. Alexandru Buligan. Romanian Olympic Committee
  3. Sorin Cealera (24 January 2012). "Naționala de handbal a României în fața unui nou început" (in Romanian). reporterntv.ro.
  4. "Buligan Honoured in Timișoara". European Handball Federation. 23 August 2007. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  5. Enrique Ojeda (25 February 2005). "El Rey pide a los campeones del mundo más títulos" (in Spanish). Diario AS.