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Born | 22 April 1960 63) Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania [1] | (age||||||||||||||||
Height | 200 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||||||||||||||||
Weight | 89 kg (196 lb) | ||||||||||||||||
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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] | ||||||||||||||||
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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]
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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