Andreea Popa | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Andreea Cristina Popa | ||
Born | Bucharest, Romania | 3 June 2000||
Nationality | Romanian | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Centre back | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Minaur Baia Mare | ||
Number | 70 | ||
Youth career | |||
Years | Team | ||
–2016 | CSȘ 2 București | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
2016–2017 | Dinamo București | ||
2017–2019 | Rapid București | ||
2019– | Minaur Baia Mare | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2019– | Romania | 8 | (6) |
Andreea Cristina Popa (born 3 June 2000) is a Romanian handballer for Minaur Baia Mare and the Romanian national team. [1]
She represented Romania at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship. [2] [3]
As a junior, she finished fifth in the 2019 Junior European Championship.
Popa's parents are both physical education teachers. She started playing handball under the coaching guidance of her mother Dorina Popa. [4]
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