Vasile Stîngă | |||
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Personal information | |||
Born | 21 January 1957 67) Hunedoara, Romania [1] | (age||
Height | 188 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Youth career | |||
Team | |||
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Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
–1977 | ![]() | ||
1977–1989 | ![]() | ||
1989–1992 | ![]() | ||
National team | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
![]() | 16 | (113) | |
![]() | 14 | (22) | |
![]() | 2 | (6) | |
1974–? | ![]() | 269 | (1414) |
Total: [3] | 301 | (1555) | |
Teams managed | |||
2004–2006 | |||
2008–2008 | |||
2008–? | |||
Medal record |
Vasile Stîngă (also Stanga, born 21 January 1957) is a Romanian handball coach and former player. He played 269 matches for Romania men's national handball team, scoring 1414 goals 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.
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