Mariana Tîrcă

Mariana Tîrcă
Personal information
Full name Mariana Tîrcă
Born (1962-10-09) 9 October 1962 (age 62)
Mândra, Romania
Nationality Romanian
Playing position Right back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1980–1984
Romania Rulmentul Brașov
1984–1988
Romania Știința Bacău
1988–1992
Romania Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
1992–1999
Croatia Podravka Koprivnica
1999-2000
Greece GAS Anagennisi Artas
National team 1
Years Team Apps (Gls)
 Romania 335 (2043)
Teams managed
2000-2004
Romania Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea
2004–2008
Romania Rulmentul Brașov
2010–2013
Romania Corona Brașov
2016–2017
Romania Corona Brașov
1 National team caps and goals correct
as of 23 June 2011

Mariana Tîrcă (born 9 October 1962)[1] is a retired Romanian handball player.[2] She is considered a living legend of the Romanian and international handball, being voted top 5 women handball players of the 20th century.[3]

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

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Player
Coach

Personal life

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

She is married with Sorin Tîrcă and has one daughter, Sorina.[6]

References

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  1. ^ "Mariana Tîrcă profile – EuroHandball". EuroHandball. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  2. ^ "Mariana Tîrcă, Hagi al handbalului, despre complexul românesc". 30 July 2019.
  3. ^ "Tiuk! - Mariana TIRCA". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2011.
  4. ^ Mariana Târcă a suferit o intervenţie chirurgicală Archived 2016-08-17 at the Wayback Machine. Jurnalul.ro (in Romanian)
  5. ^ ""Brasov este orasul pe care il iubesc si unde as vrea sa ma stabilesc definitiv", Mihail VAKULOVSKI in dialog cu Mariana TIRCA" (in Romanian). tiuk.reea.net. Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
  6. ^ a b "Tiuk! - Mariana TIRCA". Archived from the original on 20 March 2012. Retrieved 16 February 2011.