Vasile Stîngă

Vasile Stîngă
Personal information
Born	21 January 1957 (age 67); Hunedoara, Romania
Height	188 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight	84 kg (185 lb)
Sport
Sport	Handball
Club	Steaua Bucharest (1977–1989); Alzira Avidesa (1989–1992)
Medal record
Representing Romania
Olympic Games

Vasile Stîngă (also Stanga, born 21 January 1957) is a Romanian handball coach and former player. He played 216 matches for Romania national handball team, scoring 1414 goals^[3] 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) in Romania, winning with them 11 national titles,^[4] 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 the EHF Challenge Cup in 2006 as a coach.

Stîngă is married to the former basketball player Ecaterina Stîngă, they have a son Andrei and daughter Corina.^[4]

References

^ Vasile Stîngă. sports-reference.com
^ ^a ^b ^c Vasile Stanga. Romanian Olympic Committee
^ "Performerii de altadata ai handbalului, premiati" (in Romanian). bihon.ro. Retrieved 18 October 2012.
^ ^a ^b In numele iubirii! Legendarul handbalist Vasile Stanga, iertat de sotie pentru cele TREI amante. cancan.ro (24 November 2013)

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[sr-1] Vasile Stîngă. sports-reference.com

[cosr-2] Vasile Stanga. Romanian Olympic Committee

[3] "Performerii de altadata ai handbalului, premiati" (in Romanian). bihon.ro. Retrieved 18 October 2012.

[r1-4] In numele iubirii! Legendarul handbalist Vasile Stanga, iertat de sotie pentru cele TREI amante. cancan.ro (24 November 2013)

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