Bogdan George Burcea (born 8 May 1972) is a current Romanian

handball Handball (also known as team handball, European handball or Olympic handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of throwing it into the g ...

coach for

SCM Craiova SCM Craiova is a Romanian sports society from Craiova, Romania, founded in 2006. SCM as a subordinated of ''CS Universitatea Craiova'', mother club, administrates basketball, handball, volleyball and boxing sections while ''CS Universitatea'' ad ...

and the

Romanian national team The Romania national football team ( ro, Echipa națională de fotbal a României) represents Romania in international men's football competition and is administered by the Romanian Football Federation ( ro, Federația Română de Fotbal), also ...

, and sports

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. He has been a member of the Consiliul Științei Sportului din România since 2012.

International honours

EHF Cup The EHF European League is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF) since 1981. It is the second-tier competition of European club handball, ranking only below the EHF Champions League. Previ ...

: **''Gold Medalist'':

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**''Bronze Medalist'':

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Individual awards

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Coach Of The Year in the Romanian Liga Națională:

Personal life

He comes from a family of handballers. His father, George Burcea, was coach of the female and male teams of the Greek club

Filippos Veria ) , nickname = , founded = 1962 , colours = Red and White , chairman = Giorgos Faiakas , club_titles = , anthem = , website Club home page A.C. Filippos Verias (Greek: Α.Σ. Φίλιππος Βέροιας) is a ...

. Bogdan's sister is Patricia Burcea-Apostolidou and his former wife is Adela Burcea, both handball players. He trained his ex-wife for several times in her handball career, in different countries. Burcea holds

doctorates A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''li ...

and a Master of Performance degree in Physical Education and Sport, and a

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all from University of Craiova. He was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("

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") of the city of

Craiova Craiova (, also , ), is Romania's 6th Cities in Romania, largest city and capital of Dolj County, and situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximatel ...

in 2018. On 31 May 2019, he married his club player

Cristina Zamfir Florina-Cristina Burcea-Zamfir (née Zamfir; formerly Florianu; born 29 September 1989) is a Romanian handballer who plays for SCM Craiova. She was given the award of ''Cetățean de onoare'' ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Craiova in 2018. ...

References

External links

CV at ucv.ro
{{DEFAULTSORT:Burcea, Bogdan 1972 births Living people Sportspeople from Craiova Romanian handball coaches Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the Faroe Islands Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Handball coaches of international teams