Marian Dumitru (born 18 March 1960) is a retired

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player. Between 1980 and 1996 he played 231 matches for the national team and scored 754 goals. He competed at the 1980, 1984 and 1992 Olympics and 1982, 1986 and 1990 world championships and won bronze medals in 1980, 1984 and 1990. At the club level he played for Steaua Bucharest, winning 11 national championships and reaching the

EHF Champions League The Men's EHF Champions League is the most important club handball competition for men's teams in Europe and involves the leading teams from the top European nations. The competition is organised every year by EHF. The official name for the me ...

final in

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. The same year, he signed for TEKA Santander in Spain, where he won the

EHF Cup Winners' Cup The EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for men's and women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year. From the 2012–13 season, the men's competition was merged with the EHF Cup. Winners ...

in 1990. He then went to play in the

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for TSV Bayer Dormagen. In the 1993–94 season, he won the

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 ...

with Alzira Avidesa. After retiring from competitions in 1996 he became a handball coach and worked mainly in Germany. His son, Sergiu (born 1987) plays handball in Germany.

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Olympics profile
1960 births Living people Sportspeople from Ploiești CSA Steaua București (handball) players Liga ASOBAL players Handball-Bundesliga players Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players for Romania Romanian male handball players Expatriate handball players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub