Mariana Tîrcă (born 9 October 1962) is a

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n handball player. She is considered a living legend of the Romanian and international handball, being voted top 5 women handball players of the 20th century. 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.

International honours

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Women's EHF Champions League The Women's EHF Champions League is the competition for the top women's handball clubs in Europe, organised annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the most prestigious tournament for clubs, with the champions of Europe's top n ...

: Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica) *

EHF Women's Champions Trophy The EHF Women's Champions Trophy was an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe. History It was organized annually by the European Handball Federation (EHF) from 1994 to 2008. Until 2007 it was known as the Women's European Club ...

: Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica) ;Coach * Romanian Women's Handball League: Winner 2006 (with Rulmentul Braşov) *

Women's EHF Challenge Cup The Women's EHF European Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999–2000 season and the EHF Challenge Cup until the 2019–20 season. It is currently the third-tier com ...

: Winner 2007 (with Rulmentul Braşov) *

Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, th ...

: Runner-up 2008 (with Rulmentul Braşov)

Personal life

Mariana Tîrcă is an

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

References

1962 births Living people People from Brașov County Romanian female handball players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Croatia RK Podravka Koprivnica players {{Romania-handball-bio-stub