Nicoleta Manu (

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Țolișteanu, born in

Piatra Neamț Piatra Neamț (; german: Kreuzburg an der Bistrița (Siret), Bistritz; hu, Karácsonkő) is the capital city of Neamț County, in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in northeastern Romania. Because of its privileged location in the Easter ...

) is a retired

Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Europe, Southeastern Europe. It borders Bulgaria to the south, Ukraine to the north, Hungary to the west, S ...

n female

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

player, who plays as a libero. She is part of the Romania women's national volleyball team and plays for Divizia A1 (Romanian's top league) side

CS Știința Bacău CS Ştiinţa Bacău is a women's handball club from Bacău, Romania, which plays in the Romanian First League of Women's Handball. Kits Honours * Liga Naţională: **Winners (9): 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1 ...

Career

Manu has played in many tournaments with Romania women's national volleyball team, including the Women's European Volleyball Championship of

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and

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, the

2002 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship The 2002 FIVB Women's World Championship was the fourteenth edition of the tournament, organised by the world's governing body, the FIVB. It was held from 30 August to 15 September 2002 in Berlin, Bremen, Dresden, Münster, Schwerin, Riesa, Leipz ...

in Germany and the

2015 European Games The 2015 European Games, also known as Baku 2015 or Baku 2015 European Games ( az, Bakı 2015 Avropa Oyunları), were the inaugural edition of the European Games, an international multi-sport event for athletes representing the National Olympic ...

in Baku. She was awarded the best receiver at the

2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship The 2003 Women's European Volleyball Championship was the 23rd edition of the event, organised by Europe's governing volleyball body, the Confédération Européenne de Volleyball. It was hosted in Ankara, Turkey from 20 to 28 September 2003. T ...

. She is nicknamed ''Țoli'' (in reference to her maiden name ) by her teammates.

Clubs

(1999–2012) *

Hainaut Volley Hainaut () may refer to: * County of Hainaut, a historical Holy Roman Empire lordship in modern-day Belgium and northern France * French Hainaut, a part of the modern Nord department * Hainaut Province, a modern Belgian province, part of Wallonia * ...

(2012–2013) *

CSM București Clubul Sportiv Municipal București, commonly known as CSM București is a Romanian professional Sports club, multi-sports club based in Bucharest. Departments Active branches: *Sport of athletics, Athletics *Basketball *Dancesport *Handball *Jud ...

(2013–2013) *

CS Dinamo București CS Dinamo București is a Romanian sports society based in Bucharest Bucharest ( , ; ro, București ) is the capital and largest city of Romania, as well as its cultural, industrial, and financial centre. It is located in the southeast ...

(2013–2015) *

(2015–present)

Honours and awards

Titles

* Romanian Championship – 2005

Individual awards

– ''Best receiver (libero)''

References

External links

Profile
at CEV
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at Ligue Nationale de Volley (LNV) {{DEFAULTSORT:Manu, Nicoleta 1980 births Living people Romanian women's volleyball players Sportspeople from Piatra Neamț Volleyball players at the 2015 European Games European Games competitors for Romania Romanian expatriate volleyball players in France Romanian expatriate volleyball players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France