Paula-Claudia Ungureanu (née Rădulescu; born 30 March 1980) is a Romanian

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er who plays for

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. She retired from the

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in 2016. Ungureanu successfully replaced

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after her retirement. Shortly after taking these positions she became known for a high percentage of saves in games and for managing difficult saves in key points of games. Paula Ungureanu ranked fourth on the Top Goalkeepers list of the

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with a 41% save rate. In the 2014 European Championship, she ranked second after

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on the Top Goalkeepers list with a 40% save rate.

Honours

Clubs

*Austrian Championship: **''Champion'': 2005, 2006 *Austrian Cup: **''Winner'': 2005, 2006 * Hungarian Championship **''Runner-up'': 2008 *

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**''Finalist'': 2008 * Croatian Championship **''Champion'': 2009 *Croatian Cup: **''Winner'': 2009 * Romanian Championship **''Champion:'' 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 *Romanian Cup **''Winner'': 2011, 2014, 2015 *Romanian Supercup **''Winner'': 2014, 2015 **''Finalist'': 2018 * Champions League: **''Silver Medalist'':

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**''Bronze Medalist'':

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National team

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: **''Silver Medalist'': 2005 **''Bronze Medalist'': 2015 * European Championship: **''Bronze Medalist'': 2010

Individual awards

Carpathian Trophy The Carpathian Trophy ( ro, 'Trofeul Carpaţi') is an annual men's and women's friendly handball tournament organised by the Romanian Handball Federation The Romanian Handball Federation ( ro, Federaţia Română de Handbal) (FRH) is the governin ...

Best Goalkeeper: 2010, 2012 * Romanian Handballer of the Year: 2012, 2014 * Memoriálu Tomáša Jakubču Best Goalkeeper: 2013 * Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Trofeul Maramureș: 2013 *

Baia Mare Champions Trophy The Baia Mare Champions Trophy ( ro, Trofeul Campionilor Baia Mare) was a one-off pre-season international women's team handball tournament for clubs, held in Baia Mare Baia Mare ( , ; hu, Nagybánya; german: Frauenbach or Groß-Neustadt; ...

Best Goalkeeper:

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* Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Baia Mare Champions Trophy: 2014 * Handball-Planet.com Best Goalkeeper: 2015 * Romanian Liga Națională Best Romanian Player: 2015, 2016 *

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All-Star Goalkeeper of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017

References

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