Vasile Stîngă (also Stanga, born 21 January 1957) is a

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 ...

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 ...

coach and former player. He played 269 matches for

Romania men's national handball team The Romania men's national handball team is governed by the Romanian Handball Federation ( ro, Romanian Federaţia Română de Handbal) and takes part in international handball competitions. Romania was for many decades the most ...

, scoring 1414 goals and winning bronze medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics. He was the top scorer at the 1982 World Championship and in 1985 was selected for the World Handball Team. At the club level Stângă played for Steaua Bucharest (1977–1989), winning with them 11 national titles and also reach an

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 men ...

final in 1989, and for Alzira Avidesa (1989–1992) in Spain, and was instrumental in the 1992

Copa del Rey The Campeonato de España–Copa de Su Majestad el Rey, commonly known as Copa del Rey or simply La Copa and formerly known as Copa del Presidente de la República (1932–36) and Copa del Generalísimo (1939–76), is an annual knockout footb ...

win against

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. He led Steaua to victory in the 2006

EHF Challenge Cup The Men's EHF European Cup is an annual men's handball club competition organised by the European Handball Federation (EHF). It is the third-tier competition of European club handball, after the EHF Champions League and the EHF European League ...

as a coach. Stîngă is married to the former basketball player Ecaterina Stîngă, they have a son Andrei and a daughter Corina.In numele iubirii! Legendarul handbalist Vasile Stanga, iertat de sotie pentru cele TREI amante
cancan.ro (24 November 2013)

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1957 births Living people Sportspeople from Hunedoara CSA Steaua București (handball) players Liga ASOBAL players Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Olympic handball players of Romania Romanian male handball players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Expatriate handball players Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic medalists in handball Romanian handball coaches Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball coaches of international teams {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub

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