Mariana Tîrcă

Mariana Tîrcă
Personal information
Full name	Mariana Tîrcă
Born	(1962-10-09) 9 October 1962 Mândra, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Playing position	Right back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
	Rulmentul Braşov
	CS Ştiinţa Bacău
	Oltchim Vâlcea
	Podravka Koprivnica
1999-2000	GAS Anagennisi Artas
2000-2004	Oltchim Vâlcea
National team 1
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Romania	335	(2043)
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 23 June 2011

Mariana Tîrcă (born 9 October 1962)^[1] is a retired Romanian 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.^[2] Tîrcă is currently the coach of HCM Râmnicu Vâlcea.

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.^[3][4]

International honours

Player

• Women's EHF Champions League: Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica)
• EHF Women's Champions Trophy: Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica)

Coach

• Romanian Women's Handball League: Winner 2006 (with Rulmentul Braşov)
• Women's EHF Challenge Cup: Winner 2007 (with Rulmentul Braşov)
• Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 2008 (with Rulmentul Braşov)

Personal life

Mariana Tîrcă is an honorary citizen of Croatia.^[5]

She is married with Sorin Tîrcă and has one daughter, Sorina.^[6]

References