Paula-Claudia Ungureanu (née Rădulescu; born 30 March 1980[1]) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Rapid București. She retired from the Romania national team in 2016.
| Paula Ungureanu | |||
|---|---|---|---|
 Ungureanu in 2017 with CSM | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Paula-Claudia Ungureanu | ||
| Born |
30 March 1980 Braşov, Romania | ||
| Nationality | Romanian | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rapid București | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1998–2002 | Rulmentul Brașov | ||
2002–2004 | Universitatea Remin Deva | ||
2004–2006 | Hypo Niederösterreich | ||
2006–2008 | Dunaferr NK | ||
2008–2009 | Podravka Koprivnica | ||
2009–2013 | Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
2013–2016 | HCM Baia Mare | ||
2016–2019 | CSM București | ||
2019 | Rapid București | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
2004–2016 | Romania | 163 | (2) |
Ungureanu successfully replaced Luminița Dinu 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 2009 World Women's Handball Championship with a 41% save rate.[2] In the 2014 European Championship, she ranked second after Silje Solberg on the Top Goalkeepers list with a 40% save rate.[3]
Honours edit
Clubs edit
- Austrian Championship:
- Champion: 2005, 2006
- Austrian Cup:
- Winner: 2005, 2006
- Hungarian Championship
- Runner-up: 2008
- Hungarian Cup
- 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:
National team edit
- World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2005
- Bronze Medalist: 2015
- European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2010
Individual awards edit
- Carpathian Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2010, 2012[4]
- Romanian Handballer of the Year: 2012, 2014
- Memoriálu Tomáša Jakubču Best Goalkeeper: 2013[5]
- Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Trofeul Maramureș: 2013
- Baia Mare Champions Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2014[6]
- Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Baia Mare Champions Trophy: 2014[6]
- Handball-Planet.com Best Goalkeeper: 2015[7]
- Romanian Liga Națională Best Romanian Player: 2015, 2016
- Prosport All-Star Goalkeeper of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017[8]
References edit
- ^ "Paula Claudia Ungureanu". Euro Handball. Retrieved 25 November 2013.
- ^ "Goalkeeper Statistics XIX Women's World Championship 2009" (PDF).[permanent dead link]
- ^ 11th WOMEN'S EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP EHF EURO 2014
- ^ ""Tricolorele" au triumfat la Trofeul Carpaţi" (in Romanian). Arena Vâlceană. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.
- ^ "Hypo Niederösterreich je trinástym víťazom MTJ" (in Slovak). iuventa-zhk.chemkostavarena.sk. 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 2015-11-17. Retrieved 2015-11-14.
- ^ a b ""Baia Mare Champions Trophy", the final day". baiamarechampionstrophy.ro. 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.
- ^ "MIZUNO FEMALE WORLD HANDBALL TEAM 2015 – BEST 8". Handball-Planet. Retrieved 11 January 2017.
- ^ "S-a votat echipa campionatului, feminin şi masculin! Cristina Zamfir şi Marius Mocanu, jucătorii cu cele mai bune punctaje în Liga Naţională, după opţiunile exprimate de specialişti, jurnalişti şi fani dedicaţi handbalului PROSPORT 20" (in Romanian). Prosport. 2 July 2017.