Paula Ungureanu

Paula Ungureanu
Paula Ungureanu
	Ungureanu in 2017 with CSM
Personal information
Full name	Paula-Claudia Ungureanu
Born	30 March 1980 (age 44); 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
2004–2016	Romania
Medal record
World Championship
European Championship

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.

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

Clubs

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:
- Silver Medalist: 2010
- Bronze Medalist: 2017, 2018

National team

World Championship:
- Silver Medalist: 2005
- Bronze Medalist: 2015
European Championship:
- Bronze Medalist: 2010

Individual awards

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

^ "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" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 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 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.
^ ^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.

[1] "Paula Claudia Ungureanu". Euro Handball. Retrieved 25 November 2013.

[2] "Goalkeeper Statistics XIX Women's World Championship 2009" (PDF).^{[permanent dead link]}

[3] "11th WOMEN'S EUROPEAN HANDBALL CHAMPIONSHIP EHF EURO 2014" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 March 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2014.

[4] ""Tricolorele" au triumfat la Trofeul Carpaţi" (in Romanian). Arena Vâlceană. 9 October 2012. Archived from the original on 13 December 2013.

[5] "Hypo Niederösterreich je trinástym víťazom MTJ" (in Slovak). iuventa-zhk.chemkostavarena.sk. 11 August 2013. Archived from the original on 17 November 2015. Retrieved 14 November 2015.

[baiamare-6] ""Baia Mare Champions Trophy", the final day". baiamarechampionstrophy.ro. 17 August 2014. Archived from the original on 26 August 2014.

[7] "MIZUNO FEMALE WORLD HANDBALL TEAM 2015 – BEST 8". Handball-Planet. Retrieved 11 January 2017.

[8] "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.

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