Andreea Popa

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Andreea Popa
Personal information
Full name Andreea Cristina Popa
Born (2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 23)
Bucharest, Romania
Nationality Romanian
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position Centre back
Club information
Current club Minaur Baia Mare
Number 70
Youth career
Years Team
0000–2016
CSȘ 2 București
Senior clubs
Years Team
2016–2017
Dinamo București
2017–2019
Rapid București
2019–
Minaur Baia Mare
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2019–
Romania 8 (6)

Andreea Cristina Popa (born 3 June 2000) is a Romanian handballer for Minaur Baia Mare and the Romanian national team.[1]

She represented Romania at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.[2][3]

As a junior, she finished fifth in the 2019 Junior European Championship.

International honours[edit]

Individual awards[edit]

  • All-Star Left Back of the Youth Mediterranean Games: 2017

Personal life[edit]

Popa's parents are both physical education teachers. She started playing handball under the coaching guidance of her mother Dorina Popa.[4]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "EHF profile". European Handball Federation. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
  2. ^ "CAMPIONATUL EUROPEAN DE HANDBAL FEMININ. S-a stabilit lotul pentru Euro 2020 " Care sunt cele patru jucătoare care rămân acasă". Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 29 November 2020.
  3. ^ "2020 European Women's Handball Championship Roster" (PDF). livecache.sportresult.com. 3 December 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 January 2021. Retrieved 3 December 2020.
  4. ^ Andreea Popa. Profil de campion