Maricel Voinea is a Romania

Romania

Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, on the Lower Danube, within and outside the Carpathian arch, bordering on the Black Sea...

n team handball

Team handball

Handball is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each pass a ball to throw it into the goal of the other team...

 player and coach.

Born in Galaţi

Galati

Galați is a city and municipality in Romania, the capital of Galați County. Located in the historical region of Moldavia, in the close vicinity of Brăila, Galați is the largest port and sea port on the Danube River and the second largest Romanian port....

, Voinea played for HC Minaur

HC Minaur Baia Mare

HC Minaur Baia Mare is a handball club from Baia Mare, Romania. It relegated from the Romanian Handball League in 2011.-History:* 1974 - HC Minaur Baia Mare was founded on May 14, when it became the first handball-club only in Romania;* 1978 - Minaur win the first trophy - the Romanian Cup of...

 in Baia Mare

Baia Mare

Baia Mare is a municipality in northwestern Romania and the capital of Maramureş County. The city is situated about 600 kilometres from Bucharest, the capital of Romania, 70 kilometres from the border with Hungary and 50 kilometres from the border with Ukraine...

 (1977-1989), winning many domestic and international trophies, including the EHF Cup

EHF Cup

The EHF Cup is an official competition for men's handball clubs of Europe and takes place every year. From 2012/13 it will be merged with EHF Cup Winners' Cup to EHF European Cup....

 in 1985 and 1988. He later joined the Spanish

Spain

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 club Avidesa Valencia

CB Alzira

Club Balonmano Alzira was a Spanish handball team based in Alzira, Spain. CB Alzira achieved two great trophies before to be dissolved in 1995....

 (1989-1992), and eventually moved on to Germany

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

, where he played for SG Leutershausen (1992-1994) and HSG Nordhorn

HSG Nordhorn

HSG Nordhorn-Lingen is a team handball club from Nordhorn, Germany. Currently, HSG Nordhorn-Lingen competes in the Second Division of the German Bundesliga, following a mandatory relegation from the First Division in 2009 owing to insolvency.In 2008 Nordhorn won the EHF Cup.-2008/09 Team:...

 (1994-1998).

In 1999, Voinea was appointed head coach of HC Ibbenbüren, promoting it to the Bundesliga

Bundesliga (handball)

The Handball-Bundesliga is the top German professional handball league. The league has been sponsored by Toyota since 2007 and therefore the league is called the Toyota Handball-Bundesliga...

 the following year, while continuing to play in the field. Moving on to TSV Landsberg

TSV Landsberg

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 as a coach-player, he repeated the performance in 2002.

The last team coached by Maricel Voinea was the local one in Fürstenfeldbruck

Fürstenfeldbruck

Fürstenfeldbruck is a town in Bavaria, Germany. It is the capital of the district of Fürstenfeldbruck. it has a population of 35,494. Since the 1930s, Fürstenfeldbruck has had an air force base....

, near Munich

Munich

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, registered in the Fourth League. He subsequently retired from sport and works in Furstenfeldbruk's local administration.

Playing for the Romanian national team

Romania national handball team

The Romania national handball team is the national handball team of Romania. Controlled by the Romanian Handball Federation it represents Romania in international matches....

, he won the bronze medal at 1980 Summer Olympics

1980 Summer Olympics

The 1980 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Moscow in the Soviet Union. In addition, the yachting events were held in Tallinn, and some of the preliminary matches and the quarter-finals of the football tournament...

 in Moscow

Moscow

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 and 1984 Summer Olympics

1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held in Los Angeles, California, United States in 1984...

 in Los Angeles

Los Ángeles

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