Mariana Tîrcă is a retired 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 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. She is considered a living legend of the Romanian and international handball, being voted top 5 women handball players of the 20th century. Tîrcă is currently the coach of Rulmentul Braşov

Rulmentul Brasov

Rulmentul Braşov is a women handball club from Braşov, Romania, which plays in Romanian Women's Handball League.-History:The team was founded on the 13th of September 1960 near the close-by bearing factory with the name Asociaţia sportivă "Rulmentul"....

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International honours

Player

• Women's EHF Champions League
  Women's EHF Champions League
  The EHF Women's Champions League is an official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe, organized annually by the European Handball Federation . It is the most competitive and prestigious tournament for clubs since the champions of the best national leagues participate on it.- Eligibility...
  
  : Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica
  Podravka Koprivnica
  Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first handball league...
  
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• EHF Women's Champions Trophy: Winner 1996 (with Podravka Koprivnica
  Podravka Koprivnica
  Rukometni Klub Podravka Koprivnica is a Croatian women's handball club from Koprivnica. It is the most successful club in Croatian women's handball since formation of the league in 1992. The team currently competes in the Croatia women's first handball league...
  
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Coach

• Romanian Women's Handball League: Winner 2006 (with Rulmentul Braşov
  Rulmentul Brasov
  Rulmentul Braşov is a women handball club from Braşov, Romania, which plays in Romanian Women's Handball League.-History:The team was founded on the 13th of September 1960 near the close-by bearing factory with the name Asociaţia sportivă "Rulmentul"....
  
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• Women's EHF Challenge Cup
  Women's EHF Challenge Cup
  The Women's EHF Challenge Cup is an annual team handball competition for women's clubs of Europe. It was known as the EHF City Cup until the 1999-2000 season.- Summary :- External links :*...
  
  : Winner 2007 (with Rulmentul Braşov
  Rulmentul Brasov
  Rulmentul Braşov is a women handball club from Braşov, Romania, which plays in Romanian Women's Handball League.-History:The team was founded on the 13th of September 1960 near the close-by bearing factory with the name Asociaţia sportivă "Rulmentul"....
  
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• Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup: Runner-up 2008 (with Rulmentul Braşov
  Rulmentul Brasov
  Rulmentul Braşov is a women handball club from Braşov, Romania, which plays in Romanian Women's Handball League.-History:The team was founded on the 13th of September 1960 near the close-by bearing factory with the name Asociaţia sportivă "Rulmentul"....
  
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Personal life

Mariana Tîrcă is an honorary citizen

Citizenship

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 of Croatia

Croatia

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She is married with Sorin Tîrcă and has one daughter, Sorina.