Cristina Vărzaru | |||
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![]() Vărzaru in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru | ||
Born |
Corabia, Romania | 5 December 1979||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Right wing | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Retired | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
1998–2002 | CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
2002–2005 | CS Rapid București | ||
2005–2012 | Viborg HK | ||
2012–2017 | CSM București | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1997–2017 | Romania | 179 | (493) |
Medal record | |||
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2011 |
Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru (born 5 December 1979) [1] is a Romanian retired professional handball player who last played for CSM București. She was a member of the Romanian national team.
Vărzaru participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics where Romania finished seventh. [2] She received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship and a bronze one at the 2010 European World Championship.
She won the Champions League in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2016, first three with Viborg HK and the last with CSM București. [3]
She was top goalscorer of the 2009–10 EHF Women's Champions League edition, with a total of 101 goals . [4]
She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare (" Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016. [5]
Both parents are teachers. She has a twin sister, Anca, who graduated the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and who used to work for Big 4 companies. The other sister, Gabriela, is a Mathematics teacher in Râmnicu Vâlcea same as the father of the girls. Her mother is teacher of French. [6]
Cristina Vărzaru | |||
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![]() Vărzaru in 2009 | |||
Personal information | |||
Full name | Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru | ||
Born |
Corabia, Romania | 5 December 1979||
Height | 1.67 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
Playing position | Right wing | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Retired | ||
Senior clubs | |||
Years | Team | ||
1998–2002 | CS Oltchim Râmnicu Vâlcea | ||
2002–2005 | CS Rapid București | ||
2005–2012 | Viborg HK | ||
2012–2017 | CSM București | ||
National team 1 | |||
Years | Team | Apps | ( Gls) |
1997–2017 | Romania | 179 | (493) |
Medal record | |||
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 2 December 2011 |
Cristina Georgiana Vărzaru (born 5 December 1979) [1] is a Romanian retired professional handball player who last played for CSM București. She was a member of the Romanian national team.
Vărzaru participated at the 2000 Summer Olympics where Romania finished seventh. [2] She received a silver medal at the 2005 World Championship and a bronze one at the 2010 European World Championship.
She won the Champions League in 2006, 2009, 2010 and 2016, first three with Viborg HK and the last with CSM București. [3]
She was top goalscorer of the 2009–10 EHF Women's Champions League edition, with a total of 101 goals . [4]
She was given the award of Cetățean de onoare (" Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2016. [5]
Both parents are teachers. She has a twin sister, Anca, who graduated the Bucharest Academy of Economic Studies and who used to work for Big 4 companies. The other sister, Gabriela, is a Mathematics teacher in Râmnicu Vâlcea same as the father of the girls. Her mother is teacher of French. [6]