Ștefan Birtalan
Ştefan Birtalan (2009) |
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| Player information | |
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| birthday | September 25, 1948 |
| place of birth | Zalau , Romania |
| citizenship |
 Romanian
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| height | 1.94 m |
| Playing position | Back left |
| Throwing hand | right |
| Clubs as active | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1964-1967 |
.svg){kind=small} Rapid CFR Jibou
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| 1967-1970 |
Minerul Baia Mare
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| 1970-1985 |
Steaua Bucharest
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| 1985-1986 |
 Florence
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| National team | |
| Debut on | 1967 |
| Games (goals) | |
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Romania
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231 (933) |
| Clubs as coaches | |
| from ... to | society |
| 1985-1986 |
Florence (player-coach)
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| 1986-1994 |
Steaua Bucharest
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| 1986-1992 |
Romania (youth)
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| 1993-1994 |
Romania
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| 1995-1999 |
 Qatar
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| 1999-2002 |
Steaua Bucharest
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Status: October 3, 2014 |
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Ștefan Birtalan (born September 25, 1948 in Zalau ) is a former Romanian handball player and coach.
Career
Birtalan lived in Zalau for the first ten years of his life and then moved to Jibou . Here he joined his first handball club, Rapid CFR Jibou, in 1964. In 1967 he moved to Minerul Baia Mare and ran from 1970 for the Romanian top club Steaua Bucharest . With Steaua Bucharest, the backcourt player won the European Cup and various national titles in 1977 . In 1985 he became player-coach Italy, where he spent a year in Florence. In the last game of the season he managed to score 34 out of 39 goals.
Birtalan then ended his career and moved to the coaching team of Steaua Bucharest, where he was head coach from 1991 to 1994. In parallel he coached the Romanian youth team between 1986 and 1992 and the Romanian national team from 1993 to 1994. From 1995 Birtalan coached the Qatari national team for four years. In 1999 he returned to the Steaua coaching bench. In 2002 Birtalan had to quit his coaching job due to a hepatitis C disease .
Birtalan was a member of the Romanian national team . With Romania he won the World Cup in 1970 and 1974 . At the 1974 World Cup, he was also the tournament's top scorer with 43 goals. Furthermore, Birtalan took part in the Olympic Games three times, in which he won the silver medal in 1976 and the bronze medal in 1972 and 1980 . At the 1976 Olympic Games, he also won the top scorer's crown.
successes
- multiple Romanian champion
- European Champion Clubs' Cup 1977
- World champion 1970, 1974
- Silver medal at the 1976 Olympic Games
- Bronze medal at the 1972 Olympics, 1980
Web links
- Ștefan Birtalan in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Legends of the World Championships - Stefan Birtalan
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b c Stefan Birtalan ( Memento from October 22, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ a b www.magazinsalajean.ro: Stefan Birtalan - salajeanul care a incantat o lume intreaga , accessed on March 27, 2018
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Birtalan, Ștefan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian handball player and coach |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1948 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Zalau , Romania |