Laurențiu Mihai Toma

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Laurențiu Mihai Toma (above) gives instructions in defense (2010)

Laurențiu Mihai Toma (born June 28, 1981 in Ploieşti , Romania ) is a Romanian handball player . Toma is mostly used on the right winger at the Romanian club HCM Constanța and has the number 14 on his back.

Career

The 1.94 m tall and 90 kg heavy left-hander has been with HCM Constanța since he began his professional career in 2001. With this team he won the Romanian championship nine times and the cup five times.

He has been represented internationally every season since then thanks to these successes. He reached the semi-finals in the EHF Challenge Cup 2003/04 and in the European Cup Winners 'Cup 2005/06 as well as the quarter-finals in the European Cup Winners' Cup 2006/07 and 2008/09. In the EHF Champions League 2009/10 , the leap beyond the group stage was made into the second round. That season, Toma was the competition's third top scorer with 90 goals.

For the Romanian men's national handball team , Laurențiu Toma has scored 339 goals in 133 games since his debut in 1999. (Status: January 15, 2012) He took part in the 2009 and 2011 World Championships . After missing the qualification for the 2012 European Championship in June 2011, he resigned from the national team.

Award

In March 2010 Toma was made an honorary citizen of Constanța because of his services to the association and the city and his exemplary behavior .

successes

  • 9 × Romanian champions 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
  • 5 × Romanian Cup winners 2006, 2011, 2012, 2013 and 2014
  • Romania's handball player of the year 2009

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ www.thw-provinzial.de opponents team HCM Constanta 2012/13 accessed on February 15, 2014
  2. ↑ handballdaten.de Title holder: Romania accessed on May 26, 2014
  3. ↑ www.eurohandball.com 2009/10 Men's Champions League Top scorers, accessed on February 15, 2014
  4. ↑ www.frh.ro Palmaresul individual si al echipelor nationale in competitiile intertari 1936-2012 (PDF, 2.8 MB) accessed on February 15, 2014 (Romanian)
  5. ↑ www.ihf.info Roster Romania 2009 (PDF, 37 kB) accessed on February 15, 2014
  6. ↑ www.ihf.info Roster Romania 2011 (PDF, 37 kB) accessed on February 15, 2014
  7. ↑ www.telegrafonline.ro Handbaliştii Stănescu şi Toma, cetăţeni de onoare ai Constanţei of March 31, 2010 (Romanian)
personal data
SURNAME Toma, Laurențiu Mihai
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Toma, Laurențiu
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Romanian handball player
DATE OF BIRTH June 28, 1981
PLACE OF BIRTH Ploieşti