Simona Spiridon
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| Simona Spiridon | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Born |
1 February 1980 Roman, Romania | ||
| Nationality | Austrian | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Playing position | Line Player | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hypo Niederösterreich | ||
| Number | 80 | ||
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1998–2001 | A.S. Silcotub Zalau | ||
2001–2006 | Hypo Niederösterreich | ||
2006–2007 | CS Rulmentul Braşov | ||
2007–2011 | Győri ETO KC | ||
2011–2012 | Zvezda Zvenigorod | ||
2013–2014 | Hypo Niederösterreich | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
–2004 | Romania | ||
2004–2014 | Austria | 98 | (368) |
| Teams managed | |||
2012–2014 | Hypo Niederösterreich youth | ||
2014– | Auatria youth | ||
Simona Spiridon (née Popa; born 1 February 1980 in Roman, Romania) is a Romanian-Austrian former handballer and handball coach. She featured in the Austrian national team.[1]
Career
[edit]Romanian born Spiridon moved to Austria in 2001 when she signed for Hypo Niederösterreich. Having gained Austrian citizenship, her first outing with her new national team came in 2004, at a tournament in Ukraine where they defeated Belarus. Averaging 3 goals per match, Spiridon has scored over 368 goals in 98 international appearances.[2]
Her club successes are well documented. With Romania, she has picked up two gold medals in younger age category World and European Championships in addition to the 4 Hungarian Cup and 5 Austrian Cup titles. Spiridon has also made it to the EHF Champions League Final 2009 against Viborg and semi-final on four occasions.[2]
From autumn 2012 to 2014 Spiridon worked at Hypo Niederösterreich as a youth coach, at the beginning of the season 2013/14 she was reactivated in Hypo's squad. In the beginning of 2014 she ended her active career. In the summer of 2014 she started as a coach at the ÖHB.[3]
References
[edit]- ^ "EHF Champions League 2009/10 profile". EHF. Retrieved 8 December 2009.
- ^ a b "2008 European Championship Guide" (PDF). EHF. Retrieved 8 December 2009. [dead link]
- ^ oelz.at: Simona Spiridon, retrieved 4 August 2019.
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