Anca Mihaela Rombescu (born 15 September 1985) is a Romanian
handball
Handball (also known as team handball, European handball, Olympic handball or indoor handball) is a team sport in which two teams of seven players each (six outcourt players and a goalkeeper) pass a ball using their hands with the aim of thr ...
player. She plays as the goalkeeper for
Yalıkavak SK in the
Turkish Super League
Turkish may refer to:
* Something related to Turkey
** Turkish language
*** Turkish alphabet
** Turkish people, a Turkic ethnic group and nation
*** Turkish citizen, a citizen of Turkey
*** Turkish communities in the former Ottoman Empire
* The ...
and the
Romania national team.
Club career
She played in her country for
CS Tomis Constanţa (2005–2008) in the second-level league
Divizia A
Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...
before she moved in 2009 to Turkey to join the
Istanbul
Istanbul is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical heart. With Demographics of Istanbul, a population over , it is home to 18% of the Demographics ...
-based club
Üsküdar Bld SK playing in the
Super League
Super League (also known as the Betfred Super League for sponsorship reasons, and legally Super League Europe Ltd.) is a professional rugby league competition, and the highest level of the British rugby league system, which consists of twelve t ...
.
With CS Tomis Constanţa, she took part at the
EHF Women's European Challenge Cup in 2005–06,
finishing runner-up, 2006–07,
and 2007–08.
She played for Üsküdar Bld SK at the
EHF Women's European Cup in 2008–09,
at the
EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, t ...
in 2009–10,
2010–11,
and 2011–12,
at the
EHF Women's European League in 2015–16,
In 2014, she transferred to
Yenimahalle Bld. SK in
Ankara
Ankara is the capital city of Turkey and List of national capitals by area, the largest capital by area in the world. Located in the Central Anatolia Region, central part of Anatolia, the city has a population of 5,290,822 in its urban center ( ...
.
She participated with Yenimahalle Bld. SK at the
EHF Women's European Cup in 2014–15,
at the
EHF Women's Cup Winners' Cup
The Women's EHF Cup Winners' Cup was the official competition for women's handball clubs of Europe that won their national cup, and took place every year from 1976 to 2016 (until 1993 organized by IHF instead of EHF). From the 2016–17 season, t ...
in 2015–16,
as well as at the
EHF Women's European League in 2015–16.
Rombescu left Yenimahalle Bld. SK in 2017, and joined
Kastamonu Bld. GSK.
She played at the
EHF Women's European League in 2017–18,
at the
EHF Women's European Cup in 2017–18,
2018–19,
2019–20,
at the
EHF Women's European League in 2019–20.
After three seasons, she moved to
İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK in June 2020.
With her team, she played at the EHF Women's Champions Trophy in 2020–21,
at the
EHF Women's European Cup in 2017–18,
2018–19,
2021–22,
and 2022–23.
In the 2023–2024 season, she transferred to
Yalıkavak SK.
She remained in the club also the next season.
She participated at the
EHF Women's European Cup in 2023–24,
and 2024–25.
Honours
;
Turkish Women's Handball Super League
:;
Üsküdar Bld. SK
:: ''Champions'' (1): 2010–11
:: ''Runners-up'' (3): 2008–09, 2009–10 , 2011–12
:;
Yenimahalle Bld. SK
:: ''Champions'' (1): 2014–15
:: ''Runners-up'' (2): 2013–14, 2016–17
:;
Kastamonu Bld. GSK
:: ''Champions'' (1): 2018–19
:: ''Runners-up'' (1): 2017–18
:;
İzmir Büyükşehir Bld. GSK
:: ''Third places'' (2): 2021–22, 2022–23
:;
Yalıkavak SK
:: ''Champions'' (1): 2023–24, 2024–25.
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rombescu, Anca Mihaela
1985 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Romanian female handball players
21st-century Romanian sportswomen
Romanian expatriate handball players
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey
Expatriate handball players in Turkey
Üsküdar Belediyespor players
Yenimahalle Bld. SK (women's handball) players
Kastamonu Bld. SK (women's handball) players
İzmir Büyükşehir Belediyespor handball players
Yalıkavak SK players