Maricel Voinea (born 17 March 1959) is a retired Romanian

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player and coach. He played 263 matches for the

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, scoring 706 goals and winning bronze medals at the 1980 and 1984 Olympics and 1990 World Championships. At the club level he was part of HC Minaur in

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(1977–1989), winning the

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in 1985 and 1988. He later joined the Spanish club Avidesa Valencia (1989–1992), and eventually moved on to Germany, where he competed for SG Leutershausen (1992–1994) and HSG Nordhorn (1994–1998). In 1999, Voinea was appointed head coach of HC Ibbenbüren, promoting it to the

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the following year, while continuing to play in the field. Moving on to TSV Landsberg as a coach-player, he repeated the performance in 2002. The last team coached by Maricel Voinea was the local one in

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, near Munich, registered in the Fourth League. He subsequently retired from sport and works in Furstenfeldbruk's local administration. Voinea is married and has a son Bogdan.Maricel Voinea
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1959 births Living people Sportspeople from Galați Romanian handball coaches Expatriate handball coaches Olympic bronze medalists for Romania Olympic handball players for Romania Romanian male handball players Handball players at the 1980 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1984 Summer Olympics Handball players at the 1992 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in handball Medalists at the 1984 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 1980 Summer Olympics Romanian expatriate handball players in Germany Romanian expatriate handball players in Spain 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-Olympic-medalist-stub