Mircea Costache II (2 May 1940 – 16 February 2016) was a Romanian

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player and coach who played as a pivot for

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and for the

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. He scored the winning goal in the 1961 World Championship final. After retiring he became a coach in his native Romania and abroad in

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and

Portugal Portugal, officially the Portuguese Republic, is a country on the Iberian Peninsula in Southwestern Europe. Featuring Cabo da Roca, the westernmost point in continental Europe, Portugal borders Spain to its north and east, with which it share ...

. Costache led the national team of Algeria to a

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for the first time in 1974. Between 1988 and 1995 he was named coach of both the Portugal senior national team and the Portuguese youth sides, with whom he won the European Youth Handball Championship in 1992. Costache was also an associate professor at the Moderna University in Lisbon from 1997 to 2002, where he coach the football team and won two championships, between 1997 and 2001, and was runner-up in 1998.

Honours

Source:

Player

; Dinamo Bucharest * Romanian League: 1959, 1960, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1966 *

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1965 Events January–February * January 14 – The First Minister of Northern Ireland and the Taoiseach of the Republic of Ireland meet for the first time in 43 years. * January 20 ** Lyndon B. Johnson is Second inauguration of Lynd ...

** ''Runner-up'':

1963 Events January * January 1 – Bogle–Chandler case: Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation scientist Dr. Gilbert Bogle and Mrs. Margaret Chandler are found dead (presumed poisoned), in bushland near the Lane Cove ...

National team

; Romania *

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1961 Events January * January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union. * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...

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1964 Events January * January 1 – The Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland is dissolved. * January 5 – In the first meeting between leaders of the Roman Catholic and Orthodox churches since the fifteenth century, Pope Paul VI and Patria ...

'' ** ''Bronze medal'':

1967 Events January * January 1 – Canada begins a year-long celebration of the 100th anniversary of Canadian Confederation, Confederation, featuring the Expo 67 World's Fair. * January 6 – Vietnam War: United States Marine Corps and Army of ...

Coach

; Nadit Alger * Algerian League: 1974, 1975 *

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: 1973 ; Águas Santas * Campeonato Nacional (III Divisão): 1996 ; Algeria * Winner of the gold medal at the 1973 African Games * Winner of the gold medal at the 1975 African University Games * Winner of the silver medal at the 1976 African Championship * Winner of the bronze medal at the

1975 Mediterranean Games The 1975 Mediterranean Games, officially known as the VII Mediterranean Games, and commonly known as Algiers 1975, were the 7th Mediterranean Games. The Games were held in Algiers, Algeria, from 23 August to 6 September 1975, where 2,444 athletes ...

;Portugal * Winner of the gold medal at the 1992 European Youth Championship * Winner of the bronze medal at the 1995 IHF Junior World Championship * Portuguese University Championship footbal 11 by Moderna University of Lisbon ( 1997-1998) * Runner-up in footbal 11 1998-1999 with Moderna University of Lisbon * Champions again in 1999-2000 Portuguese University Championship in footbal 11

Distinctions

* Ordinul Muncii: 1961 * Maestru Emerit al Sportului: 1961 * Medalia "Meritul Sportiv": 1964 * Medalha de Bons Serviços Desportivos (Portugal): 1993 * Medalia Serviciu Credincios: 2001 * Ordinul "Meritul sportiv" clasa II-a: 2009 * Campion de Legendă: 2009

Selected publications

References

External links

Obituary of Mircea Costache II
CSDinamo.eu
Obituary of Mircea Costache II

Portuguese Handball Federation The Handball Federation of Portugal () (FPA) is the national handball association in Portugal. FPA is a full member of the European Handball Federation (EHF) and the International Handball Federation (IHF). The organisation oversees the national ...

{{DEFAULTSORT:Costache II, Mircea 1940 births 2016 deaths CS Dinamo București (men's handball) players Handball players from Bucharest Recipients of the National Order of Faithful Service Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Algeria Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Romanian handball coaches Romanian male handball players 20th-century Romanian sportsmen