Paula Ungureanu
Introduction '''Paula-Claudia Ungureanu''' (née '''Rădulescu'''; born 30 March 1980) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Rapid București. She retired from the Romania national team in 2016.Ungureanu successfully replaced Luminița Dinu after her retirement. Shortly after taking these positions she became known for a high percentage of saves in games and for managing difficult saves in key points of games. Paula Ungureanu ranked fourth on the Top Goalkeepers list of the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship with a 41% save rate. In the 2014 European Championship, she ranked second after Silje Solberg on the Top Goalkeepers list with a 40% save rate.
Honours ===Clubs===*'''Austrian Championship''':**''Champion'': 2005, 2006*'''Austrian Cup''':**''Winner'': 2005, 2006*'''Hungarian Championship'''**''Runner-up'': 2008*'''Hungarian Cup'''**''Finalist'': 2008*'''Croatian Championship'''**''Champion'': 2009*'''Croatian Cup''': **''Winner'': 2009*'''Romanian Championship'''**''Champion:'' 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017*'''Romanian Cup'''**''Winner'': 2011, 2014, 2015*'''Romanian Supercup'''**''Winner'': 2014, 2015**''Finalist'': 2018*'''Champions League''':**''Silver Medalist'': 2010**''Bronze Medalist'': 2017, 2018=== National team ===*'''World Championship''':**''Silver Medalist'': 2005**''Bronze Medalist'': 2015*'''European Championship''':**''Bronze Medalist'': 2010
Individual awards * Carpathian Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2010, 2012* Romanian Handballer of the Year: 2012, 2014* Memoriálu Tomáša Jakubču Best Goalkeeper: 2013* Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Trofeul Maramureș: 2013* Baia Mare Champions Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2014* Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Baia Mare Champions Trophy: 2014* Handball-Planet.com Best Goalkeeper: 2015* Romanian Liga Națională Best Romanian Player: 2015, 2016* Prosport All-Star Goalkeeper of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017
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