Andreea Popa

Andreea Cristina Popa (born 3 June 2000) is a Romanian handballer for Minaur Baia Mare and the Romanian national team.^[1]

Andreea Popa
Personal information
Full name	Andreea Cristina Popa
Born	(2000-06-03) 3 June 2000 (age 25) Bucharest, Romania
Nationality	Romanian
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position	Centre back
Club information
Current club	Minaur Baia Mare
Number	70
Youth career
Years	Team
0000–2016	CSȘ 2 București
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2016–2017	Dinamo București
2017–2019	Rapid București
2019–	Minaur Baia Mare
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
2019–	Romania	8	(6)

She represented Romania at the 2020 European Women's Handball Championship.^[2][3]

As a junior, she finished fifth in the 2019 Junior European Championship.

International honours

• Youth Mediterranean Games:
  • Gold Medalist: 2017
• Youth European Olympic Festival:
  • Silver Medalist: 2017

Individual awards

• All-Star Left Back of the Youth Mediterranean Games: 2017

Personal life

Popa's parents are both physical education teachers. She started playing handball under the coaching guidance of her mother Dorina Popa.^[4]