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  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    Romania’s national football team last week succeeded its best performance in recent years. The
    national squad booked its ticket to the 2024 edition of the European Championship,
    to be hosted by Germany. The qualification came as something special, as the
    Romanian national team were at the top of the table in Group 1, with a no-defeat
    record. The laudable performance was sealed this past Wednesday in Bucharest,
    in the confrontation against Switzerland, initially the top-seeded team in the
    group, given the status of its lineup and its position according to the world
    rankings made public by FIFA. Switzerland is 14th-placed, while Romania is 48th-placed     according to world rankings. Notwithstanding, in
    Bucharest, such a difference mattered no more, since Romania won, 1-nil.


    The goal scorer, striker Denis Alibec, is the Athlete of the week on Radio
    Romania International.


    Switzerland was in dire
    need of a win against Romania, in order to win the preliminaries’ Group I and
    be included in a more accessible pot ahead of the drawing. Murat Yakin’s
    trainees put on an offensive game, their attacking bouts were quite a few on
    the pitch, yet the Romanian defensive line-up did their job, while the national team’s
    goalie, Horatiu Moldovan, succeeded several remarkable saves. It was the
    Romanians’ strong determination and Denis Alibec’s goal that, no doubt, made
    the difference on the pitch. Here is what Denis Alibec said, right after the
    match.


    We’re
    happy we pulled of a nice one, concluding the campaign with a win and be at the
    top of the table in the group, even though not very many people placed their
    stakes on us early into the qualification campaign, yet we proved that we were
    a family, that we knew how to fight together. Switzerland had a much better
    team, but we went, like, do or die on the pitch.


    Denis Alibec was born
    in Mangalia, on January 5, 1991. He made his debut in Romanian League One being signed
    up by Farul Constanta when he was only 17. Then he got transferred to Inter Milan in Italy. He was not included in the club’s top-flight line-up very
    often, and was on loan with several other teams. Alibec played, among other teams,
    for Astra Giurgiu, FCSB, Kayserispor in Turkey or CFR Cluj.

  • Radio Romania International Sports Club

    Radio Romania International Sports Club


    Rower Simona Radis,
    winner of the women’s double scull Olympic title in Tokyo jointly with Ancuta Bodnar, has been designated the Athlete of the Year in 2021 by Steaua Army Sports Club.
    During the ceremony where the Army club’s top-flight athletes were awarded, the
    commander of the club, Răzvan Ştefan Bichir, was keen on reminding everybody
    that Steaua’s athletes have contributed to all medals won in Tokyo. Also in Tokyo, fencer Ana-Maria
    Brânză walked away with silver in the women’s singles epee event and rower Mugurel
    Semciuc won silver with the men’s four coxless crew. Also silver went to the men’s double
    scull crew made of Ciprian Tudosă and Marius Cozmiuc.


    Bianca
    Florentina Ghelber and Alexandru Mihăiţă Novac have been designated the Best Athletes in 2021. The Romanian Athletics Federation took into account the two
    athletes’ performance in Tokyo. Ghelber came in 6th in the hammer throw event,
    while Novac was 12th-placed in the javelin throw event.


    In football, the goal-keeper
    of the national team and also the goalie of Sparta Prague, Florin Nita, has been
    designated the Best footballer of the Year as part of the Romanian Football Gala
    2021 which was organised online by the Journalists’ Sports Club. According to
    Agerpres, Nita outclassed striker Claudiu Keşeru, who in 2021 played for
    Bulgaria’s Ludogoreţ Razgrad and FCSB. Florin Nita also outclassed Slavia Prague’s
    midfielder Nicolae Stanciu.


    In
    volleyball, Alexia Căruţaşu of Galatasaray Istanbul and Marian Bala, playing for
    Arcada Galaţi ,have been designated the best volleyball players of the year. The
    announcement was posted by the Romanian Volleyball Federation on its Facebook
    page. The Performance of the Year Award went to Marius Macarie, the head-coach
    of Romania’s youth team. We recall that Romania’s volleyball team came in 6th
    at the World Championships in Mexico. The Head-coach of the Year 2021 Award went
    to Sergiu Stancu, who is the head-coach of Romania’s champion team Arcada
    Galati as well as the head-coach of Romania’s men’s national team.


    (Translated by Eugen Nasta)

  • Radio Romania International Sports Club

    Radio Romania International Sports Club


    Rower Simona Radis,
    winner of the women’s double scull Olympic title in Tokyo jointly with Ancuta Bodnar, has been designated the Athlete of the Year in 2021 by Steaua Army Sports Club.
    During the ceremony where the Army club’s top-flight athletes were awarded, the
    commander of the club, Răzvan Ştefan Bichir, was keen on reminding everybody
    that Steaua’s athletes have contributed to all medals won in Tokyo. Also in Tokyo, fencer Ana-Maria
    Brânză walked away with silver in the women’s singles epee event and rower Mugurel
    Semciuc won silver with the men’s four coxless crew. Also silver went to the men’s double
    scull crew made of Ciprian Tudosă and Marius Cozmiuc.


    Bianca
    Florentina Ghelber and Alexandru Mihăiţă Novac have been designated the Best Athletes in 2021. The Romanian Athletics Federation took into account the two
    athletes’ performance in Tokyo. Ghelber came in 6th in the hammer throw event,
    while Novac was 12th-placed in the javelin throw event.


    In football, the goal-keeper
    of the national team and also the goalie of Sparta Prague, Florin Nita, has been
    designated the Best footballer of the Year as part of the Romanian Football Gala
    2021 which was organised online by the Journalists’ Sports Club. According to
    Agerpres, Nita outclassed striker Claudiu Keşeru, who in 2021 played for
    Bulgaria’s Ludogoreţ Razgrad and FCSB. Florin Nita also outclassed Slavia Prague’s
    midfielder Nicolae Stanciu.


    In
    volleyball, Alexia Căruţaşu of Galatasaray Istanbul and Marian Bala, playing for
    Arcada Galaţi ,have been designated the best volleyball players of the year. The
    announcement was posted by the Romanian Volleyball Federation on its Facebook
    page. The Performance of the Year Award went to Marius Macarie, the head-coach
    of Romania’s youth team. We recall that Romania’s volleyball team came in 6th
    at the World Championships in Mexico. The Head-coach of the Year 2021 Award went
    to Sergiu Stancu, who is the head-coach of Romania’s champion team Arcada
    Galati as well as the head-coach of Romania’s men’s national team.


    (Translated by Eugen Nasta)

  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    The European U-21 Football Championship in 2019, jointly
    hosted by Italy and San Marino, saw the national team of Romania being placed
    among the first four teams, reason enough for Europe’s big football clubs to
    set their eyes on the young generation in Romanian football. Fairly recently,
    the Italian side Parma paid 13 million Euros for FCSB’s striker Dennis Man. It
    was the biggest sum of money ever to have been paid for the transfer of a
    Romanian League One footballer, a record-breaker, actually, since in 2016 Nicolae
    Stanciu got transferred to Anderlecht Brussels in Belgium for 10 million Euros.
    Romanian news agency Mediafax.ro has quoted the Italian Gazetta dello Sport publication,
    writing that Dennis Man’s monthly salary would be to the tune of 100.000 Euros.
    For the giant leap Dennia Man has just made in his career, RRI has designated
    him the Athlete of the week.

    Dennis Man was born on 26 august 1998, in the locality
    of Vladimirescu, Arad County, in the west. UTA Arad was his first team. Then in
    August 2015, Dennis Man made his debut in the Second League, in UTA Arad’s game
    against Gaz Metan Mediaș. In 2016 he was signed up by FCSB, with which he
    played his first League One debut on October 2, 2016, in FCSB’s match against
    Universitatea Craiova. Dennis Man constantly fought to earn his place among
    FCSB’s first lineup, joining Florinel Coman and Florin Tănase for a powerful
    offensive trio. Dennis Man’s record of 14 goals scored in 19 rounds turned him
    into the season’s top scorer as a FCSB footballer. He made his debut with the
    national seniors’ team on 27 March 2018, in a friendly match against Sweden.
    The first official match Dennis Man played for the national squad was the
    fixture against the Feroe Islands, counting towards the 2020 European Football
    Championship preliminaries, when Romania grabbed a 4-1 win. We recall that in
    minute 78, Dennis Man was in for Nicolae Stanciu.


  • Athlete of the week

    Athlete of the week

    The European U-21 Football Championship in 2019, jointly
    hosted by Italy and San Marino, saw the national team of Romania being placed
    among the first four teams, reason enough for Europe’s big football clubs to
    set their eyes on the young generation in Romanian football. Fairly recently,
    the Italian side Parma paid 13 million Euros for FCSB’s striker Dennis Man. It
    was the biggest sum of money ever to have been paid for the transfer of a
    Romanian League One footballer, a record-breaker, actually, since in 2016 Nicolae
    Stanciu got transferred to Anderlecht Brussels in Belgium for 10 million Euros.
    Romanian news agency Mediafax.ro has quoted the Italian Gazetta dello Sport publication,
    writing that Dennis Man’s monthly salary would be to the tune of 100.000 Euros.
    For the giant leap Dennia Man has just made in his career, RRI has designated
    him the Athlete of the week.

    Dennis Man was born on 26 august 1998, in the locality
    of Vladimirescu, Arad County, in the west. UTA Arad was his first team. Then in
    August 2015, Dennis Man made his debut in the Second League, in UTA Arad’s game
    against Gaz Metan Mediaș. In 2016 he was signed up by FCSB, with which he
    played his first League One debut on October 2, 2016, in FCSB’s match against
    Universitatea Craiova. Dennis Man constantly fought to earn his place among
    FCSB’s first lineup, joining Florinel Coman and Florin Tănase for a powerful
    offensive trio. Dennis Man’s record of 14 goals scored in 19 rounds turned him
    into the season’s top scorer as a FCSB footballer. He made his debut with the
    national seniors’ team on 27 March 2018, in a friendly match against Sweden.
    The first official match Dennis Man played for the national squad was the
    fixture against the Feroe Islands, counting towards the 2020 European Football
    Championship preliminaries, when Romania grabbed a 4-1 win. We recall that in
    minute 78, Dennis Man was in for Nicolae Stanciu.