Ghiță_Licu

Ghiță Licu

Ghiță Licu

Romanian handball player

Gheorghe "Ghiţă" Licu (1 December 1945 – 8 April 2014) was a Romanian handball pivot player. Between 1966 and 1976 he capped 197 times for the national team and scored 328 goals, winning world titles in 1970 and 1974 and Olympic medals in 1972 and 1976. Domestically he played his entire career from 1964 to 1980 for Dinamo Bucuresti, winning the national titles in 1965, 1966 and 1978 and the Romanian Cup in 1979. After retiring from competitions Licu became a handball coach. In 1980–1993 he worked with Dinamo Bucuresti in Romania, and in 1995–2006 with SC Magdeburg in Germany, first with the junior and then with the senior team, leading them to the German national title in 2001 and the EHF Champions League victory in 2002. His son Robert also became an Olympic handball player and coach.[1][3]

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    Ghiță Licu Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. sports-reference.com
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    "Ghiţă Licu s-a stins din viaţă după o grea suferinţă, la 68 de ani" (in Romanian). Gazeta Sporturilor. 9 April 2014. Retrieved 10 April 2014.
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    Ghiță Licu. Romanian Olympic Committee


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