Paula Ungureanu

Paula-Claudia Ungureanu (née Rădulescu; born 30 March 1980) is a Romanian handballer for CSM București and the Romania national team.
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.

International honours

• EHF Champions League:
  • Finalist: 2010
  • Semifinalist: 2005, 2012, 2013
• EHF Cup:
  • Semifinalist: 2008
• 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

• ""Tricolorele" au triumfat la Trofeul Carpaţi" (in Romanian). Arena Vâlceană. 9 October 2012. 
• "Hypo Niederösterreich je trinástym víťazom MTJ" (in Slovak). iuventa-zhk.chemkostavarena.sk. 11 August 2013. 
• ^ ""Baia Mare Champions Trophy", the final day". baiamarechampionstrophy.ro. 17 August 2014. 
• "MIZUNO FEMALE WORLD HANDBALL TEAM 2015 – BEST 8". Handball-Planet. Retrieved 11 January 2017.