| Birth date | 22 April 1960 (age 66) |
|---|---|
| Birth place | Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania[1] |
| Height | 200 cm |
| Weight | 89 kg |
| Sport | Handball |
| Club | Poli Timișoara (1977–81) Steaua (1981–82) Poli Timișoara (1982–88) Dinamo București (1988–90) JD Arrate (1990–94) BM Guadalajara (1994–95) SDC San Antonio (1995–2002)[2] |
Alexandru Buligan (born 22 April 1960) is a retired Romanian handball goalkeeper who played a record of 280 international games for Romania.[3] He won bronze medals at the 1984 Summer Olympics and the 1990 World Championships.[4]
At the club level he played in Romania until 1990 and in Spain from 1990 to 2002. After that he worked as a goalkeeper coach and assistant for the Spain men's national handball team, winning with them the 2005 World Men's Handball Championship.[5]
Honours
Player
- Romanian League: 1982
- Romanian Cup: 1986, 1988
- Spanish League: 2002
- Spanish Cup: 1999, 2001
- Spanish Supercup: 2002
- EHF Cup Winners' Cup: 2000
- EHF Supercup: 2000
- EHF Champions League: 2001
Individual
- World Championship Best Goalkeeper: 1990
- Liga ASOBAL Goalkeeper of the Year: 1991, 1997, 1998, 2000
References
- ^ "Alexandru Buligan". Archived 2 December 2016 at the Wayback Machine.
- ^ Alexandru Buligan. Romanian Olympic Committee
- ^ Sorin Cealera (24 January 2012). "Naționala de handbal a României în fața unui nou început" (in Romanian). reporterntv.ro.
- ^ "Buligan Honoured in Timișoara". European Handball Federation. 23 August 2007. Archived from the original on 10 June 2016. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
- ^ Enrique Ojeda (25 February 2005). "El Rey pide a los campeones del mundo más títulos" (in Spanish). Diario AS