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Ștefan Birtalan

1948 - 2024

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Ştefan Birtalan (25 September 1948 – 27 May 2024) was a Romanian handball player, coach and sports official. Birtalan was one of the best players of his time and was named the World Player of the Year in 1974, 1976 and 1977. He spent most of his club career with Steaua București, winning with them 12 Romanian championships and the European Champions Cup in 1977. He also won the world title in 1970 and 1974, becoming the top scorer at the 1974 tournament with 43 goals. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ștefan Birtalan is the 10th most popular handball player (up from 19th in 2019), the 361st most popular biography from Romania (up from 420th in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Romanian Handball Player.

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS

Among handball players, Ștefan Birtalan ranks 10 out of 420. Before him are Franz Brunner, Nikola Karabatić, Gheorghe Gruia, Mikkel Hansen, Magnus Wislander, and Zinaida Turchyna. After him are Andrey Lavrov, Ivano Balić, Wilhelm Müller, Karl Kreutzberg, Albin Vidović, and Edgar Reinhardt.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1948, Ștefan Birtalan ranks 463. Before him are Paquito D'Rivera, Vera Nikolić, Marc Okrand, Jeffrey Evans, 4th Baron Mountevans, Lyudmila Karachkina, and Marleen Gorris. After him are Pekka Vasala, Giuseppe Impastato, Martin Suter, Sgt. Slaughter, Christophe Joseph Marie Dabiré, and Jovan Aćimović. Among people deceased in 2024, Ștefan Birtalan ranks 348. Before him are Takayuki Kubota, Karin Baal, E. Allen Emerson, Artur Chilingarov, Tommy Banks, and Shyam Benegal. After him are Andrew Davis, Liang Guanglie, Earl Holliman, Serge Vohor, Helen Fisher, and Hugo Villanueva.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Ștefan Birtalan ranks 361 out of 844. Before him are Andreo Cseh (1895), Constantin Angelescu (1869), Ion Bogdan (1915), Petre P. Carp (1837), Andrei Mureșanu (1816), and Ion Barbu (1895). After him are Gáspár Heltai (1510), Cosmin Olăroiu (1969), Neagu Djuvara (1916), C. A. Rosetti (1816), Rudolf Bürger (1908), and Mario Livio (1945).

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Among HANDBALL PLAYERS In Romania

Among handball players born in Romania, Ștefan Birtalan ranks 2. Before him are Gheorghe Gruia (1940). After him are Cristian Gațu (1945), Radu Voina (1950), Gheorghe Dogărescu (1960), Marian Cozma (1982), Cristina Neagu (1988), Mihaela Ciobanu (1973), Gabriella Szűcs (1984), and Komail Mahfoodh (1992).

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