Christina Nyagu decided to retire from the Romanian national team, after missing the quarterfinals of the Women’s World Handball Championship, and the reaction was not long in coming.

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>> Cristina Nyagu’s message after parting with the Romanian women’s handball team

Goodbye, Vasile, a eulogy for Christina Nyagu on her completion of the national team

Former Romanian coach and current CSM Bucharest coach Adi Vasile posted an emotional message to his student on social media.

“Captain, I had the honor of representing the country with you! You have inspired, you continue to do so, and you will do so more strongly as the years go by.

I wish you to be surrounded by as much love as possible! For those of you who appreciate perfection, I invite you to watch it play, because you won’t see anything like it again.

With respect and gratitude, Captain!” – were the words of Adi Vasylreports DigiSport.

Romania finished the World Cup in 12th place and Nyagu (who played just a few minutes against Germany) announced that she was retiring from the first team.

Romania’s results at the Women’s Handball World Cup are 44-19 vs. Chile, 37-28 vs. Serbia, 23-39 vs. Denmark, 22-24 vs. Germany, 32-28 vs. Japan, and 27-26 vs. Poland.

What you need to know about Christina Nyaga

  • Born on August 26, 1988 in Bucharest. In 2006-2023, he played for the Romanian national team.
  • With the first representative team, he won two medals: bronze at the 2010 European Championship and also bronze at the 2015 European Championship.
  • She was determined by the IHF as the best handball player in the world four times: in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018.
  • She also won the title of the best player in Europe twice: in 2017 and 2018.
  • He has the most goals scored in the European Championship: 303 goals.