Edit Matei

Edit Matei
Edit Matei
Personal information
Born	16 October 1964 (age 60); Sfântu Gheorghe, Romania
Nationality	Romanian, Austrian
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Youth career
	Team
	CSȘ Sfântu Gheorghe
Senior clubs
Years	Team
0000–1982	Știința Bacău
1982–1991	Chimistul Râmnicu Vâlcea
1991–1996	Hypo Niederösterreich
National team
Years	Team
1980-1990	Romania
	Austria

Edit Matei (née Török; born 16 October 1964), also spelled as Edith Matei, is a Romanian former handballer who played for the Romania national team. After the fall of communism in Romania, she chose to represent Austria.^[1]^[2] Together with Cristina Vărzaru, Matei holds the record for the most Champions League wins of a Romanian player (4). As a national team player, she competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics, but also at several world championships.

A severe knee injury effectively ended her career at the age of just 31.

In 2010, she was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Râmnicu Vâlcea (where she resides).

Trophies

She is the younger sister of Maria Török-Duca.

^ GSP ţi-l prezintă pe omul din spatele succesului Oltchimului » Preşedintele
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Edith Matei". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 16 January 2016.

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