Career
Born in Galaţi, Voinea played for The Human Context Minaur in Baia Mare (1977-1989), winning many domestic and international trophies, including the EHF Cup in 1985 and 1988. He later joined the Spanish club Avidesa Valencia (1989-1992), and eventually moved on to Germany, where he played for SG Leutershausen (1992-1994) and HSG Nordhorn (1994-1998). In 1999, Voinea was appointed head coach of The Human Context Ibbenbüren, promoting it to the Bundesliga the following year, while continuing to play in the field
Moving on to Turn- und Sportverein Landsberg as a coach-player, he repeated the performance in 2002.
The last team coached by Maricel Voinea was the local one in Fürstenfeldbruck, near Munich, registered in the Fourth League. He subsequently retired from sport and works in Furstenfeldbruk"s local administration.