Background
BIRTALAN, Stefan was born on September 25, 1948 in Zaliu, SAlaj County. Son of Emerie and Valeria Birtalan.
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Stefan Birtalan
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Education
College, of Physical Education and Sports, Bucharest.
Career
He spent the majority of his club career by Steaua Bucharest, winning with them 15 Romanian championships and 2 Romanian cups, and obtained the European Champions Cup title in 1977. Amongst his national team successes are two World Championship titles from 1970 and 1974. Birtalan participated at three Olympic Games and finished on a podium place in each occasions: in 1972 he collected the bronze medal, having played one match at the tournament.
He played all six matches and scored 23 goals.
Achievements
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Romanian League: Winner: 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 Romanian Cup: Winner: 1981, 1985 European Champions Cup: Winner: 1977 Finalist: 1971 World Championship: Winner: 1970, 1974 Olympic Games: Silver Medalist: 1976 Bronze Medalist: 1972, 1980 World Championship Top Scorer: 1974 World Player of the Year: 1974, 1976, 1977.
Membership
Romanian national team 1969.
Connections
Married Eva Gherman in 1973.
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Nationality
Romanian