Corina Lupei

Corina Elena Romina Lupei (born 12 July 2002) is a Romanian handball player who plays as a left wing for HC Dunărea Brăila and the Romania national team.^[1][2]

Corina Lupei
Personal information
Born	(2002-07-12) 12 July 2002 (age 22) Târgu Mureș, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Left wing
Club information
Current club	HC Dunărea Brăila
Number	89
Youth career
Team
	CS Arena Târgu Mureș
Senior clubs
Years	Team
2020–2023	SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2023-	HC Dunărea Brăila
National team 1
Years	Team
2022–	Romania
1 National team caps and goals correct as of 7 November 2022

She represented Romania at the 2022 European Championship.^[3]

Professional career

Lupei debuted together with Andreea Țîrle as a senior for SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea in October 2020 when they both were only 18 years old. At that moment the handball team had a series of 10 handball players unavailable for championship matches due to COVID-19 infections. The Romanian left wing stood out with her good performances since the first matches in the Vâlcea’s jersey, becoming an important player for her team. After the national league’s matches she debuted in the same season (2020/21) in EHF Champions League with her first (2) goals in competition against the Montenegrin team, Budućnost Podgorica.^[4]

Later, in April 2022, she also made her debut with the senior national team of Romania, in the preliminaries of the 2022 European Women's Handball Championship. ^[5] Eventually she was selected in the group of 18 players, present at the final tournament in November same year.^[6]

In February 2023 she became free of contract after filing a request to the Romanian Handball Federation (FRH), citing the fact that she is not developing as much as she would like because of the few minutes spent on the playing field.^[7]

After leaving Vâlcea, Lupei signed a 2 years and a half contract with the Romanian club, HC Dunărea Brăila.

References

1. Profile on EHF
2. Profile on COSR
3. "România la Campionatul European de handbal feminin: Înfrângere cu Țările de Jos, urmează confruntarea cu Franța". Euronews Romania (in Romanian). 7 November 2022.
4. ""Corina Lupei 18 ani debut frumos în Liga Campionilor"" (in Romanian). Tirbuna Vâlceană. 15 November 2022.
5. ""Cea mai frumoasă atmosferă pe care am trăit-o într-un meci la echipa națională!"" (in Romanian). Eurosport România. 24 April 2022.
6. ""S-a stabilit lotul pentru europenele de luna viitoare"" (in Romanian). HandbalMania. 19 October 2022.
7. "Corina Lupei nu mai este jucătoare a SCM Rm. Vâlcea" (in Romanian). Arena Vâlceană. 28 February 2023.