Paula-Claudia Ungureanu (née Rădulescu; born 30 March 1980) is a Romanian handballer who plays for Rapid București. She retired from the Romania national team in 2016.
Ungureanu successfully replaced Luminița Dinu after her retirement. Shortly after taking these positions she became known for a high percentage of saves in games and for managing difficult saves in key points of games. Paula Ungureanu ranked fourth on the Top Goalkeepers list of the 2009 World Women's Handball Championship with a 41% save rate. In the 2014 European Championship, she ranked second after Silje Solberg on the Top Goalkeepers list with a 40% save rate.
Honours Clubs Austrian Championship: Champion: 2005, 2006 Austrian Cup: Winner: 2005, 2006 Hungarian Championship Runner-up: 2008 Hungarian Cup Finalist: 2008 Croatian Championship Champion: 2009 Croatian Cup: Winner: 2009 Romanian Championship Champion: 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017 Romanian Cup Winner: 2011, 2014, 2015 Romanian Supercup Winner: 2014, 2015 Finalist: 2018 Champions League: Silver Medalist: 2010 Bronze Medalist: 2017, 2018
National team World Championship: Silver Medalist: 2005 Bronze Medalist: 2015 European Championship: Bronze Medalist: 2010
Individual awards Carpathian Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2010, 2012 Romanian Handballer of the Year: 2012, 2014 Memoriálu Tomáša Jakubču Best Goalkeeper: 2013 Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Trofeul Maramureș: 2013 Baia Mare Champions Trophy Best Goalkeeper: 2014 Team of the Tournament Goalkeeper of the Baia Mare Champions Trophy: 2014 Handball-Planet.com Best Goalkeeper: 2015 Romanian Liga Națională Best Romanian Player: 2015, 2016 Prosport All-Star Goalkeeper of the Romanian Liga Națională: 2017
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