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Pag 9 Indd NOU.Indd Marţi, 9 ianuarie 2018 Sport 9 O contracandidată la promovare „slăbeşte” CSM Oradea Info transferuri din Liga I Cosmin Liberţ, transferat * Gaz Metan Mediaş s-a despărţit, ieri, de atacantul bosniac Bojan Golubovic. Atacantul în vârstă de 34 de ani a fost transferat de Gaz Metan la începutul sezonului, iar în prima par- la Târgu Jiu te a acestei ediţii din Liga 1, a reuşit să înscrie Probabil cel mai important trei goluri, în 20 de apariţii. Bojan Golubovic jucător al echipei de handbal a mai evoluat, în România, la Ceahlăul Piatra masculin va evolua din retur la principala contracandi- Neamţ, CSM Poli Iaşi şi FCSB. El a strâns 157 dată la promovarea în Liga de meciuri în Liga 1 şi a reuşit să marcheze 47 Naţională. Astfel, după ce a de goluri şi să dea zece pase decisive. Golubo- primit o ofertă de nerefuzat, vic este cel de-al şaselea jucător care pleacă de Cosmin Liberţ îşi va conti- nua cariera la CSU Târgu la Gaz Metan Mediaş, în această iarnă, după Jiu. Fabian Lokaj, Paulo Gomez, Olivian Surugiu, Emmerik de Vriese şi Ovidiu Bic. Cu el în echipă, CSM Ora- * FC Botoşani l-a transferat pe fundaşul Flo- dea a făcut un tur de campio- nat perfect obţinând 10 victorii rin Acsinte, care s-a despărţit duminică de FC din tot atâtea posibile. În urma Voluntari. În vârstă de 30 de ani, Acsinte a mai acestui parcurs, echipa pregă- jucat la FC Botoşani în perioada 2010 - 2016, tită de Sebastian Tudor a obţi- timp în care a adunat 117 apariţii, şase goluri nut biletele pentru participarea în optimile de fi nală ale Cupei marcate şi nouă pase decisive. De-a lungul României. În această fază a în- Elvis Acsinia, un alt jucător Datorită lor am ajuns să fi u care administrează pagina de carierei sale, fundaşul stânga a mai evoluat la trecerii, CSM Oradea a pierdut plecat de la Oradea. ofertat de echipa din Târgu Jiu facebook a echipei de handbal Dinamo II şi Pandurii Târgu Jiu. Acsinte este 29 - 32 cu CSM Făgăraş, for- şi zic eu că fac un pas în faţă masculin. cel de-al patrulea jucător ajuns în această iarnă maţie din Liga Naţională, unul Îşi doreşte să mai joace în deoarece îmi doresc să mai dintre cei mai buni jucători de evoluez încă o dată în Liga Na- S-a găsit înlocuitor sub comanda lui Costel Enache, după atacantul pe teren fi ind chiar Cosmin Liga Naţională ţională. Celor de la Oradea le Şi pentru că golul lăsat de Mircea Axente şi mijlocaşii Cătălin Golofca Liberţ. Handbalistul a revenit „După un an jumate la Ora- urez multă baftă pentru jumă- căpitan este foarte mare, staff - şi Vlad Achim, ultimul fi ind împrumutat de la dea în care m-am simţit extra- acasă în urmă cu un an şi ju- tatea de sezon rămasă, dar şi ul tehnic a căutat un înlocuitor. FCSB. mătate, iar evoluţiile sale nu au ordinar a venit momentul să pentru sezonul viitor când am Acesta a fost găsit în persoana trecut neobservate. Astfel el a plec. Vreau să-i mulţumesc în înţeles că se doreşte promova- lui Tudor Botea, jucător de 20 * CFR Cluj a ofi ciat transferurile atacantu- primit o ofertă net superioară primul rând lui Sebi (Sebasti- rea; nu în ultimul rând vreau de ani venit de la Minaur Baia lui George Ţucudean şi mijlocaşului Valentin din punct de vedere fi nanciar an Tudor - n.r.) pentru că mi-a să mulţumesc suporterilor Mare. Tânărul handbalist este Costache, de la FC Viitorul, respectiv Dinamo oferit şansa să evoluez din de la clubul din Târgu Jiu şi, care meci de meci au devenit un jucător polivalent fi ind ca- Bucureşti. Ţucudean va purta tricoul cu numă- cu toate că se afl ă sub contract, nou pentru echipa mea de su- tot mai mulţi ajungând să um- pabil să evolueze pe trei pozi- conducerea clubului a găsit în- fl et după care vreau să-i mul- ple sala la jocurile echipei de ţii - centru, inter stânga şi inter rul 20 la noua echipă, în timp ce Costache şi-a ţelegere faţă de un handbalist ţumesc domnului preşedinte handbal. Mulţumesc din sufl et dreapta având în acelaşi timp ales numărul 18. care şi-a făcut datoria faţă de Şerban Sere pentru înţelegerea tuturor, mulţumesc pentru în- multă forţă la linia de nouă me- culorile roş-albastre. Aşadar de care a dat dovadă, colegilor ţelegerea de care au dat dova- tri. Rămâne de observat dacă Liberţ va întări singura contra- mei cu care am împărţit zi de dă, pentru că m-au lăsat să plec acesta se va integra perfect în candidată la promovare, echipă zi vestiarul şi care m-au ajutat şi pentru că m-au înţeles”, le-a angrenajul construit de Sebas- la care mai evoluează din vară, să-mi arăt valoarea în teren. declarat Cosmin Liberţ celor tian Tudor. Sorin ILISIE Peste 300 de puncte avans faţă de locul doi Halep se menţine în poziţia de lider Clasamentul WTA la simplu: 1 Simona Halep 6.425 puncte 2 Caroline Wozniacki (Danemarca) 6.095 3 Garbine Muguruza (Spania) 6.005 4 Elina Svitolina (Ucraina) 5.785 5 Venus Williams (SUA) 5.567 6 Karolina Pliskova (Cehia) 5.445 7 Jelena Ostapenko (Letonia) 4.901 8 Caroline Garcia (Franţa) 4.385 9 Johanna Konta (Marea Britanie) 3.600 10 Coco Vandeweghe (SUA) 3.258 .............................................................. 37 Sorana Cîrstea 1.480 În vârstă de 26 de ani, Ţucudean a jucat în 20 40 Irina-Camelia Begu 1.303 57 Mihaela Buzărnescu 1.027 de meciuri pentru FC Viitorul, în actuala ediţie 85 Monica Niculescu 755 a Ligii 1, şi a reuşit să marcheze 11 goluri şi să 107 Ana Bogdan 619 dea două pase decisive. Doar atacantul echipei 171 Alexandra Cadanţu 338 183 Irina Bara 311 FCSB, Harlem Gnohere, are mai multe goluri 190 Alexandra Dulgheru 301 înscrise decât Ţucudean, 12. La rândul său, Costache, în vârstă de 19 ani, Clasamentul WTA la dublu: Simona Halep se menţine pentru semifi nalistă la simplu la Shenzhen a reuşit să înscrie trei goluri în 14 apariţii în a 14-a săptămână la rând pe primul Open, a urcat trei locuri, până pe 40, 1 Martina Hingis (Elveţia) 10.130 puncte acest sezon al Ligii 1. loc în clasamentul mondial, dat pu- Sorana Cîrstea s-a menţinut pe 37, Mi- 1 Latisha Chan (Taiwan) 10.130 * Mijlocaşul Bogdan Gavrilă, ultima oară la 3 Ekaterina Makarova (Rusia) 7.230 blicităţii ieri, ierarhie în care Irina- haela Buzărnescu a coborât o treaptă, Ethnikos Achnas, a semnat un contract valabil 3 Elena Vesnina (Rusia) 7.230 Camelia Begu a urcat trei poziţii, in- pe 57, iar Monica Niculescu este şi ea în 5 Andrea Sestini Hlavackova (Cehia) 6.885 pe doi ani şi jumătate cu formaţia CSM Poli formează site-ul wtatennis.com. declin cu şase poziţii, afl ându-se acum 6 Lucie Safarova (Cehia) 6.800 Iaşi, a anunţat site-ul grupării ieşene. Bog- pe locul 85. 7 Timea Babos (Ungaria) 5.600 dan Gavrilă a evoluat de-a lungul carierei la Halep a acumulat 6.425 de punc- La dublu, Halep a avansat 53 de lo- 8 Bethanie Mattek-Sands (SUA) 5.121 Chindia Târgoviște, Oțelul Galați, Dinamo te, după ce a câştigat turneul de la curi şi a intrat în top 100, pe locul 93, 9 Casey Dellacqua (Australia) 4.715 10 Shuai Peng (China) 4.710 București, unde a lucrat sub comanda lui Fla- Shenzhen, şi şi-a mărit avansul faţă de după ce a cucerit titlul la Shenzhen ală- .................................................. vius Stoican, și Petrolul Ploiești. Înainte de a locul doi la 330 de puncte, poziţie ocu- turi de Irina Begu. Niculescu a rămas 23 Monica Niculescu 3.077 pată acum de daneza Caroline Woz- pe 23, Begu a urcat şase poziţii, până pe 32 Irina-Camelia Begu 2.135 semna cu Poli Iaşi, el a evoluat și în prima ligă niacki. Jucătoarea spaniolă Garbine 23, Raluca Olaru a coborât patru locuri, 40 Raluca Olaru 1.880 din Cipru, pentru Ethnikos Achnas. Mijlocașul Muguruza a coborât pe trei, la 420 de pe 40, iar Mihaela Buzărnescu a urcat 86 Mihaela Buzărnescu 819 ofensiv, în vârstă de 25 de ani, poate să joace 93 Simona Halep 770 etc. puncte în spatele liderului. Irina Begu, de pe 89 pe 86. pe ambele benzi ale terenului. .
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