page_title: Cristina Neagu
hierarchical_section_title: Cristina Neagu
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Damenhandball WM-Qualifikation Playoff Österreich vs Rumänien am 13. Juni 2017 in Stockerau. Bild zeigt Cristina Georgiana Neagu (ROU).Français&#160;: La handballeuse roumaine Cristina Neagu lors d'un match disputé avec son équipe nationale face à l'Autriche le 13 juin 2017.Română: Handbalista română Cristina Neagu înaintea unui meci disputat cu echipa sa națională împotriva Austriei la Stockerau, pe 13 iunie 2017.
context_page_description: Cristina Georgiana Neagu is a Romanian professional handballer who plays as a left back for CSM București and the Romanian national team.
  Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Neagu is the only female handball player in history to win four IHF World Player of the Year awards. She also won the EHF Player of the Year award in 2017 and 2018. She has been selected to the All-EHF Champions League All-Star Team five times.
  A prolific goalscorer, Neagu is the European Championship's all-time leader in goals scored. She was the 2015 World Championship top-scorer and was named MVP of the tournament. She also finished as the top scorer of the EHF Champions League in the 2014–15 and 2017–18 seasons.
  Neagu was given the award of Cetățean de onoare of the city of Bucharest in 2017.
context_section_description: Cristina Georgiana Neagu ([krisˈtina ˈne̯aɡu]; born 26 August 1988) is a Romanian professional handballer who plays as a left back for CSM București and the Romanian national team.
  Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Neagu is the only female handball player in history to win four IHF World Player of the Year awards (in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018). She also won the EHF Player of the Year award in 2017 and 2018. She has been selected to the All-EHF Champions League All-Star Team five times (2015–18 and 2020).
  A prolific goalscorer, Neagu is the European Championship's all-time leader in goals scored (237). She was the 2015 World Championship top-scorer and was named MVP of the tournament. She also finished as the top scorer of the EHF Champions League in the 2014–15 and 2017–18 seasons.
  Neagu was given the award of Cetățean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2017.
caption: Neagu in 2017
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