Marian Cozma
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| Full name | Marian Cozma | ||||||||||||||
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8 September 1982 Tei, Bucharest, Romania |
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| Died | 8 February 2009 (aged 26) Veszprém, Hungary |
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| Nationality | Romanian | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 2.11 m (6 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 113 kg (249 lb) | ||||||||||||||
| Playing position | Pivot | ||||||||||||||
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| 2002-2006 2006-2009 |
 Dinamo Bucureşti KC Veszprém
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| 2002-2009 | Romania |
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Marian Cozma (8 September 1982 – 8 February 2009) was a Romanian handball player. He was born in Tei, Bucharest and died in Veszprém, Hungary after being attacked and stabbed in a nightclub fight. During his career he played for HC Dinamo Bucureşti and KC Veszprém and he was also a member of the Romanian national handball team.
Cozma began his handball career in HC Dinamo Bucureşti. His father, Petre was also a handball player, and he guided his son to the sport.
He played in the Dinamo first squad from 2002 to 2006 and won the Romanian championship with the club in the 2004-2005 season.
During his time at Dinamo, Cozma was once attacked and stabbed near his house by a group of fanatic supporters of a rival team. "They asked me if I'm Cozma from Dinamo and then one of them stabbed me in the back", he said. He got an 8 centimeters long and 3 centimeters deep wound near the spine, but he recovered and was back on the playing field shortly afterwards.
In 2006, he was transferred to MKB Veszprém. With his new team he participated in the EHF Champions League in the 2006-2007 season, scoring 17 goals in the tournament. In 2008, they won the Hungarian championship and also the EHF Cup Winners' Cup defeating Rhein-Neckar Löwen in the final.
At the time of his death, Cozma was allegedly in talks with several major handball clubs in Spain, including FC Barcelona. A few days before his death, he resigned from further participation in the Romanian national team after not getting enough opportunity to play on the 2009 World Men's Handball Championship from the federal captain, and it was mentioned that he might apply for Hungarian citizenship and play for Hungary in the future.
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