Article by Costi Prună, Alexandru Stanciu – Published on Wednesday, 24 December 2025, 22:12 / Updated on Wednesday, 24 December 2025 22:15
The former great handball player Aurelia “Mika” Brădeanu (46 years old) reached an agreement in principle with CSM Bucharest and is very close to becoming the new team-manager of the champion. She will replace Cristina Vărzaru (46), who resigned on November 4, 2025on the same day when the separation from coach Adrian Vasile (43) was announced.
Aurelia Brădeanu resigned on November 20 from Corona Brașov, where she led the handball section for the last 3 years. GSP.ro exclusively informed, on December 15, that “Mika” Brădeanu was offered by CSM Bucharest and that her response is expected.
Meanwhile, Aurelia Brădeanu, winner of the Champions League with CSM Bucharest in 2016, has reached an agreement in principle with the “tiger girls” to become the club's new team manageraccording to fanatik.ro.
Aurelia “Mika” Brădeanu, agreement in principle with CSM Bucharest
Aurelia “Mika” Brădeanu in the Romanian national team jersey
The position was held until November by Cristina Vărzaru.
Silver and bronze medalist at the World Championship and winner of the Champions League with CSM Bucharest in 2016, Aurelia Brădeanu recently resigned from Corona Brașov, where she led the handball section for the last 3 years.
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The Russian Daria Dmitrieva and the Hungarian Dorottya Faluvegi will play at CSM Bucharest from the summer, after signing until 2028, moves also announced for the first time by GSP.ro.
Olympic champion and world and European runner-up with Russia, Daria Dmitrieva is 30 years old and comes from Ferencvaros Budapest. She also played for Dinamo Volvograd, Lada Togliati, TSKA Moskva, Krim and in the last season she returned to Ferencvaros (FTC) Budapest.
Faluvegi, 27, is a Hungarian international, 2018 World Junior Champion and bronze medalist with Hungary at the 2024 European Championship. She has played for FTC, Gyor and Bietigheim in her career. This season, the Hungarian handball player did not play a single match, as she underwent knee surgery and is now recovering.
So, together with Aurelia Brădeanu, there are 3 super moves that the club has not yet made official, unlike the other clubs with claims, such as Gyor, Odense, Metz, which hastened to present the news to the fans.
Authorized sources state that CSM's strategy is to announce all the moves together, after the Holidays.
The only formalization made by CSM Bucharest at the end of the year was the appointment of the new head coach, Bojana Popovic.
