# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/mircea-costache-ii
# Generated: 2026-08-14T12:25:01.890Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/mircea-costache-ii"
name: "Mircea Costache II"
slug: "mircea-costache-ii"
description: "Mircea Costache II was a Romanian handball player and coach who played as a pivot for Dinamo București and for the national team. He scored the winning goal in the 1961 World Championship final."
tagline: "Romanian handball player and coach"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mircea_Costache_II.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
birthDate: "1940-05-02"
deathDate: "2016-02-16"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           37.68
  momentum:             15
  historical:           5.469222666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  40
  trendDirection:       "BREAKOUT"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Costache_II"
    title: "Mircea Costache II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%8A_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A"
    title: "ميرسيا كوستاشي الثاني"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D9%8A%D8%B1%D8%B3%D9%8A%D8%A7_%D9%83%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%D8%B4%D9%89_%D8%A7%D9%84%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%89"
    title: "ميرسيا كوستاشى الثانى"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9A%D0%BE%D1%81%D1%82%D0%B0%D0%BA%D0%B5%2C_%D0%9C%D0%B8%D1%80%D1%87%D0%B0"
    title: "Костаке, Мирча"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Costache_II"
    title: "Mircea Costache II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mircea_Costache_II"
    title: "Mircea Costache II"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q18544208"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump