Rareș Mandache

{{short description|Romanian basketball player}} {{Infobox basketball biography | name = Rareș Mandache | photo = | caption = | position = Point guard / shooting guard | height_ft = 6 | height_in = 3 | weight_lb = | league = Liga Națională | nationality = Romanian | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1987|10|2|df=y}} | birth_place = Arad, Romania | draft_year = 2009 | career_start = 2008 | career_end = 2025 | years1 = 2005–2007 | team1 = CSM Oradea | years2 = 2007–2008 | team2 = Winchendon Massachusetts | years3 = 2008–2009 | team3 = CSU Brașov | years4 = 2009–2010 | team4 = Otopeni | years5 = 2010–2011 | team5 = Steaua București | years6 = 2011–2012 | team6 = Keravnos | years7 = 2012–2014 | team7 = Gaz Metan Mediaș | years8 = 2014–2015 | team8 = U-BT Cluj-Napoca | years9 = 2015–2018 | team9 = CSM Oradea | years10 = 2018–2021 | team10 = Steaua București | years11 = 2021-2024 | team11 = Dinamo București | years12 = 2024–2025 | team12 = Steaua București | highlights = *2x Romanian League champion (2016, 2017) *EuroBasket steals leader (2017) | coach_start = 2025 | coach_end = | cyears1 = 2025– | cteam1 = Steaua București }} '''Rareș Andrei Mandache''' (born 2 October 1987) is a Romanian professional basketball coach and former player, who currently is the head coach for Steaua București of the Liga Națională.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://agerpres.ro/sport/2025/08/20/baschet-masculin-fostul-international-andrei-mandache-noul-antrenor-al-echipei-steaua--1477097 |title=Baschet masculin: Fostul internațional Andrei Mandache, noul antrenor al echipei Steaua |publisher=Agerpres |date=20 August 2025}}</ref>

==International career== He represented Romania's national basketball team at the 2015 Eurobasket qualification.<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160617001723/http://www.eurobasket2015.org/fr/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_2015.roundID_9486.teamID_351.playerID_44853.html Rares Mandache – EuroBasket 2015]}}, eurobasket2015.org, accessed 14 May 2016.</ref> Mandache was also part of the roster of Romania at EuroBasket 2017.

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==External links== *[http://basketball.eurobasket.com/player/Rares_Mandache/Romania/U-Banca_Transilvania_Cluj/77852 Eurobasket.com profile] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20160610145427/http://www.fiba.com/pages/eng/fc/gamecent/p/leagueid/ROM/ot//pid/6032810/season/2016/tid/6010025/playerview.html FIBA.com profile] *[http://basketball.realgm.com/player/Rares-Mandache/Summary/28378 Real GM profile]

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mandache, Andrei}} Category:1987 births Category:Living people Category:CSM Oradea (basketball) players Category:Keravnos B.C. players Category:Romanian men's basketball players Category:Point guards Category:Shooting guards Category:Sportspeople from Arad, Romania Category:U-BT Cluj-Napoca players Category:CS Dinamo București basketball players Category:21st-century Romanian sportsmen Category:CSA Steaua București basketball players