Elena Pavel

{{Short description|Romanian footballer (born 1984)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=September 2024}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Elena Pavel | image = | caption = | fullname = Elena Iuliana Pavel | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1984|3|26}} | birth_place = Constanța, Romania | height = 1.71 m | currentclub = | clubnumber = | position = Defender | youthyears1 = | youthclubs1 = | years1 = | years2 = 2005–2006 | years3 = 2006–2007 | years4 = 2007–2020 | clubs1 = Clujana | clubs2 = Smart Sport Bucharest | clubs3 = Motorul Oradea | clubs4 = Sporting Huelva | goals1 = | goals2 = | nationalyears1 = 2000–2010 | nationalteam1 = Romania | nationalcaps1 = 78 | nationalgoals1 = 7 }}

'''Elena Iuliana Pavel''' (born 26 March 1984) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a defender. She has been a member of the Romania women's national team.<ref>[http://www.sportingclubhuelva.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=465&Itemid=95] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926170359/http://www.sportingclubhuelva.com/web/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=465&Itemid=95 |date=2018-09-26 }} Sporting Huelva</ref> She previously played for CFF Clujana, with whom she played the UEFA Women's Cup, and Motorul Oradea.

She first played with the Romanian national team in the last match of the 2001 European Championship qualifying against Estonia. In the 2011 World Cup qualifying she scored against Bosnia and Herzegovina.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20120724222933/http://www.uefa.com/womensworldcup/teams/player=54734/index.html] UEFA</ref>

In January 2016, Pavel was asked on a date during a Primera División match versus Santa Teresa CD by the referee. Unimpressed by his advances ("Hey brown hair, let's get coffee this afternoon") Pavel answered: "Better stick to blowing your whistle". The incident left her feeling humiliated.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Critchley|first1=Mark|title=Female footballer accuses referee of asking her out on a date during a game|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/football/european/female-footballer-accuses-referee-of-asking-her-out-on-a-date-during-a-game-a6824981.html|access-date=28 September 2016|work=The Independent|date=21 January 2016}}</ref>

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==External links== * {{FIFA player|191736}} * {{Twitter|elena3pavel}} * [http://www.laliga.es/jugador/elena-pavel Profile] at La Liga {{in lang|es}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Pavel, Elena}} Category:1984 births Category:Living people Category:Romanian women's footballers Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Category:Romania women's international footballers Category:Expatriate women's footballers in Spain Category:Sporting de Huelva players Category:Liga F players Category:Footballers from Constanța Category:Women's association football defenders Category:CFF Clujana players Category:21st-century Romanian sportswomen