Cristina Georgiana Neagu (Romanian pronunciation: [kris'tina 'ne?agu]; born 26 August 1988) is a Romanian professional handballer who plays as a left back for CSM Bucure?ti and the Romanian national team.Often considered the best player in the world and rated by many in the sport as the greatest of all time, Neagu is the only female handball player in history to win four IHF World Player of the Year awards (in 2010, 2015, 2016 and 2018).
She also won EHF Player of the Year award in 2017 and 2018 (another record).
She is an All-EHF Champions League first teamer in the last four editions (2015, 2016, 2017 and 2018).
A prolific goalscorer, Neagu is the European Championship's all-time leader in goals scored (237).
In December 2015, she also received World Championship top-scorer & MVP awards.
She also finished as the top scorer of the EHF Champions League in the 2014–15 and 2017–18 seasons.
She was given the award of Ceta?ean de onoare ("Honorary Citizen") of the city of Bucharest in 2017.