Corneliu Papură (born 5 September 1973) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player. He played as a centre back or a defensive midfielder.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Corneliu Papură | ||
Date of birth | (1973-09-05) 5 September 1973 (age 49) | ||
Place of birth | Craiova, Romania | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back / Defensive midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | Universitatea Craiova (Staff) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1991–1996 | FC U Craiova | 101 | (4) |
1996–1999 | Stade Rennais | 26 | (2) |
1999–2001 | FC U Craiova | 53 | (3) |
2001 | Național București | 12 | (1) |
2001–2002 | Beitar Jerusalem | 25 | (1) |
2002–2004 | FC U Craiova | 60 | (6) |
2004–2005 | AEL Limassol | 10 | (1) |
2005 | FC U Craiova | 12 | (0) |
2005 | Changchun Yatai | 12 | (2) |
2006 | Guangzhou Pharmaceutical | 19 | (1) |
2006–2007 | Național București | 13 | (0) |
Total | 343 | (21) | |
National team | |||
1994–1996 | Romania | 12 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2007 | Progresul București | ||
2010–2011 | Olt Slatina | ||
2012 | Olt Slatina | ||
2016–2018 | Universitatea II Craiova | ||
2019 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
2019 | Universitatea Craiova (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
2021– | Universitatea II Craiova | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Papură was born in Craiova, and started his career with his hometown team FC Universitatea Craiova, in 1991. As a player, he played for Universitatea in four different periods, spending a large part of his career with the club, with short stints in France, Israel and Cyprus.[1]
Papură earned 12 caps for the Romania national team, and was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup.[2]
Corneliu Papură managerial positions | |||||||||
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Fotbal Club Sportiv Becali 2021
Romania squad – 1994 FIFA World Cup | ||
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