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Edward Iordănescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈedu.ard jordəˈnesku]; born 16 June 1978), sometimes known as Iordănescu Jr., is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Romania national team.

Edward Iordănescu

Iordănescu with Romania in 2022
Personal information
Date of birth	(1978-06-16) 16 June 1978 (age 44)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	Romania (manager)
Youth career
1984–1996	Steaua București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Steaua București	1	(0)
1997–1998	Sportul Studențesc	0	(0)
1998–1999	Panionios	2	(0)
1999–2000	Diplomatic Focșani	2	(1)
2000–2001	Rapid București	0	(0)
2001	→ Rocar București (loan)	1	(0)
2001–2002	Alki Larnaca	5	(0)
2002–2003	Petrolul Ploiești	8	(0)
2003–2004	Vaslui	8	(0)
Total		43	(1)
Teams managed
2010	Steaua București (assistant)
2010	Steaua București (caretaker)
2011–2012	Steaua București (assistant)
2012	FC Vaslui (assistant)
2012	FC Vaslui (caretaker)
2013	Fortuna Brazi
2013	ASA Târgu Mureș
2014–2016	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2016	CSKA Sofia
2017–2018	Astra Giurgiu
2018	CFR Cluj
2019–2020	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2020–2021	CFR Cluj
2021	FCSB
2022–	Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He represented nine teams during a rather uneventful playing career, of which Panionios and Alki Larnaca abroad. Like his father Anghel, he started both his playing and coaching career at Steaua București.[1][2]

Iordănescu has found more success after his retirement as a player, earning a reputation in his country of being a studious manager who prepares matches in great detail.[3] During his two stints at CFR Cluj he guided the team to three domestic trophies, and in 2022 was appointed at the helm of the Romania national team.

Playing career

Iordănescu's connection with Steaua București began in early 1984, at the age of six. His father Anghel Iordănescu, who was an assistant coach at the time, took him along with him to attend games on the Ghencea Stadium. He sat next to Alin Stoica, also the son of a club legend, and they began playing together during warm ups and half-time breaks. After playing for Steaua's youth teams, Iordănescu was promoted to the first team in 1996 along with Stoica.

He failed to impose himself at the Roș-albaștrii and left for Sportul Studențesc in 1997. Iordănescu spent the rest of his career with several teams in Romania—Unirea Focșani, Rapid București, Rocar București, Petrolul Ploiești and Vaslui. He also had spells abroad in Greece and Cyprus with Panionios and Alki Larnaca, respectively.

Managerial career

Iordănescu retired from playing football in 2004, in order to begin his managerial studies. He took courses in Italy, Spain and England. In 2010, after Ilie Dumitrescu announced his resignation from his role as Steaua București manager, Iordănescu took over as interim coach.

On 20 June 2013, Iordănescu signed a contract with Liga II side ASA Târgu Mureș with the clear target to promote to Liga I. In October 2013, he resigned. In December 2014, Iordănescu was named head coach of Pandurii Târgu Jiu. He guided his side to the final of the 2014–15 Cupa Ligii competition. On 24 August 2016, Iordănescu was unveiled as the new head coach of Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.[4] Polish side Lech Poznań were also interested in hiring Iordănescu.[5] On 27 November 2016, following a 1–1 home draw against Vereya, he resigned from his duties.[6]

On 8 June 2017, he was appointed manager of Liga I club Astra Giurgiu.[7] On 2 April 2018, his contract with the club was terminated after a mutual agreement.[8] On 13 June 2018, Iordănescu signed a three-year deal with CFR Cluj, replacing Dan Petrescu who left for Guizhou Hengfeng.[9] He won his first trophy as a manager on 15 July, as his new side defeated Universitatea Craiova 1–0 in the Supercupa României.[10]

On 12 September 2021, Iordănescu coaching FCSB, managed the biggest score victory in the history of the Eternal derby, 6–0.

On 25 January 2022, Iordănescu was appointed as the new manager of the Romania national football team.[11]

Personal life

Iordănescu dated Romanian singer-songwriter Delia Matache from 2005 to 2006.[12] He is now married to a woman with whom he has three children.[13]

Career statistics

Managerial

As of match played 17 November 2022

Managerial record by team and tenure

Team	From	To	Record								Ref.
			P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Steaua București (caretaker)	20 September 2010	27 September 2010	2	1	0	1	1	1	+0	050.00
FC Vaslui (caretaker)	24 September 2012	27 September 2012	1	0	0	1	0	1	−1	000.00
Fortuna Brazi	11 January 2013	13 May 2013	10	8	2	0	25	6	+19	080.00
ASA Târgu Mureș	20 June 2013	9 October 2013	6	2	2	2	8	8	+0	033.33
Pandurii Târgu Jiu	16 December 2014	20 June 2016	59	27	17	15	83	62	+21	045.76
CSKA Sofia	25 August 2016	29 November 2016	12	5	3	4	14	9	+5	041.67	[14]
Astra Giurgiu	8 June 2017	2 April 2018	35	15	10	10	46	33	+13	042.86	[14]
CFR Cluj	13 June 2018	26 July 2018	3	1	1	1	2	2	+0	033.33	[14]
Gaz Metan Mediaș	7 January 2019	1 June 2020	42	18	12	12	54	43	+11	042.86	[15]
CFR Cluj	4 December 2020	2 June 2021	30	21	5	4	49	15	+34	070.00	[14]
FCSB	18 August 2021	15 November 2021	11	8	2	1	24	11	+13	072.73	[14]
Romania	25 January 2022	present	9	2	2	5	9	13	−4	022.22	[14]
Total			220	108	56	56	315	204	+111	049.09	—

Honours

Player

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 1995–96
• Cupa României: 1995–96

Petrolul Ploiești

• Divizia B: 2002–03

Manager

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

• Cupa Ligii runner-up: 2014–15

CFR Cluj

• Liga I: 2018–19, 2020–21[16]
• Supercupa României: 2018,[10] 2020[17]

Individual

• Gala Fotbalului Românesc Romanian Coach of the Year: 2021[18]

References

External links

• Edward Iordănescu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com

На других языках

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[de] Eduard Iordănescu

Eduard Iordănescu, auch Edward Iordănescu geschrieben, (* 16. Juni 1978 in Bukarest) ist ein ehemaliger rumänischer Fußballspieler und heutiger Trainer. Er ist der Sohn von Anghel Iordănescu.[1][2][3][4][5]

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- [en] Edward Iordănescu

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[it] Edward Iordănescu

Edward Iordănescu (Bucarest, 16 giugno 1978) è un allenatore di calcio ed ex calciatore rumeno, di ruolo centrocampista, attuale commissario tecnico della nazionale rumena.

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