Gabriel Mărgărit (born 12 July 1971) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as Faur București, Rocar București, Henan Construction, Inter Gaz București or CS Otopeni, among others. Mărgărit played in more than 360 matches at the level of Liga I and Liga II and during the 2008–09 season he was manager, player and captain of CS Otopeni.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1971-07-12) 12 July 1971 (age 51) | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1992–1993 | Steaua Mizil | ||
| 1993–1994 | Faur București | 48 | (10) |
| 1995 | Sportul Studențesc | 3 | (0) |
| 1995–1996 | Faur București | ||
| 1996–1999 | Rocar București | 115 | (2) |
| 2000 | Henan Construction | 18 | (2) |
| 2000 | Universitatea Craiova | 2 | (0) |
| 2001 | Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț | 14 | (0) |
| 2001–2003 | Inter Gaz București | 43 | (3) |
| 2004–2009 | CS Otopeni | 117 | (2) |
| Total | 360 | (19) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008 | CS Otopeni (assistant) | ||
| 2008 | CS Otopeni (caretaker) | ||
| 2008–2009 | CS Otopeni (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | CF Brăila (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Sportul Studențesc (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2012 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Concordia Chiajna (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | FC Vaslui (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | FC Brașov (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Concordia Chiajna (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Kayserispor (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Shabab (assistant) | ||
| 2019–2021 | Gaziantep (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | Çaykur Rizespor (assistant) | ||
| 2021 | CFR Cluj (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 28 August 2021 | |||
After retirement, Mărgărit started to work as an assistant coach for teams such as Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Sportul Studențesc, Steaua București, Concordia Chiajna or FC Brașov. Since 2017, Gabriel Mărgărit is the assistant coach of Marius Șumudică and worked with him in Turkey and Saudi Arabia, for team such as Kayserispor, Gaziantep and Al-Shabab.[2]