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Mirel Matei Rădoi (born 22 March 1981) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club Universitatea Craiova.

Mirel Rădoi

Rădoi playing for Al-Hilal in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Mirel Matei Rădoi
Date of birth	(1981-03-22) 22 March 1981 (age 41)
Place of birth	Drobeta-Turnu Severin, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Defensive midfielder, centre-back
Club information
Current team	Universitatea Craiova (head coach)
Youth career
1988–1998	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–1999	Drobeta-Turnu Severin
2000	Extensiv Craiova	14	(0)
2000–2008	Steaua București	186	(12)
2009–2011	Al-Hilal	52	(10)
2011–2014	Al-Ain	53	(2)
2014–2015	Al-Ahli	7	(0)
2015	Al-Arabi	6	(0)
Total		318	(24)
National team
1998–2000	Romania U21	3	(0)
2000–2010[1]	Romania	68	(2)
Teams managed
2015	Steaua București
2018	Romania U21 (sporting director)
2018–2019	Romania U21
2019–2021	Romania
2021	Romania Olympic
2022–	Universitatea Craiova
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

A defensive midfielder or a centre-back, Rădoi began his playing career at Extensiv Craiova in 1999, before signing for Steaua București one year later. Following eight-and-a-half seasons in the capital, he spent his later career with Al-Hilal, Al-Ain, Al-Ahli and Al-Arabi. Internationally, Rădoi was capped 68 times by Romania, which he represented at the UEFA Euro 2008.

Rădoi's first stint as a head coach was Steaua București in 2015, where he stayed for six months. Three years later, he was appointed at the helm of the Romania under-21 national team, which he led to the semi-finals of the 2019 UEFA European Championship. This resulted in his promotion to the senior team in November 2019, but left after two years with less success.

Playing career

Extensiv Craiova

Rădoi started to play football at the age of eight, first as a goalkeeper and then as a defender. He started his youth career at Turnu Severin and there he was spotted by Sorin Cârțu, the coach of Extensiv Craiova, who was so impressed by him that he purchased Rădoi in 1999, financing the transfer with his own money. Rădoi made his professional debut in 1999, in a defeat against Dinamo București on 4 March 2000. he left the club.

Steaua București

Just one year later, in the summer of 2000, Rădoi joined Steaua București for a fee of €110,000. Describing his first day at Steaua, he said, "It was like a positive shock for me. Suddenly I was in the same place with players like Iulian Miu, Marius Baciu and Miodrag Belodedici, players I saw on TV. It was like a dream."

His coach at Steaua was Victor Pițurcă, the former Romania national team coach, who promoted him to the Steaua first team. He then became one of Steaua's most important players. In his first match for the club, a 4–3 victory over FCM Bacău at the Ghencea football stadium, Rădoi scored the equalizer in the ninth minute after Cătălin Cursaru had opened the scoring for Bacău less than a minute before.

Steaua would go on to win the championship of the Romanian league that year, as well as the Supercupa României against rivals Dinamo.

In 2005, Rădoi won a second championship title; and in 2006, yet another: his third. On 24 February 2005, he won an important match in the UEFA Cup against holder Valencia. In 2006 Rădoi captained the team in the UEFA Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough which Steaua lost 4–3 on aggregate.

In the summer of 2006, a rumour circulated that Rădoi would sign for Premier League club Portsmouth as soon as the transfer window opened in England, with the transfer fee estimated at around £11 million. The transfer did not materialize, however, and many speculated that the £11 million offer was no more than a ploy to jack up the player's potential transfer value before a move elsewhere. In the end, FCSB's owner Gigi Becali stated that he would not be selling Rădoi after all.

Due to injury, he only played his first official game in the 2006–07 season on 12 November, a 6–0 victory against Național București.

Later career

In January 2009, Rădoi signed a three-year contract with Saudi Arabian club Al-Hilal which earned him €1.4 million annually. The transfer fee FCSB received was in the region of €6 million.[2] Rădoi made his debut for Al-Hilal in the local derby against Al-Nassr, which Al-Hilal won 2–0 with Rădoi scoring the second goal.

In his sixth game with the club, he won the Prince's Cup, defeating Al-Shabab in the final. Nicknamed "The Warrior" by his fans in Saudi Arabia, he was voted Saudi Professional League Player of the Year in 2010.[3] They even made a complete book about his career and has been published online with official website MRadoi.com. Rădoi spent three years at the club, becoming a legend,[4] and the team's captain,[5] before he was reunited with ex-Al-Hilal and Steaua manager Cosmin Olăroiu at Al Ain.[6]

In June 2011, Rădoi was transferred to Al Ain for a fee of €4.2 million.[7] He signed a two-year deal worth €2.5 million annually.[8]

International

Rădoi has been capped 67 times for the Romania, scoring two goals. In 2005, Romanian team manager Victor Pițurcă suspended him for leaving training camp without permission before matches against the Netherlands and Armenia. Coach Pițurcă recalled him in February 2006 for a friendly tournament in Cyprus after Rădoi apologised for his behaviour.

Although he was included in Romania's squad for UEFA Euro 2008, he suffered an eye injury and broken nose during the second group game against Italy after clashing heads with team-mate Răzvan Raț, who emerged unscathed. Rădoi played no further part in the tournament.[9] After a confrontation with Răzvan Lucescu in 2010, Radoi declared that he would retire from the national team.

Coaching career

Rădoi became the head coach of the Romania national team after resignation of Cosmin Contra in November 2019.[10][11][12]

Career statistics

Club

Correct as of 1 June 2015

Club	Season	League		Cup		Continental		Other		Total
		Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals	Apps	Goals
Extensiv Craiova	1999–00	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
	Total	14	0	—		—		—		14	0
Steaua București	2000–01	25	1	3	0	—		—		28	1
	2001–02	22	1	5	1	3	0	1	0	31	2
	2002–03	23	1	2	0	—		—		25	1
	2003–04	29	2	2	1	6	0	—		37	3
	2004–05	20	1	0	0	8	0	—		28	1
	2005–06	24	4	1	0	17	3	0	0	42	7
	2006–07	14	1	1	0	4	0	0	0	19	1
	2007–08	16	0	0	0	3	0	—		19	0
	2008–09	13	1	0	0	7	0	—		20	1
	Total	186	12	14	2	48	3	1	0	249	17
Al-Hilal	2008–09	13	2	0	0	6	3	—		19	5
	2009–10	19	2	10	2	8	0	—		37	4
	2010–11	20	6	7	4	7	1	—		34	11
	Total	52	10	17	6	21	4	0	0	90	20
Al Ain	2011–12	19	0	9	3	0	0	0	0	28	3
	2012–13	20	2	5	0	6	0	4	0	35	2
	2013–14	14	0	5	1	6	0	3	0	28	1
	Total	53	2	19	4	12	0	7	0	91	6
Al-Ahli	2014–15	7	0	3	0	—		—		10	0
Al-Arabi	2014–15	6	0	—		—		—		6	0
Career total		318	24	53	12	81	7	8	0	460	43

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year

National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	2000	2	0
	2001	9	0
	2002	7	1
	2003	10	0
	2004	3	0
	2005	3	0
	2006	5	0
	2007	3	0
	2008	8	0
	2009	10	0
	2010	8	1
Total		68	2

International goals

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	16 October 2002	Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg	Luxembourg	3–0	7–0	UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
2	5 June 2010	Sankt Veit an der Glan, Carinthia, Austria	Honduras	3–0	3–0	Friendly

Managerial

As of match played 12 November 2022

Team	From	To	Record
			G	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
FCSB	1 June 2015	30 November 2015	29	13	7	9	39	33	+6	044.83
Romania U21	3 August 2018	26 November 2019	16	10	3	3	35	15	+20	062.50
Romania	26 November 2019	30 November 2021	20	8	4	8	28	25	+3	040.00
Romania Olympic	1 July 2021	7 August 2021	3	1	1	1	1	4	−3	033.33
Universitatea Craiova	9 August 2022	Present	18	10	5	3	25	16	+9	055.56
Total			86	42	20	24	128	93	+35	048.84

Honours

Player

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 2000–01, 2004–05, 2005–06
• Supercupa României: 2001, 2006

Al-Hilal

• Saudi Professional League: 2009–10, 2010–11
• Crown Prince Cup: 2008–09, 2009–10, 2010–11

Al-Ahli

• UAE Pro-League: 2011–12, 2012–13
• UAE Super Cup: 2012
• UAE President's Cup: 2013–14

Individual

• Gazeta Sporturilor Romanian Footballer of the Year runner-up: 2005
• Saudi Professional League Player of the Year: 2010

References

External links

• Mirel Rădoi at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
• Mirel Rădoi at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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[de] Mirel Rădoi

Mirel Matei Rădoi (* 22. März 1981 in Drobeta Turnu Severin) ist ein ehemaliger rumänischer Fußballspieler und derzeitiger -trainer. Er bestritt insgesamt 310 Spiele in der rumänischen Liga 1, der saudi-arabischen Professional League, der UAE Arabian Gulf League in den Vereinigten Arabischen Emiraten und der katarischen Stars League. In den Jahren 2001, 2005 und 2006 gewann er mit Steaua Bukarest die rumänische Meisterschaft. Als Nationalspieler nahm er an der Europameisterschaft 2008 teil.

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- [en] Mirel Rădoi

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[es] Mirel Rădoi

Mirel Matei Rădoi (22 de marzo de 1981 en Drobeta Turnu-Severin, Rumanía) es un exfutbolista rumano, apreciado por sus cualidades de defensa central, aunque también puede jugar centrocampista defensivo o lateral derecho. Incluso en algunos partidos juega más adelantado. Jugó desde el año 2008 en el Al-Hilal. También jugó 40 partidos con la Selección de fútbol de Rumania. Actualmente es entrenador y dirige a la Selección de fútbol de Rumanía

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[fr] Mirel Rădoi

Mirel Matei Rădoi est un footballeur roumain né le 22 mars 1981 à Drobeta-Turnu Severin. Il évolue au poste de défenseur.

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[it] Mirel Rădoi

Mirel Matei Rădoi (Drobeta-Turnu Severin, 22 marzo 1981) è un ex calciatore e allenatore di calcio rumeno, tecnico dell'U Craiova.

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[ru] Рэдой, Мирел

Мирел Матей Рэдой (рум. Mirel Matei Rădoi; род. 22 марта 1981, Дробета-Турну-Северин) — румынский футболист и тренер. Участник чемпионата Европы 2008 в составе сборной Румынии.

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