Ștefan Costel Grigorie (born 31 January 1982) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder for teams such as: FC U Craiova, Dinamo București, Politehnica Timișoara, Rapid București or FC Brașov, among others.
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Ștefan Costel Grigorie | ||
Date of birth | (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982 (age 40) | ||
Place of birth | Segarcea, Romania | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current team | FC Brașov (assistant) | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1999 | Universitatea Craiova | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1999–2002 | Universitatea Craiova | 58 | (7) |
2000 | → Electro Craiova (loan) | 9 | (1) |
2002–2006 | Dinamo București | 101 | (30) |
2006–2007 | Politehnica Timișoara | 20 | (2) |
2007–2013 | Rapid București | 136 | (13) |
2013 | Apollon Limassol | 8 | (0) |
2014–2015 | FC Brașov | 26 | (5) |
2015 | Concordia Chiajna | 11 | (1) |
2015 | CSMS Iași | 18 | (1) |
2016–2017 | Brașov | 31 | (8) |
2017 | UTA Arad | 3 | (1) |
Total | 419 | (68) | |
National team‡ | |||
1998 | Romania U16 | 2 | (0) |
1999–2000 | Romania U18 | 3 | (0) |
2000–2002 | Romania U21 | 18 | (5) |
2003–2006 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
Teams managed | |||
2018–2019 | Rapid București (youth) | ||
2018–2019 | Rapid București (assistant) | ||
2019 | Rapid București U19 (manager) | ||
2020 | Rapid București (assistant) | ||
2020–2021 | Rapid București (assistant) | ||
2021–2022 | CSM Reșița (assistant) | ||
2022– | FC Brașov (assistant) | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 30 June 2020 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 16 September 2006 |
He spent the first years of his career at Craiova, where he was contracted by Universitatea and moved to Bucharest in 2002 in order to play for Dinamo București.[1][2] He played four years there (developing an appetite for goals) until the summer of 2006 when he was bought together with Dan Alexa by Politehnica Timișoara.[1][2][3] In the summer break of 2007 Grigorie returned to Bucharest, this time for Rapid.[1][2][3]
Ștefan Grigorie played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Anghel Iordănescu on 12 February 2003, when he came as a substitute and replaced Mirel Rădoi in the 82nd minute of a 2–1 victory against Slovakia.[4][5] His second and final appearance for the national team was under coach Victor Pițurcă on 16 August 2006 in a 2–0 victory against Cyprus.[4][6]
Romania national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2003 | 1 | 0 |
2004 | 0 | 0 |
2005 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 1 | 0 |
Total | 2 | 0 |
Dinamo București
Rapid București
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