Cătălin Necula
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cătălin Răducan Necula | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | Al Ahli (assistant manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Sportul Studențesc | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Sportul Studențesc | 77 | (1) |
| 1993–1995 | Universitatea Cluj | 66 | (1) |
| 1995–1998 | Național București | 91 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | CSM Reșița | 24 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Rocar București | 10 | (0) |
| 2001–2002 | Bihor Oradea | 10 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Argeș Pitești | 25 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Gloria Bistrița | 24 | (0) |
| Total | 346 | (5) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993 | Romania | 4 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2004–2005 | Național București (assistant) | ||
| 2005 | Național București (caretaker) | ||
| 2005 | Politehnica Timişoara (assistant) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2009 | Al Hilal (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Al Hilal (caretaker) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Al Sadd (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Al Ain (assistant) | ||
| 2013– | Al Ahli (assistant) | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Cătălin Răducan Necula (born 4 December 1969) is a retired Romanian football player, known for his association with football manager Cosmin Olăroiu, currently working at Al Ahli as assistant manager.
Playing career[]
Necula, son of the famous Romanian goalkeeper Răducanu Necula,[1] started his career at Sportul Studențesc București in 1988. He spent four seasons at Sportul before switching to Universitatea Cluj in 1993.
In 1995, he joined Naţional București and then in 1998 he played for a short while for Hapoel Kfar Saba in Israel. After he returned to Romania, he continued to play for FCM Reşiţa, Rocar București, Bihor Oradea, Argeş Piteşti and Gloria Bistriţa, before retiring from professional football in 2004.
Necula earned four caps for the Romanian national side in 1993.
Coaching career[]
In 2004, Necula returned to Naţional București, this time as assistant coach and then in the autumn of 2005 he was for a short while the team's head coach. When Cosmin Olăroiu took over at Steaua București in the winter of 2005 he asked Necula to join him as assistant manager. Since then he joined the coaching staff of Cosmin Olăroiu.
References[]
- ^ "E OFICIAL: Site Al Hilal: Catalin Necula, antrenorul primei echipe!" [IT'S OFFICIAL: Al Hilal site: Catalin Necula, coach of the first team!] (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
External links[]
- Cătălin Necula at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
- Cătălin Necula at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1969 births
- Living people
- Romanian footballers
- Romanian expatriate footballers
- Romania international footballers
- FC Sportul Studențesc București players
- FC Universitatea Cluj players
- FC Progresul București players
- CSM Reșița players
- Hapoel Kfar Saba F.C. players
- Expatriate footballers in Israel
- AFC Rocar București players
- FC Bihor Oradea players
- FC Argeș Pitești players
- Liga I players
- FC Steaua București assistant managers
- FC Progresul București managers
- Association football defenders
- Romanian football managers
- Al Hilal SFC managers
- Saudi Professional League managers
- Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia