Marcel Coraș

Marcel Coraș

Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-05-14) 14 May 1959 (age 62)
Place of birth	Arad, Romania
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1969–1976	UTA Arad
1976–1977	Rapid Arad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1979	UTA Arad	57	(16)
1979–1981	Politehnica Iaşi	31	(9)
1981–1983	UTA Arad	28	(11)
1983–1988	Sportul Studenţesc	153	(56)
1988–1990	Victoria București	48	(40)
1990	Sportul Studenţesc	13	(5)
1990–1991	Panionios	30	(2)
1991–1992	Sportul Studenţesc	26	(4)
1992–1993	Aurillac	?	(?)
1993	Universitatea Cluj	21	(2)
1994	UTA Arad	31	(3)
1995	Motorul Arad	?	(?)
Total		438	(148)
National team‡
1982–1988[1]	Romania	36	(6)
Teams managed
1996	UTA Arad
1997	FC Baia Mare
1998–1999	Bihor Oradea
2000–2002	Astra Trinity Arad
2002–2004	ACU Arad
2005	UTA Arad
2006	UTA Arad
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 11 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 11 February 2018

Marcel Coraș (born 14 May 1959) is a retired Romanian football striker.

Career[]

He was born in Arad and debuted in Divizia A with hometown side UTA Arad in 1977. His most successful period was between 1983 and 1988, when he played for Sportul Studenţesc, with whom he won the league's silver medal in 1986. He became top goalscorer of the Divizia A in 1984 with 20 goals. He retired in 1995, having finished his fourth spell with FC UTA Arad.

Coraș got 36 caps and 6 goals for Romania, and represented his country at Euro 1984.

Honours[]

Club[]

Sportul Studenţesc

• Romanian League Runner-up: 1985–86

Individual[]

• Divizia A Top Scorer: 1983–84
• European Silver Boot: 1988–89^[2]

References[]

External links[]

• Marcel Coraș at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com

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