Nicolae Constantin

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Nicolae Constantin
Personal information
Full name Nicolae Constantin
Date of birth (1973-12-09) 9 December 1973 (age 48)
Place of birth Filipeștii de Târg, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Centre-back, striker
Club information
Current team
 Petrolul Ploiești (manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Victoria Florești
1996–1999 Petrolul Ploiești 69 (7)
1996–1997 → Danubiana Ploiești (loan) 21 (6)
1999–2006 Rapid București 76 (7)
2001 Rapid II București 2 (0)
2002 → Astra Ploiești (loan) 11 (1)
2004 → Petrolul Ploiești (loan) 7 (0)
2007 Digenis Morphou 6 (0)
2007–2010 FC Brașov 54 (2)
2010–2011 Chimia Brazi
2011 Metalul Filipești
Total 246 (23)
Teams managed
2011–2012 Sportul Studențesc (assistant)
2012–2013 Târgu Mureș (assistant)
2014 Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
2016 Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
2017–2018 Romania U21 (assistant)
2018–2019 Al-Hazem (assistant)
2020 Filiași
2020 Comuna Recea
2021– Petrolul Ploiești
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Nicolae "Nae" Constantin (born 9 December 1973) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga II club Petrolul Ploiești.

Mainly deployed as a centre-back, he spent most of his playing career at Petrolul Ploiești, Astra Ploiești, Rapid București and FC Brașov, among other brief stints. Although uncapped by the Romania national team, he has been regarded as one of the best defenders of his generation.[citation needed]

Playing career[]

Constantin started his playing career with Victoria Florești, a local club in from his native Prahova County. After one season, he moved to Petrolul Ploiești. In spite of being a central defender, he would often go up front and score goals for his teams, as he proved so while on loan at Danubiana Ploiești, where he totalled six goals from 21 games. Upon his return to Petrolul, he managed seven goals in 69 matches, before moving to rival Rapid București in 1999.

Constantin was loaned out during his first years in Bucharest to former clubs Danubiana—renamed Astra—and Petrolul, but became a notable figure in his later years at Rapid. Following Răzvan Lucescu's resignation at Rapid, he joined Cypriot side Digenis Akritas Morphou. Constantin only made seven appearances for Digenis, as he quickly returned to his home country to rejoin Lucescu and other Rapid players at FC Brașov.

Reunited with his former coach and teammates, Constantin spent three seasons with "the Yellow-Blacks", before joining third division club Chimia Brazi in 2010. At the end of the season, Chimia missed out a promotion to the Liga II by only two points.

Managerial career[]

After retiring as a player, Constantin took up several positions as an assistant coach in the 2010s. In 2014, he collaborated with Răzvan Lucescu at Petrolul Ploiești until the dismissal of the former. Between 2017 and 2019, he assisted Daniel Isăilă during spells with the Romania under-21 national team and Saudi Arabian team Al-Hazem.

Constantin's first jobs as a head coach came in 2020 at Filiași and Comuna Recea, in the third and second divisions, respectively. In the summer of 2021, he returned to Petrolul as a head coach, which he stated it was "one of his biggest wishes".[1]

Honours[]

Player[]

Rapid București

FC Brașov

References[]

  1. ^ "Antrenorul revelație al liderului din Liga 2: "Am vrut să mă duc profesor de sport la o școală!" INTERVIU" [The revelation coach of the Liga 2 leader: "I wanted to get hired as a sports teacher at a school!" INTERVIEW] (in Romanian). Ziare.ro. 4 October 2021. Retrieved 4 October 2021.

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