Paul Codrea

Paul Codrea
	Codrea in 2009
Personal information
Full name	Paul Constantin Codrea
Date of birth	4 April 1981 (age 40)
Place of birth	Timișoara, Romania
Height	1.74 m (5 ft 8+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Club information
Current team	ASU Politehnica (youth coach)
Youth career
0000–1996	LPS Banatul Timișoara
1996–1997	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1997–2000	Dinamo București
1997–1999	→ Politehnica Timișoara (loan)
1999–2000	→ Argeș Pitești (loan)
2001–2003	Genoa
2003–2006	Palermo
2004	→ Perugia (loan)
2004–2005	→ Torino (loan)
2006–2012	Siena
2011	→ Bari (loan)
2012	Rapid București
2013	ASU Politehnica
Total
National team‡
2000–2010	Romania
Teams managed
2013–2014	ASU Politehnica
2015–2017	ACS Ghiroda
2017–2018	Ripensia Timișoara
2019–2020	CSC Ghiroda și Giarmata Vii
2020–	ASU Politehnica (youth)
	* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 14 December 2018; ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 3 March 2010

Paul Constantin Codrea (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpa.ul ˈkodre̯a]; born 4 April 1981 in Timișoara) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who currently manages CSC Ghiroda in Liga III. A former midfielder, he was part of the Romanian squad at UEFA Euro 2008.

Playing career[]

Club[]

Codrea started playing football in his hometown at the club LPS Banatul Timișoara. He made his senior debut for Dinamo București. In the 1996–97 season, he was in the first team of the Romanian giants. However, he appeared only in two games at Dinamo before the club decided to sell him for the rest of the season at Politehnica Timişoara in Liga II. Two seasons later, he transferred back to the Liga 1 this time to Argeș Pitești. There, Codrea signed a two-year contract. In the summer of 2001, he moved abroad, signing with Serie B club Genoa. He later joined Palermo, where he won the Serie B title and Serie A promotion in 2004. After definitively leaving Palermo (which also loaned him twice during his spell), Codrea signed with Siena in 2006, where he spent most of his playing career. In July 2012, he returned to Romania and joined Rapid București and in the winter of 2013, he returned home at Politehnica Timişoara being player-manager.

International career[]

In 2000, Codrea celebrated his debut in the shirt of Romanian national team

He represented his country at the Euro 2008 in Switzerland. He featured in all three group matches. On 25 March 2008, before the tournament, Cordea was honored for his achievements in the European Championship qualifiers, by then Romanian President Traian Băsescu with the "Meritul Sportiv", an award for athletes.

International career[]

International stats[]

Romania national team
Year	Apps	Goals
2000	3	0
2001	6	1
2002	6	0
2003	3	0
2004	1	0
2005	1	0
2006	3	0
2007	9	0
2008	5	0
2009	6	0
2010	1	0
Total	44	1

International goals[]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	28 February 2001	GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus	Lithuania	0–3	0–3	Friendly

Coaching career[]

He signed with fifth league team ASU Politehnica Timişoara in 2013, replacing who became General Manager. He debuted with a 3–0 victory over on 18 March 2013. He resigned on 29 November 2014.

Honours[]

Coach[]

ACS Ghiroda

Liga IV – Timiș County: 2016–17

External links[]

Paul Codrea at National-Football-Teams.com
Paul Codrea at TuttoCalciatori.net (in Italian)