Cosmin Olăroiu
Romanian footballer and manager / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Cosmin Aurelian Olăroiu (born 10 June 1969) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is in charge of UAE Pro League club Sharjah.[1]
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Cosmin Aurelian Olăroiu | ||
Date of birth | (1969-06-10) 10 June 1969 (age 54) | ||
Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
Height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Centre back | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Sharjah (head coach) | ||
Youth career | |||
0000–1988 | Steaua București | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1988–1989 | Carpați Nehoiu | ||
1989–1990 | Gloria Buzău | ||
1990–1991 | MECON București | ||
1991–1992 | Girueta București | ||
1992–1995 | Naţional București | 80 | (8) |
1995–1997 | Universitatea Craiova | 37 | (2) |
1997–2000 | Suwon Samsung Bluewings | 98 | (7) |
2000 | → JEF United Ichihara (loan) | 10 | (0) |
Total | 225 | (17) | |
Managerial career | |||
2001–2002 | Naţional București | ||
2002 | Steaua București | ||
2003–2004 | Naţional București | ||
2005 | Politehnica Timişoara | ||
2005–2007 | Steaua București | ||
2007–2009 | Al-Hilal | ||
2009–2010 | Al-Sadd | ||
2011–2013 | Al Ain | ||
2013–2017 | Shabab Al-Ahli | ||
2014–2015 | Saudi Arabia | ||
2018–2021 | Jiangsu Suning | ||
2021– | Sharjah | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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As a manager, he guided Steaua București to the Divizia A title and Romanian Supercup both in 2006, and led his side to the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in the same year.[2]
He is considered one of the greatest managers in the Arabian Peninsula, having led the most decorated clubs of Saudi Arabia, Qatar and United Arab Emirates – Al Hilal, Al Sadd, Al Ain and Al Ahli – to new trophies. In 2020, he guided Jiangsu Suning to their first-ever title in China.