Eugen Nae

Eugen Gheorghe Nae (born 23 November 1974) is a Romanian former professional footballer who serves as a goalkeeping coach at United Arab Emirates national team.

Eugen Nae

Personal information
Full name	Eugen Gheorghe Nae
Date of birth	(1974-11-23) 23 November 1974 (age 50)
Place of birth	Periș, Romania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	United Arab Emirates (GK coach)
Youth career
0000–1995	Steaua București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1995–1996	Rocar București	29	(0)
1996–1997	Sportul Studenţesc	27	(0)
1997–2004	Steaua București	10	(0)
1998	→ Astra Ploieşti (loan)	1	(0)
1999	→ Foresta Suceava (loan)	14	(0)
1999	→ Farul Constanţa (loan)	6	(0)
2000	→ Foresta Suceava (loan)	10	(0)
2004–2007	Național București	44	(0)
2007–2008	FC Brașov	29	(0)
2009	CS Otopeni	15	(0)
Total		185	(0)
Managerial career
2007	Progresul București (caretaker)
2010	Unirea Urziceni (GK coach)
2010	Unirea Urziceni (caretaker)
2010–2011	Steaua București (GK coach)
2011–2012	Concordia Chiajna (GK coach)
2012–2013	Steaua București (GK coach)
2013–2017	Al Ahli (GK coach)
2018–2021	Jiangsu Suning (GK coach)
2021	FCSB (assistant)
2021–2025	Sharjah (GK coach)
2025–	United Arab Emirates (GK coach)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Eugen Nae began his football career at AS Rocar București, where he played between 1995 and 1996.

In 1996, he moved to Sportul Studenţesc, another club from Bucharest, where he played a season.

In 1997, Nae signed a contract with Steaua București, but played only ten matches for the Army Men, because he was always the substitute of Martin Tudor or Vasily Khomutovsky.

He was loaned out four times during his spell at Steaua, twice at Foresta Suceava, and once at Farul Constanţa and Astra Ploieşti.

Between 2004 and 2007, Eugen played for FC Naţional until the club's relegation to Liga II.

In 2007, he signed a contract with FC Brașov.

In 2010, he retired from professional football, and signed with Unirea Urziceni, where he was appointed as assistant coach. A few months later, Steaua gave him a chance to work at the biggest Romanian football club as the new goalkeeping coach.

Honours

Player

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 2000–01
• Supercupa României: 2001

Național București

• Cupa României runner-up: 2005–06

FC Braşov

• Liga II: 2007–08

External links

• Eugen Gheorghe NAE at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Eugen Gheorghe Nae at Soccerway