Leontin Grozavu

Leontin "Leo" Florian Grozavu (born 19 August 1967), is a Romanian football manager and former professional player who played as a defender, currently in charge of Liga I club Botoșani.

Leo Grozavu

Personal information
Full name	Leontin Florian Grozavu
Date of birth	(1967-08-19) 19 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Ilișești, Romania
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Team information
Current team	Botoșani (head coach)
Youth career
1979–1985	CSȘ Bacău
1985–1988	Relonul Săvinești
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1988–1992	Maramureș Baia Mare	61	(9)
1992–1998	Dinamo București	105	(5)
1998–2000	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	50	(14)
2000–2002	1. FC Saarbrücken	22	(1)
2002–2003	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț	3	(1)
Total		241	(30)
International career
1994	Romania	2	(0)
Managerial career
2003–2005	Armătura Zalău
2005–2006	Universitatea Cluj
2007	FC Baia Mare
2007–2008	Botoșani
2008–2009	Vaslui (assistant)
2010–2011	Gheorghe Hagi Academy U15
2012	Luceafărul Oradea
2014–2015	Botoșani
2015–2016	Gaz Metan Mediaș
2016–2017	Botoșani
2018	ACS Poli Timișoara
2018	Petrolul Ploiești
2019–2021	Sepsi OSK
2022–2024	Politehnica Iași
2025–	Botoșani
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Grozavu played professionally football with FC Baia Mare, Dinamo Bucharest, Ceahlăul Piatra-Neamţ, and abroad for 1. FC Saarbrücken in Germany between 2000 and 2002.^[1]

International career

He made two appearances for the Romania national team during 1994.^[2]

International stats

Romania
Year	Apps	Goals
1994	2	0
Total	2	0

Coaching career

After retiring Grozavu became a coach, and was in charge at Armătura Zalău (2003–2005), U Cluj (2005–2006), FC Baia Mare (2007), FC Botoşani (2007–2008) and FC Vaslui (2009) as assistant manager for Viorel Moldovan. He also worked for Gheorghe Hagi's football academy together with Doru Carali.

Honours

Sepsi OSK

• Cupa României runner-up: 2019–20

Politehnica Iași

• Liga II: 2022–23