Adrian Matei (born 29 February 1968) is a former Romanian football player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 29 February 1968 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1986 | Rapid București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1986–1988 | Rapid București | 54 | (0) |
| 1988–1989 | Victoria București | 30 | (0) |
| 1989–1993 | Dinamo București | 79 | (2) |
| 1994 | Sportul Studențesc | 12 | (2) |
| 1994–1996 | Rapid București | 65 | (4) |
| 1997–1999 | Steaua București | 65 | (3) |
| 1999–2002 | Național București | 63 | (1) |
| Total | 368 | (12) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Romania | 2 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004 | FC Vaslui | ||
| 2004–2006 | Minerul Lupeni | ||
| 2006 | UFC Chitila | ||
| 2006–2007 | Rocar București | ||
| 2007–2008 | FCM Târgoviște | ||
| 2008–2009 | Rocar București | ||
| 2009 | Știința Bacău | ||
| 2009–2010 | Luceafărul Oradea | ||
| 2012–2013 | Metaloglobus București | ||
| 2013 | Berceni | ||
| 2016 | Unirea Tărlungeni | ||
| 2017–2019 | Carmen București | ||
| 2019–2021 | Rapid București U19 | ||
| 2021–2022 | Rapid București (assistant) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Mioveni (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Matei is one of the few footballers that played for the three great squads in Bucharest, Rapid, Dinamo and Steaua.[1]
After he ended his playing career, Matei became a football manager but also embraced a television pundit career, working for Sport.ro.[2][3] Besides football, Matei owns a restaurant in Bucharest.[4]
Honours
editPlayer
edit- Dinamo București
- Steaua București
Coach
edit- Minerul Lupeni
- Divizia C: 2004–05
- ACS Berceni
- Carmen București
References
edit- ^ Gazeta Sporturilor (7 July 2008). "Adrian Matei: "Parcursul din sezonul 2001–2002 a fost o performanţă"" (in Romanian).
- ^ Pro Sport (14 May 2012). "Stan Collymore şi Adrian Matei şi-au împărţit pumni acum 15 ani, dar s-au împăcat la București" (in Romanian).
- ^ Flavius Dumitrescu (21 March 2011). "Adrian Matei va primi 2000 de lei pe luna pentru emisiuni la Sport.ro" (in Romanian).
- ^ cancan.ro (27 June 2007). "Adrian Matei gateste dulceata de ceapa mentolata" (in Romanian).
External links
edit- Adrian Matei at National-Football-Teams.com
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