 Mutu playing forFiorentina in 2007 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1979-01-08)8 January 1979 (age 46)[1] | ||
| Place of birth | Călinești, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward,attacking midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1987–1996 | Argeș Pitești | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996–1998 | Argeș Pitești | 41 | (11) |
| 1999 | Dinamo București | 33 | (22) |
| 2000 | Inter Milan | 10 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Hellas Verona | 57 | (16) |
| 2002–2003 | Parma | 31 | (18) |
| 2003–2004 | Chelsea | 27 | (6) |
| 2005 | Livorno | 0 | (0) |
| 2005–2006 | Juventus | 33 | (7) |
| 2006–2011 | Fiorentina | 112 | (54) |
| 2011–2012 | Cesena | 28 | (8) |
| 2012–2014 | Ajaccio | 37 | (11) |
| 2014 | Petrolul Ploiești | 14 | (4) |
| 2015 | Pune City | 10 | (4) |
| 2016 | ASA Târgu Mureș | 4 | (0) |
| Total | 439 | (160) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995 | Romania U16 | 2 | (1) |
| 1996–1997 | Romania U18 | 14 | (8) |
| 1998–2000 | Romania U21 | 12 | (6) |
| 2000–2013 | Romania | 77 | (35) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2016 | ASA Târgu Mureș (player/assistant) | ||
| 2016–2017 | Dinamo București (general manager) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Romania (sporting director) | ||
| 2018 | Voluntari | ||
| 2018–2019 | Al Wahda U21 | ||
| 2020–2021 | Romania U21 | ||
| 2021 | FC U Craiova | ||
| 2022–2023 | Rapid București | ||
| 2023 | Neftchi Baku | ||
| 2024 | CFR Cluj | ||
| 2024–2025 | Petrolul Ploiești | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adrian Mutu (Romanian pronunciation:[adriˈanˈmutu]ⓘ; born 8 January 1979) is aRomanian professionalfootball manager and formerplayer. During his playing career, he was deployed as aforward or anattacking midfielder.
Mutu started his career playing two years forArgeș Pitești and half a season forDinamo București, before joiningInter Milan in Italy midway through the1999–2000 Serie A. After only ten games with theNerazzurri, he left forHellas Verona and thenParma, for which he scored 39 goals in the next three years. His excellent form brought him a €22.5 million transfer toChelsea and a nomination for theBallon d'Or in 2003.[2][3] Following a failed drug test, he was released and returned to Serie A to joinJuventus. After the2006 Italian football scandal and the relegation of Juventus toSerie B, Mutu decided to joinFiorentina, where he played consistently for the next five years. He then had a season atCesena and French clubAjaccio, before returning to his native country withPetrolul Ploiești in 2014. After two more brief spells withPune City andASA Târgu Mureș, Mutu retired from professional football in 2016.
A controversial figure off the field, Mutu received widespread attention following a positive test forcocaine while playing for Chelsea in 2005, which resulted in his immediate release from the club, a subsequent seven-month ban from theFootball Association, and Mutu later being ordered to pay £15.2 million in damages to his former employers, the largest financial penalty inFIFA history.[4] He has unsuccessfully tried to appeal the fine numerous times, and was banned for a second time in 2010 following a positive test forsibutramine while at Fiorentina.
From his international debut in 2000, Mutu played 77 matches for theRomania national team and scored 35 goals, a joint record alongsideGheorghe Hagi. He was included in the country's squads at theUEFA European Championship in2000 and2008. A four-time winner of theRomanian Footballer of the Year award, onlyGheorghe Popescu and Gheorghe Hagi have received the award more times, with six and seven wins, respectively.
Mutu began his professional career withArgeș Pitești andDinamo București.[5] He joined the latter in 1998 for the equivalent of €700,000 and won theCupa României.[6] At the turn of the millennium, he signed forInter.[6] The selling club reported the fee as $2.1 million while the buyers said it was $7.15 million, leading to an investigation by Romanian tax authorities in 2006.[7]
Mutu made his Inter debut inSerie A on 6 January 2000 in the final minutes of a 5–0 home win overPerugia. He totalled 14 appearances and two goals in his first spell at theSan Siro, with both goals in theCoppa Italia.[6]
In 2000, Mutu was sold by Inter toVerona inco-ownership deal,[8] for 7,500 millionlire (€3,873,427).[9] TheVeneto side also signedMassimo Oddo,Mauro Camoranesi (later a teammate at Juventus), and young rising starAlberto Gilardino (later a teammate at Fiorentina) that season. As Verona faced fellow strugglersBari on matchday 18 in February 2001, Mutu came off the bench with Verona down a man and trailing 0–1 and scored two goals, inspiring Verona to a 3–2 victory.[10] The club narrowly avoided relegation through winning the relegation tie-breaker playoffs. In June 2001, Verona bought Mutu outright, for 5,100 million lire. (€2,633,930)[9][11][12]
On 12 August 2003,Chelsea paid Parma €22.5m (around £15.8m) for Mutu's transfer as part of new ownerRoman Abramovich's spending spree, on a five-year contract.[13][14][15] He made his debut 11 days later, and scored the winning goal from distance in a 2–1 home victory againstLeicester City,[16] and with two in a 4–2 win atStamford Bridge againstTottenham Hotspur on 13 September, he totalled four goals in his opening three games.[17]
In the2004–05 season, Mutu had a difficult relationship with the club's new managerJosé Mourinho, with each accusing the other of lying about whether the player was injured for a2006 World Cupqualifying match against theCzech Republic.[18] In September 2004, Mutu was banned from football for 7 months until May 2005 after testing positive for cocaine use.[19]
Chelsea started to seek compensation from Mutu in early 2005.[15][20]The Football Association Premier League Appeals Committee decided that the player had committed a breach of his contract without just cause[15] which made Chelsea eligible to claim the compensation.[21] Mutu started his first appeal to theCourt of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in April 2005 but the case was dismissed in December 2005.[15] On 11 May 2006, Chelsea applied toFIFA for an award of compensation against Mutu. In particular, the club requested that the FIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber (DRC) award compensation to the club following Mutu's breaching the employment contract without just cause.[15] However, on 26 October, the DRC decided that it did not have jurisdiction to make a decision in the dispute and that the claim by the club was therefore not admissible.[15] On 22 December, Chelsea lodged a new appeal before the CAS seeking the annulment of the DRC's decision. On 21 May 2007, a CAS panel allowed the club's appeal, set aside the DRC's decision, and referred the matter back to the DRC, "which does have jurisdiction to determine and impose the appropriate sporting sanction and/or order for compensation, if any, arising out of the dispute" between the Club and the Player,"[15]
On 7 May 2008, theFIFA Dispute Resolution Chamber ordered Mutu to pay €17,173,990 in compensation to his former club, Chelsea FC, for breach of contract.[22][23] This included €16,500,000 for the unamortised portion of the transfer fee paid toParma, €307,340 for the unamortised portion of the sign-on fee (received by Mutu), and €366,650 for the unamortised portion of the fee to the Agent, but was not to take into account the determination of the damages for the amounts already paid by the club to the player (consideration for services rendered) or the remaining value of the employment contract (valued at €10,858,500). Mutu had to pay within 30 days after being informed of the decision in August 2008.[15] Mutu lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport for the second time,[24] but on 31 July 2009, that court dismissed his appeal,[22] and Mutu was ordered to pay Chelsea the amount plus interest of 5%p.a. starting on 12 September 2008 until the effective date of payment; the matter was submitted to the FIFA Disciplinary Committee for its determination. In addition, Mutu had to pay the costs of arbitration for both parties, includingCHF 50,000 to Chelsea.[15] The fine was the highest ever levied by FIFA.[25]
Mutu could have been banned from football by FIFA if he did not pay the fine[26] although some lawyers disputed this.[27] Mutu started his third appeal, this time to theFederal Supreme Court of Switzerland, in October 2009,[citation needed] but on 14 June 2010 this appeal was also dismissed with Mutu again being ordered to pay Chelsea €17m in damages.[28][29] In 2013, FIFA DRC decided in a new ruling that Livorno and Juventus were also jointly liable to pay compensation; both clubs immediately appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport.[30] On 21 January 2015 the Court of Arbitration for Sport annulled the FIFA DRC ruling; Mutu remained the sole party to pay the compensation.[31]
In 2018, theEuropean Court of Human Rights rejected Mutu's appeal against the CAS's 2015 ruling.[32]
Mutu signed a five-year contract with the Italian clubJuventus on 12 January 2005, despite still being banned from football until 18 May. As Juventus had no available room to buy another non-EU player from abroad, the move also involved fellow Serie A clubLivorno, who signed the player and contemporaneously sold him to Juventus.[33][34]
On 8 July 2006,Fiorentina announced that they had signed Mutu for €8 million.[35]
In July 2008,AS Roma made a reported €18 to 20 million offer to sign him outright,[36][37] but Mutu hinted that he may remain in Florence[38] and eventually signed a new contract reported last to 2012.[39]
On 29 January 2010, it was reported that Mutu failed adoping test after aCoppa Italia match againstLazio match nine days earlier, in which he scored twice in to help Fiorentina win 3–2. TheINOC was requested to hand Mutu a one-year ban by the Italian anti-doping prosecutor.[40] He eventually received a nine-month ban on 19 April, which was later reduced to six months and ended on 29 October. After the ban finished, Mutu was suspended by the club due to breach of contract (AWOL) on 7 January 2011.[41] After such events, Mutu publicly apologised to the club and parted company with his agent Victor Becali;[42][43] on 3 February 2011 Fiorentina announced the player was reinstated into the first team with immediate effect.[44]
On 23 June 2011, it was officially announced thatCesena had signed Mutu on a two-year contract.[45] On 15 January, Mutu scored two goals versus Novara and took his tally to 101 goals in Serie A. After a couple of unconvincing games, on 11 April, Mutu scored a goal againstGenoa, to eventually earn a draw forCesena.[46]
In the summer of 2012, after Cesena relegated fromSerie A, the two parties ended the contract by mutual consent.[47]
After his release from Cesena, Mutu signed a new contract withAC Ajaccio of the FrenchLigue 1 on 28 August 2012. He said that he favoured the Italian culture on Corsica, dismissed claims that he was preparing for retirement, and stated that he would score more goals thanZlatan Ibrahimović ofParis Saint-Germain. Club president Alain Orsoni said that Mutu was the highest-profile player to come toCorsica sinceJohnny Rep joinedSC Bastia in 1978.[48]
After his previous season's goal haul was enough to keep Ajaccio in Ligue 1, Mutu's second season saw him play just 9 games and not score, before terminating his contract on 14 January 2014 alongside compatriotȘtefan Popescu.[49]
Later that day he was presented atPetrolul Ploiești in front of 10,000 fans. He was signed by his former international teammate,Cosmin Contra.[50] In the summer of 2014, Mutu scored both home and away againstViktoria Plzeň in theUEFA Europa League third qualifying round, a double which Petrolul impressively won 5–2 on aggregate.[51]
On 26 September 2014, Petrolul announced that the club had ended the contract between the two parties.[52]
On 30 July 2015, Mutu signed as the marquee player forIndian Super League clubFC Pune City.[53]
In January 2016, Mutu returned to Romania withASA 2013 Târgu Mureș, having been assured by national managerAnghel Iordănescu that he could have a place in theUEFA Euro 2016 squad if he played in a better league than India's.[54]
He played in three of four matches at theUEFA Euro 2000, whereRomania reached the quarterfinals for the first time.[55]
Mutu scored Romania's only goal ofEuro 2008 in the 55th minute of theirsecond match againstItaly, however in the same match he had a second-half penalty saved by Italian goalkeeperGianluigi Buffon, which could have sent Italy out of the competition and would have guaranteed Romania a spot in the quarter finals. The game finished 1–1.[56]
Since 2009, Romania's national team coachRăzvan Lucescu has had reservations about calling him up, because Mutu was revealed to be consuming alcohol after a match withSerbia inWorld Cup 2010 Qualifications. Because of poor results and fan pressure,Răzvan Lucescu was forced to call him up again.[57] Mutu scored a brace in his first game back, a 3–1 win overLuxembourg on 29 March 2011, Romania's first win of the qualifiers.[58] He also scored once in the next game, a 3–0 win overBosnia and Herzegovina on 3 June 2011.[59]
On 11 August 2011, Mutu and his teammateGabriel Tamaş were excluded[60] from the Romania national team after they were founddrinking at a bar on the night of 10 August, while their teammates were playing in a friendly match againstSan Marino.[60] However, after only three games, their suspension was lifted. On 21 November 2013, Mutu was barred from playing on the national team after he posted an image of managerVictor Piţurcă asMr Bean onFacebook.[61]
A highly skilful and creative player, with an eye for goal, who was, however, troubled by off-field issues throughout his career, Mutu was capable of playing in severaloffensive positions, and was used as asupporting forward, as amain striker, as awinger, and also as anattacking midfielder, due to his ability to both score andassist goals. Often compared to compatriotGheorghe Hagi, in his prime, Mutu was a quick and mobile player, with excellent technical skills anddribbling ability, and was also an accurateset-piece andpenalty-kick taker. Despite his talent, he was often prone to injury and accused of inconsistency throughout his career, and was also notorious for his temperamental character and behaviour on the pitch; because of this, he was often regarded as not having lived up to his true potential.[62][63][64]
Mutu began his managerial career in April 2018 when he was appointed as manager of RomanianLiga I clubVoluntari, signing a two-year contract following the departure of former managerClaudiu Niculescu.[65] However, his tenure lasted just two months. Although he managed to save the club from relegation, winning a play-off againstChindia Târgoviște, the club's board of directors chose to fire Mutu on 14 June. Club president Dan Leasa disagreed with the board's decision and also left the club.[66]
In July 2018, Mutu was signed by United Arab Emirates clubAl Wahda to be the manager of their reserve team.[67]
On 11 July 2023,Neftçi announced the appointment of Mutu as their new Head Coach.[68] On 24 December 2023, Mutu left his role as Head Coach of Neftçi after his contract was terminated by mutual agreement.[69]
On 24 January 2024, Mutu was appointed as manager of Liga I clubCFR Cluj.[70] On 3 April 2024, Mutu resigned as a CFR Cluj coach.[71]
Mutu was in a relationship with Israeli model and actressMoran Atias during the early 2000s.[72]
From 2001 to 2003, he was married to the Romanian actress and television presenterAlexandra Dinu with whom he has a son, Mario (born 2002).[73] He’s also been in relationships with American singerBlu Cantrell and Venezuelan actress and modelAída Yéspica.[74]
In 2005, he married Consuelo Matos Gómez, a Dominican model, at the Romanian Orthodox Scala Celli church inRome.[75] They have two daughters, Adriana (born 2006) and Maya Vega (born 2008). They got divorced in 2015.
In 2016, he married Sandra Bachici, a former model, inCuba.[76] They have a son, Tiago Adrian Mutu (born 2017).
| Club | Season | League | National cup | League cup | Continental | Other | Total | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Division | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | Apps | Goals | ||
| Argeș Pitești | 1996–97 | Divizia A | 5 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | ||||
| 1997–98 | 21 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 21 | 4 | ||||||
| 1998–99 | 15 | 7 | — | — | 6[a] | 3 | — | 21 | 10 | |||||
| Total | 41 | 11 | — | — | 6 | 3 | — | 47 | 14 | |||||
| Dinamo București | 1998–99 | Divizia A | 17 | 4 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 17 | 4 | |||
| 1999–2000 | 18 | 18 | 3 | 3 | — | 4[a] | 4 | — | 25 | 25 | ||||
| Total | 35 | 22 | 3 | 3 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 42 | 29 | ||||
| Inter Milan | 1999–2000 | Serie A | 10 | 0 | 4 | 2 | — | — | — | 14 | 2 | |||
| Hellas Verona | 2000–01 | Serie A | 25 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 26 | 6 | |||
| 2001–02 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | 34 | 12 | |||||
| Total | 57 | 17 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 60 | 18 | |||||
| Parma | 2002–03 | Serie A | 31 | 18 | 1 | 0 | — | 4[a] | 4 | — | 36 | 22 | ||
| Chelsea | 2003–04 | Premier League | 25 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7[b] | 1 | — | 36 | 10 | |
| 2004–05 | 2 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 0 | ||||||
| Total | 27 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | — | 38 | 10 | |||
| Juventus | 2004–05 | Serie A | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 0 | ||||
| 2005–06 | 32 | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | 8[b] | 1 | 1[c] | 0 | 45 | 11 | |||
| Total | 33 | 7 | 4 | 3 | — | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 46 | 11 | |||
| Fiorentina | 2006–07 | Serie A | 33 | 16 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 35 | 17 | |||
| 2007–08 | 29 | 17 | 1 | 0 | — | 10[a] | 6 | — | 40 | 23 | ||||
| 2008–09 | 19 | 13 | 1 | 0 | — | 9[d] | 2 | — | 29 | 15 | ||||
| 2009–10 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 4 | — | 6[b] | 3 | — | 19 | 11 | ||||
| 2010–11 | 20 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 20 | 4 | ||||||
| Total | 112 | 54 | 6 | 5 | — | 25 | 11 | — | 143 | 70 | ||||
| Cesena | 2011–12 | Serie A | 28 | 8 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 29 | 8 | |||
| Ajaccio | 2012–13 | Ligue 1 | 28 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 28 | 11 | ||
| 2013–14 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 9 | 0 | ||||
| Total | 37 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | — | 37 | 11 | ||||
| Petrolul Ploiești | 2013–14 | Liga I | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | |||
| 2014–15 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6[a] | 2 | — | 13 | 4 | |||
| Total | 14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | — | 21 | 6 | |||
| Pune City | 2015 | Indian Super League | 10 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 10 | 4 | ||||
| ASA Târgu Mureș | 2015–16 | Liga I | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | — | — | — | 5 | 0 | |||
| Career total | 439 | 160 | 26 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 60 | 26 | 1 | 0 | 528 | 203 | ||
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2000 | 11 | 1 |
| 2001 | 6 | 0 | |
| 2002 | 6 | 1 | |
| 2003 | 10 | 7 | |
| 2004 | 5 | 4 | |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2006 | 6 | 3 | |
| 2007 | 9 | 6 | |
| 2008 | 7 | 2 | |
| 2009 | 2 | 0 | |
| 2010 | 0 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 5 | 5 | |
| 2012 | 3 | 0 | |
| 2013 | 2 | 1 | |
| Total | 77 | 35 | |
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 26 April 2000 | Stadionul Farul,Constanța, Romania |  Cyprus | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 2 | 17 April 2002 | Zdzislaw Krzyszkowiak Stadium,Bydgoszcz, Poland |  Poland | 2–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 29 March 2003 | Stadionul Național,Bucharest, Romania |  Denmark | 1–0 | 2–5 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 4 | 7 June 2003 | Stadionul Ion Oblemenco,Craiova, Romania |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 5 | 20 August 2003 | Shakhtar Stadium,Donetsk, Ukraine |  Ukraine | 1–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 6 | 2–0 | |||||
| 7 | 6 September 2003 | Astra Stadium,Ploiești, Romania |  Luxembourg | 1–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 8 | 10 September 2003 | Parken Stadium,Copenhagen, Denmark | Denmark | 1–1 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying |
| 9 | 11 October 2003 | Stadionul Dinamo, Bucharest, Romania |  Japan | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
| 10 | 18 February 2004 | GSZ Stadium,Larnaca, Cyprus |  Georgia | 1–0 | 3–0 | Friendly |
| 11 | 2–0 | |||||
| 12 | 18 August 2004 | Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest, Romania |  Finland | 1–0 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 13 | 4 September 2004 | Stadionul Ion Oblemenco,Craiova, Romania |  Macedonia | 2–1 | 2–1 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 14 | 17 August 2005 | Stadionul Farul, Constanța, Romania |  Andorra | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 15 | 2–0 | |||||
| 16 | 3 September 2005 | Stadionul Farul, Constanța, Romania |  Czech Republic | 1–0 | 2–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 17 | 2–0 | |||||
| 18 | 8 October 2005 | Helsinki Olympic Stadium,Helsinki, Finland | Finland | 1–0 | 1–0 | 2006 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| 19 | 16 August 2006 | Stadionul Farul, Constanța, Romania |  Cyprus | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 20 | 6 September 2006 | Qemal Stafa Stadium,Tirana, Albania |  Albania | 2–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 21 | 7 October 2006 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania |  Belarus | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 22 | 7 February 2007 | Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania |  Moldova | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 23 | 28 March 2007 | Stadionul Ceahlăul,Piatra Neamț, Romania | Luxembourg | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 24 | 6 June 2007 | Stadionul Dan Păltinișanu,Timișoara, Romania |  Slovenia | 1–0 | 2–0 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 25 | 22 August 2007 | Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania |  Turkey | 2–0 | 2–0 | Friendly |
| 26 | 8 September 2007 | Dinamo Stadium,Minsk, Belarus | Belarus | 1–0 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying |
| 27 | 3–1 | |||||
| 28 | 31 May 2008 | Stadionul Național, Bucharest, Romania |  Montenegro | 1–0 | 4–0 | Friendly |
| 29 | 13 June 2008 | Letzigrund,Zürich, Switzerland |  Italy | 1–0 | 1–1 | UEFA Euro 2008 |
| 30 | 29 March 2011 | Stadionul Ceahlăul, Piatra Neamț, Romania | Luxembourg | 1–1 | 3–1 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 31 | 2–1 | |||||
| 32 | 3 June 2011 | Stadionul Giulești, Bucharest, Romania | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1–0 | 3–0 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 33 | 7 October 2011 | Arena Națională, Bucharest, Romania | Belarus | 1–0 | 2–2 | UEFA Euro 2012 qualifying |
| 34 | 2–1 | |||||
| 35 | 22 March 2013 | Ferenc Puskás Stadium,Budapest, Hungary |  Hungary | 1–1 | 2–2 | 2014 FIFA World Cup qualification |
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
 Voluntari | 15 April 2018 | 14 June 2018 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 14 | +0 | 036.36 |
| Romania U21 | 14 January 2020 | 16 April 2021 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 5 | +5 | 042.86 |
| FC U Craiova | 29 May 2021 | 5 October 2021 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 13 | −4 | 025.00 |
| Rapid București | 2 March 2022 | 7 July 2023 | 54 | 27 | 12 | 15 | 87 | 56 | +31 | 050.00 |
 Neftchi Baku | 11 July 2023 | 24 December 2023 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | +5 | 043.48 |
| CFR Cluj | 24 January 2024 | 3 April 2024 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 14 | +5 | 045.45 |
| Petrolul Ploiești | 31 December 2024 | 17 March 2025 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | −4 | 020.00 |
| Total | 127 | 53 | 32 | 42 | 174 | 137 | +37 | 041.73 | ||
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