 Ciobotariu in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liviu Ciobotariu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1971-03-26)26 March 1971 (age 54) | ||
| Place of birth | Ghimpați, Romania[1] | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position | Centre-back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Progresul București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1998 | Național București | 173 | (19) |
| 1990–1991 | →Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Dinamo București | 47 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | Standard Liége | 47 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | RAEC Mons | 46 | (1) |
| 2004 | Royal Antwerp | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo București | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 359 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–2001 | Romania | 32 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Național București (caretaker) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Dunărea Galați | ||
| 2007–2008 | Otopeni | ||
| 2008 | Internațional Curtea de Argeș | ||
| 2008–2009 | Otopeni | ||
| 2009–2010 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | ||
| 2010 | CF Brăila | ||
| 2010–2011 | Dinamo II București | ||
| 2011–2012 | Dinamo București | ||
| 2012–2013 | CSMS Iași | ||
| 2013–2014 | Vaslui | ||
| 2015 | ASA Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Faisaly | ||
| 2018 | Al-Tai | ||
| 2018–2019 | Botoșani | ||
| 2019–2020 | Lebanon | ||
| 2021 | Hermannstadt | ||
| 2021–2023 | Voluntari | ||
| 2023 | Sepsi OSK | ||
| 2024–2025 | Botoșani | ||
| 2025 | Petrolul Ploiești | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Liviu Ciobotariu (born 26 March 1971) is a Romanian professionalfootball manager and former player.
Ciobotariu debuted inDivizia A withProgresul București in 1992.
Ciobotariu made his debut for theRomania national team in 1997 againstMacedonia, and represented his country at the1998 FIFA World Cup andEuro 2000. He played his last international match in 2001, and got 32 caps and 3 goals in total.
Ciobotariu retired in 2005 and began to coach in 2006. Between July 2011 and April 2012, he was the manager ofDinamo București. In January 2015, he took control ofASA Târgu Mureș. Ciobotariu brought the team to the first position inLiga I, but failed to win the championship after two losses in the last two games of the2014–15 season. At the end of the season, Ciobotariu ended his contract with ASA on mutual agreement.
On 4 June 2015, he was appointed as head coach ofSaudi Professional League sideAl-Faisaly, before moving toAl-Ta'ee in 2017.[2] After one season, Ciobotariu was appointed manager ofBotoșani.
On 3 June 2019, Ciobotariu was named manager of theLebanon national team.[3] After coaching for 10 games, on 17 June 2020 theLebanese Football Association (LFA) decided not to extend Ciobotariu's contract, which had expired.[4]
On 15 January 2021, Ciobotariu was appointed head coach of Liga I clubHermannstadt, signing a two-year contract.[5] He was dismissed on 21 March after winning only one game out of 12.[6] He became head coach of fellow Liga I sideVoluntari on 7 May 2021.[7]
His sonDenis is also a footballer.[8][9]
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 3 | |
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 September 1999 | Tehelné pole,Bratislava, Slovakia |  Slovakia | 3–1 | 5–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 Qual. |
| 2 | 3 June 2000 | Stadionul Ghencea,Bucharest, Romania |  Greece | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
| 3 | 26 February 2001 | GSP Stadium,Nicosia, Cyprus |  Ukraine | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Progresul București
Dinamo București
Voluntari
Sepsi OSK
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