Ștefan Grigorie

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Ștefan Costel Grigorie (born 31 January 1982) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently assistant coach at Liga II club Tunari.

Ștefan Grigorie
Personal information
Full name Ștefan Costel Grigorie
Date of birth (1982-01-31) 31 January 1982 (age 42)
Place of birth Segarcea, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
Tunari (assistant)
Youth career
0000–1999 Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1999–2002 Universitatea Craiova 58 (7)
2000 → Electro Craiova (loan) 9 (1)
2002–2006 Dinamo București 101 (30)
2006–2007 Politehnica Timișoara 20 (2)
2007–2013 Rapid București 136 (13)
2013 Apollon Limassol 8 (0)
2014 FC Brașov 26 (5)
2015 Concordia Chiajna 11 (1)
2015 CSMS Iași 18 (1)
2016–2017 FC Brașov 31 (8)
2017 UTA Arad 1 (0)
Total 419 (68)
International career
1998 Romania U16 2 (0)
1999–2000 Romania U18 3 (0)
2000–2002 Romania U21 18 (5)
2003–2006 Romania 2 (0)
Managerial career
2018–2019 Rapid București (youth)
2018–2019 Rapid București (assistant)
2019 Rapid București U19 (manager)
2020 Rapid București (assistant)
2020–2021 Rapid București (assistant)
2021–2022 CSM Reșița (assistant)
2022–2023 FC Brașov (assistant)
2023 Botoșani (assistant)
2024– Tunari (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

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Ștefan Grigorie was born on 31 January 1982 in Segarcea, Romania, starting his career at Universitatea Craiova, making his Divizia A debut on 2 June 1999 in a 1–0 loss against CSM Reșița.[1][2] He was loaned for a half of year in 2000 at neighboring Craiova team, Electro in Divizia B, afterwards returning at Universitatea where he made his European competitions debut in the 2001 Intertoto Cup, scoring five goals in four appearances.[1][2][3] Grigorie was transferred at Dinamo București, helping the club win the 2003–04 Divizia A, being used by coach Ioan Andone in 25 matches in which he scored 8 goals.[1][2][4] During his four seasons spent with The Red Dogs in which developed an appetite for goals, scoring 30 goals in 101 Divizia A matches, he also won three Cupa României, scoring the only goal from the 2005 final against Farul Constanța, won a Supercupa României and helped the team eliminate Everton with a historical 5–2 on aggregate, reaching the group stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup.[1][2][5][6] In the summer of 2006 he was bought together with Dan Alexa from Dinamo by Politehnica Timișoara where he spent only one season, not accommodating, being transferred at Rapid București in exchange for Ionel Ganea.[1][2][7][8][9][10][11] Grigorie spent 6 seasons with The Railwaymen, playing a total of 136 Divizia A matches, scoring 13 goals, winning the 2007 Supercupa României and under the guidance of coach Răzvan Lucescu, he helped the team eliminate Śląsk Wrocław with 4–2 on aggregate in the play-offs of the 2010–11 Europa League, reaching the group stage of the competition.[1][2][12][13] In 2013, Grigorie had his first and only experience outside Romania, playing for half of year in the Cypriot First Division at Apollon Limassol, afterwards returning to play in Divizia A for three years and a half at FC Brașov, Concordia Chiajna and CSMS Iași.[1][2][14] He ended his career by spending two seasons in Liga II at FC Brașov and UTA Arad.[1][2][15][16] Ștefan Grigorie has a total of 368 Divizia A matches in which he scored 59 goals and 38 appearances with 5 goals scored in European competitions (including 4 appearances and 5 goals in the Intertoto Cup).[1][17]

International career

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Ștefan Grigorie played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Anghel Iordănescu on 12 February 2003, when he came as a substitute and replaced Mirel Rădoi in the 82nd minute of a 2–1 victory against Slovakia.[2][18][19] His second and final appearance for the national team was under coach Victor Pițurcă on 16 August 2006 in a 2–0 victory against Cyprus.[2][18][20]

International stats

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Romania national team
Year Apps Goals
2003 1 0
2004 0 0
2005 0 0
2006 1 0
Total 2 0

Honours

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Dinamo București

Rapid București

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Ștefan Grigorie at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Primul gol din noul sezon de Liga 1, o adevărată bijuterie! Reluare de mare clasă a lui Ștefan Grigorie" [The first goal of the new Liga 1 season, a real gem! High-class replay of Ștefan Grigorie] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 10 July 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  3. ^ "Ștefan Grigorie. UI-Cup 2001". WorldFootball. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  4. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  5. ^ "Romanian Cup – Season 2004–2005". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Ștefan Grigorie. Europa League 2005/2006". WorldFootball. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  7. ^ "Pe minus" [On minus] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 22 August 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  8. ^ "Vinerea cea Mare la Poli" [The big Friday at Poli] (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 26 June 2006. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  9. ^ "Schimb Ganea - Grigorie între Rapid şi Poli Timişioara" [Ganea - Grigorie interchange between Rapid and Poli Timișioara] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 15 June 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  10. ^ "Ganea - la Poli, Grigorie - la Rapid" [Ganea - at Poli, Grigorie - at Rapid] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  11. ^ "Grigorie a semnat un contract pe trei sezoane cu FC Rapid" [Grigorie signed a contract for three seasons with FC Rapid] (in Romanian). Mediafax.ro. 16 June 2007. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  12. ^ "Wroclaw - Rapid 1-3! Vezi reacţia prudentă a lui Răzvan Lucescu!" [Wroclaw - Rapid 1-3! See Răzvan Lucescu's cautious reaction!] (in Romanian). Orangesport.ro. 18 August 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2023.
  13. ^ "Rapid - Slask Wroclaw 1-1. Rapid se califica fara probleme in grupele Europa League dupa o pauza de 5 ani" [Rapid - Slask Wroclaw 1-1. Rapid qualifies without problems in the Europa League groups after a 5-year break] (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 25 August 2011. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  14. ^ "Braşovul l-a suflat pe Grigorie de sub nasul lui "U" Cluj. "Mă bucur că am ajuns aici", spune mijlocașul" [Braşov blew Grigorie from under the nose of "U" Cluj. "I'm glad to have arrived here," says the midfielder] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 23 January 2014. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  15. ^ "Grigorie și Căucă la UTA" [Grigorie and Căucă at UTA] (in Romanian). Bzb.ro. 30 June 2017. Retrieved 15 November 2022.
  16. ^ Ștefan Grigorie at Soccerway
  17. ^ Ștefan Grigorie at WorldFootball.net
  18. ^ a b "Ștefan Grigorie". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  19. ^ "Romania – Slovakia 2:1". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  20. ^ "Romania – Cyprus 2:0". European Football. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
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