Cornel Cernea (born 22 April 1976) is a Romanian goalkeeping coach and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currenly goalkeeping coach at Liga I club Sepsi OSK.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 22 April 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Căzănești, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Sepsi OSK (GK coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Grivița IRA București | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1996 | Grivița IRA București | ||
| 1997–1999 | Minerul Motru | 22 | (0) |
| 1999 | Grivița București | ||
| 2000–2003 | Petrolul Ploiești | 39 | (0) |
| 2003–2005 | Oțelul Galați | 36 | (0) |
| 2005–2009 | Steaua București | 24 | (0) |
| 2009–2010 | Unirea Alba Iulia | 16 | (0) |
| 2010 | Victoria Brănești | 6 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Unirea Urziceni | 12 | (0) |
| 2011–2012 | Farul Constanța | 8 | (0) |
| 2012–2013 | AS Căzănești | ||
| 2014 | Progresul București | ||
| Total | 163+ | (0) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2012–2013 | AS Căzănești (player/manager) | ||
| 2014 | Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (GK coach) | ||
| 2015 | Astra Giurgiu (GK coach) | ||
| 2015 | ACS Poli Timișoara (GK coach) | ||
| 2015–2017 | SCM Pitești (GK coach) | ||
| 2017–2018 | CFR Cluj (GK coach) | ||
| 2018–2019 | Guizhou (GK coach) | ||
| 2019 | CFR Cluj (GK coach) | ||
| 2020– | Sepsi OSK (GK coach) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:27, 23 June 2021 (UTC) | |||
Club career
Cernea played for Grivița IRA until 1997, when he joined the Divizia B team Minerul Motru. In 1999, he returns to Grivița IRA but after only few weeks joins Petrolul Ploiești and makes Divizia A debut. In 2003, he joins Oțelul Galați for a couple of seasons, before being bought by Steaua București in 2005 for a fee of €75,000. His last team being Progresul Bucuresti he retired in 2014.
Honours
Petrolul Ploiești
Oțelul Galați
- Cupa României runner-up: 2003–04
Steaua București
External links
- Cornel Cernea – UEFA competition record (archive)
- Cornel Cernea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Cornel Cernea at Soccerway