Cătălin Necula
Romanian footballer and manager
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Cătălin Răducan Necula (born 4 December 1969) is a Romanian football coach and former player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Cătălin Răducan Necula | ||
| Date of birth | 4 December 1969 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1993 | Sportul Studențesc | 77 | (1) |
| 1989–1990 | → Sportul 30 Decembrie (loan) | ||
| 1993–1995 | Universitatea Cluj | 66 | (1) |
| 1995–1998 | Național București | 91 | (2) |
| 1998–1999 | Hapoel Kfar Saba | 22 | (0) |
| 1999–2000 | CSM Reșița | 24 | (0) |
| 2000–2001 | Rocar București | 10 | (0) |
| 2001 | Bihor Oradea | 10 | (1) |
| 2002–2003 | Argeș Pitești | 25 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Gloria Bistrița | 24 | (0) |
| Total | 346 | (5) | |
| International career | |||
| 1993 | Romania | 4 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2004–2005 | Național București (assistant) | ||
| 2005 | Național București (caretaker) | ||
| 2005 | Politehnica Timişoara (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2007 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2009 | Al Hilal (assistant) | ||
| 2009 | Al Hilal (caretaker) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Al Sadd (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Al Ain (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2017 | Al Ahli (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Jiangsu Suning (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2025 | Sharjah (assistant) | ||
| 2025–2026 | United Arab Emirates (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Playing career
Necula, son of the famous Romanian goalkeeper Răducanu Necula,[1] started his career at Sportul Studențesc București in 1988. He spent four seasons at Sportul before switching to Universitatea Cluj in 1993.
In 1995, he joined Naţional București and then in 1998 he played for a short while for Hapoel Kfar Saba in Israel. After he returned to Romania, he continued to play for FCM Reşiţa, Rocar București, Bihor Oradea, Argeş Piteşti and Gloria Bistriţa, before retiring from professional football in 2004.
Coaching career
In 2004, Necula returned to Naţional București, this time as assistant coach and then in the autumn of 2005 he was for a short while the team's head coach. When Cosmin Olăroiu took over at Steaua București in the winter of 2005 he asked Necula to join him as assistant manager. Since then, he joined the coaching staff of Cosmin Olăroiu.
Playing statistics
| Romania | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Honours
Player
Național București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2002–03
Rocar București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2000–01