Bogdan Stelea

Bogdan Stelea
Stelea in 2015
Personal information
Full name Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea
Date of birth (1967-12-05) 5 December 1967
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Goalkeeper
Youth career
1977–1986 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Dinamo București 98 (0)
1987 → Politehnica Iași (loan) 2 (0)
1991–1993 Mallorca 52 (0)
1993–1994 Standard Liège 3 (0)
1994 Rapid București 13 (0)
1994–1995 Samsunspor 31 (0)
1995–1997 Steaua București 47 (0)
1997–2004 Salamanca 183 (0)
2002 → Rapid București (loan) 10 (0)
2004–2005 Dinamo București 13 (0)
2005 Akratitos 14 (0)
2006 Oțelul Galați 0 (0)
2006–2008 Unirea Urziceni 37 (0)
2008–2009 Brașov 23 (0)
Total 524 (0)
National team
1988–2005 Romania 91 (0)
Teams managed
2009–2011 Romania (assistant)
2012 Astra Ploiești
2013–2014 Romania U21
2014 Viitorul Constanța
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea (Romanian pronunciation: [boɡˈdan ˈstele̯a]; born 5 December 1967) is a Romanian retired footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and a current coach.

Having played professionally into his 40s, he played for all three major Liga I clubs in his country's capital, and also spent a vast part of his career in Spain, mainly with Salamanca.

Stelea played nearly 100 times for Romania, and represented the nation in three World Cups and two European Championships.

Playing career

Club

Born in Bucharest, Stelea started playing football at hometown's FC Dinamo București, being the club's undisputed starter by 1988. In 1991–92 he still appeared in 11 Liga I games as the capital side won the national championship, but signed late in 1991 with RCD Mallorca for $650.000. After two La Liga seasons in Spain, with relegation in his first as last, he joined Belgium's Standard Liège but, unsettled, quickly returned home with FC Rapid București.

After one season in Turkey with Samsunspor, Stelea returned again to his country and joined FC Steaua București, the defending champions. In his two-year spell the club renewed its domestic supremacy and participated in the UEFA Champions League, with the player contributing significantly; during this period he also had a successful trial with Sunderland, but could not negotiate a deal.[1]

In 1997, Stelea was transferred to UD Salamanca, where he lived his most steady period, remaining with the team seven years, only punctuated by a small loan spell with Rapid. He appeared in 191 overall games for the former during his tenure whilst competing mainly in the second division, but spent his first two seasons in the top flight.

After a second spell with Dinamo, Stelea started 2005–06 with Greek side Akratitos FC. Unsettled again, he returned to Romania with FC Oțelul Galați, but did not feature in any matches because of a serious injury. The following campaign he moved to FC Unirea Urziceni at the recommendation of new coach and former national teammate Dan Petrescu, where he eventually became first-choice; in 2007–08, at the age of 40, he was still one of the best goalkeepers in the country.

Stelea finally ended his long career at the end of the 2008–09 season, helping modest FC Brașov to a comfortable ninth place in the top division.

International

Stelea made his debut for the Romania national team in 1988 against Israel, and represented his country at the 1990, 1994 and 1998 FIFA World Cups, as well as UEFA Euro 1996 and Euro 2000, totalling 12 matches in final stages. He earned 91 caps for his country, the last against Slovakia in 2005.[2]

Four years later, Stelea rejoined the national side as assistant coach and, in 2013, was named manager of the under-21s.

Managerial career

In 2012, Stelea became head coach of FC Astra Ploiești.[3] On 10 August of that year, however, after a home draw against CS Turnu Severin, he was sacked from his post.[4]

In June 2014, Stelea accepted an offer from former national teammate Gheorghe Hagi to coach his club FC Viitorul Constanța.[5] After eleven games in charge in which the team collected 13 points, he resigned.

Personal life

His son, Bogdan Ionuț Stelea was also a footballer, he played as a defender and spent his career in the lower leagues of Romania playing for teams like FC Snagov or Chindia Târgoviște.[6][7]

Statistics

[8]

Club

Club performance League Cup League Cup Continental Total
Season Club League AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals AppsGoals
Romania League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Total
1986/87Dinamo BucureștiLiga I1000
1987/889000
1988/8929060
1989/9022080
1990/9126040
1991/9211040
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
1991/92MallorcaLa Liga27000
1992/93Segunda División25000
Belgium League Belgian Cup League Cup Europe Total
1993/94Standard LiègeBelgian Pro League3000
Romania League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Total
1994/95Rapid BucureștiLiga I13000
Turkey League Türkiye Kupası League Cup Europe Total
1994/95SamsunsporSüper Lig31000
Romania League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Total
1995/96Steaua BucureștiLiga I25080
1996/9732050
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
1997/98SalamancaLa Liga30000
1998/9933000
1999/00Segunda División28000
2000/0114000
2001/023000
Romania League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Total
2001/02Rapid BucureștiLiga I10000
Spain League Copa del Rey Copa de la Liga Europe Total
2002/03SalamancaSegunda División36000
2003/0438000
Romania League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Total
2004/05Dinamo BucureștiLiga I13000
Greece League Greek Cup League Cup Europe Total
2005/06AkratitosSuperleague Greece14000
Romania League Cupa României Cupa Ligii Europe Total
2005/06Oțelul GalațiLiga I0000
2006/07Unirea UrziceniLiga I9000
2007/0828000
2008/09BrașovLiga I23000
CountryRomania 2510350
Spain 234000
Belgium 3000
Turkey 31000
Greece 14000
Total 5330350

International

[9]

Romania
YearAppsGoals
198810
198910
199040
199110
199260
199310
1994110
199560
199660
199770
1998120
199970
200090
200180
200240
200320
200440
200510
Total910

Honours

Club

Dinamo București
Steaua București
Rapid București

References

  1. ↑ "Reid is keen on Stelea". Sunderland Echo. 15 July 1996. Retrieved 16 June 2014.
  2. ↑ "Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea – International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  3. ↑ "Mister" Stelea şi-a ales secundul la Astra din două încercări; Gazeta Sporturilor, 6 June 2012 (in Romanian)
  4. ↑ "INCREDIBIL! CIRC în Liga I! Stelea, demis în direct la TV: "Mulţescu e noul antrenor!"" [INCREDIBLE! CIRCUS in Liga I! Stelea fired live on TV: "Mulţescu is new manager"] (in Romanian). ProSport. 10 August 2012. Retrieved 10 August 2012.
  5. ↑ "Bogdan Stelea – antrenor principal" [Bogdan Stelea – head coach] (in Romanian). Academia Hagi. 27 June 2014. Retrieved 28 June 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bogdan Stelea jr, pe urmele tatălui" [Bogdan Stelea jr, following the footsteps of his father] (in Romanian). libertatea.ro. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  7. ↑ "Bogdan Ionuț Stelea profile". Soccerway. Retrieved 29 October 2017.
  8. ↑ "Bogdan Stelea". Footballdatabase. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "Bogdan Stelea". European Football. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
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