Cornel Cernea

Cornel Cernea

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-04-22) 22 April 1976
Place of birth	Slobozia, Romania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Griviţa IRA București	?	(?)
1997–1999	Minerul Motru	22	(0)
1999	Griviţa București	?	(?)
2000–2003	Petrolul Ploieşti	39	(0)
2003–2005	Oțelul Galați	36	(0)
2005–2009	Steaua București	24	(0)
2009–2010	Unirea Alba Iulia	16	(0)
2010	Victoria Brăneşti	6	(0)
2010–2011	Unirea Urziceni	12	(0)
2011–2012	Farul Constanţa	8	(0)
2012–2013	GVD București	?	(?)
2013–2014	Progresul București	?	(?)
Total		163+	(0)
Managerial career
2014	Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (GK coach)
2015	Poli Timişoara (GK coach)
2015–2017	SCM Pitești (GK coach)
2017–2018	CFR Cluj (GK coach)
Medal record Steaua București Winner Divizia A 2005–06 Runner-up Liga I 2006–07 Runner-up Liga I 2007–08 Winner Romanian Supercup 2006 Petrolul Ploieşti Winner Divizia B 2002–03 Oțelul Galați Runner-up Romanian Cup 2004
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 1 July 2018

Cornel Cernea (born 22 April 1976 in Slobozia) is a former Romanian football goalkeeper.

Club career

• Cernea played for Griviţa IRA until 1997, when he joined the Divizia B team Minerul Motru. In 1999, he returns to Griviţa IRA but after only few weeks joins Petrolul Ploieşti 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. From 1 March 2014 he plays for Progresul Bucuresti.

Titles

Season	Club	Title
2002–2003	Petrolul Ploieşti	Liga II
2005–2006	Steaua București	Liga I
2005–2006	Steaua București	Supercupa României

External links

• Cornel Cernea – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Cornel Cernea at RomanianSoccer.ro (archived) (in Romanian)
• Cornel Cernea at Soccerway
• Cornel Cernea's profile - SteauaFC.com (Romanian)