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
Team information
Current team	Sepsi OSK (GK coach)
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)
2020–	Sepsi OSK (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 Romanian goalkeeping coach and former professional footballer who played as a 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. His last team being Progresul Bucuresti he retired in 2014.

Honours

Club

Petrolul Ploieşti

• Divizia B: 2002–2003

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 2005–2006
• Supercupa României: 2006

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)