Ștefan Costel Grigorie (born 31 January 1982) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Ștefan Grigorie was born on 31 January 1982 in Segarcea, Romania, starting his career at Universitatea Craiova, making his

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

debut on 2 June 1999 in a 1–0 loss against CSM Reșița. He was loaned for a half of year in 2000 at neighboring

Craiova Craiova (, also , ), is Romania's 6th Cities in Romania, largest city and capital of Dolj County, and situated near the east bank of the river Jiu River, Jiu in central Oltenia. It is a longstanding political center, and is located at approximatel ...

team, Electro in Divizia B, afterwards returning at Universitatea where he made his European competitions debut in the 2001 Intertoto Cup, scoring five goals in four appearances. Grigorie was transferred at Dinamo București, helping the club win the

2003–04 Divizia A The 2003–04 Divizia A was the eighty-sixth season of Divizia A, the top-level football league of Romania. Season began in August 2003 and ended in June 2004. Dinamo București became champions on 3 June 2004. Team changes Relegated The teams ...

, being used by coach

Ioan Andone Ioan Andone (; born 15 March 1960) is a Romanian football coach and former player. Club career Ioan Andone, nicknamed "Fălcosul" was born on 15 March 1960 in Șpălnaca and when he was 14 years old he played basketball and football simultan ...

in 25 matches in which he scored 8 goals. During his four seasons spent with '' The Red Dogs'' in which developed an appetite for goals, scoring 30 goals in 101 Divizia A matches, he also won three

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

, scoring the only goal from the 2005 final against Farul Constanța, won a

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

and helped the team eliminate Everton with 5–2 on aggregate, reaching the group stage of the

2005–06 UEFA Cup The 2005–06 UEFA Cup, the 35th edition of the UEFA Cup, was won by Sevilla, beating Middlesbrough in the final. It was the first victory for Sevilla in a European competition, and the first appearance by Middlesbrough in a European final. The ...

. In the summer of 2006 he was bought together with Dan Alexa from

Dinamo A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterinbu ...

by Politehnica Timișoara where he spent only one season, not accommodating, being transferred at

Rapid București Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a ''cascad ...

in exchange for Ionel Ganea. He spent 6 seasons with the '' Giuleștenii'', playing a total of 136 Divizia A matches, scoring 13 goals and won the

2007 Supercupa României The 2007 Supercupa României was the 10th edition of Romania's season opener cup competition. The match was played in Bucharest at Stadionul Naţional on 25 July 2007, and was contested between Liga I title holders, FC Dinamo București and Cupa R ...

. In 2013, Grigorie had his first and only experience outside Romania, playing for half of year in the Cypriot First Division at

Apollon Limassol Apollon Limassol FC ( el, Απόλλων Λεμεσού, ''Apollon Lemesou'') is a Cypriot sports club, based in Limassol. It has football, basketball and volleyball teams. Founded in 1954, Apollon FC currently plays in the Cypriot First Divisi ...

, afterwards returning to play in Divizia A for three years and a half at FC Brașov, Concordia Chiajna and CSMS Iași. He ended his career by spending two seasons in Liga II at FC Brașov and UTA Arad. Ștefan Grigorie has a total of 368 Divizia A matches in which he scored 59 goals and 38 appearances with 5 goals scored in European competitions (including 4 appearances and 5 goals in the Intertoto Cup).

International career

Ștefan Grigorie played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Anghel Iordănescu on 12 February 2003, when he came as a substitute and replaced Mirel Rădoi in the 82nd minute of a 2–1 victory against Slovakia. His second and final appearance for the national team was under coach Victor Pițurcă on 16 August 2006 in a 2–0 victory against Cyprus.

International stats

Honours

Dinamo București *

: 2003–04 *

: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 *

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Rapid București *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grigorie, Stefan 1982 births Living people People from Segarcea Romanian footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Dinamo București players FC Politehnica Timișoara players FC Rapid București players FC Brașov (1936) players CS Concordia Chiajna players FC Politehnica Iași (2010) players Cypriot First Division players Apollon Limassol FC players FC UTA Arad players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Sportspeople from Dolj County