Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu (born 26 October 1975) is a Romanian retired
footballer who played as either a
forward or
winger, and is a
manager
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.
After four seasons at
Steaua București, he spent nine years as a professional in Spain – eight in the
two major divisions, where he amassed totals of 222 games and 45 goals – representing three clubs, mostly
Numancia and
Recreativo.
Roșu earned nearly 40
caps
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for
Romania
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, representing the nation at
Euro 2000
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The finals tournament was ...
.
Club career
Born in
Iaşi, Roșu started playing football with local
FC Politehnica. Not yet 18, he moved to country giants
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where he would spend the following seven years, winning five
Liga I
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championships.
In
his first season, Roșu only featured in four league matches, but after his direct competitor was sold he blossomed into a top-flight player, scoring six goals in 31 games in the
1994–95 campaign and adding a combined 27 in his last two as the team finished third on both occasions. Previously, in
1997–98, as Steaua again lifted the league trophy (with three goals from the player), it became the first club in the country after
World War II
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to conquer the national title for six consecutive years.
With Roșu on board, Steaua became the first Romanian side to reach the
UEFA Champions League
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group stage phase, in the
1994–95 edition, and he left in 2000 with 159 matches played in the first division, all with the same team. He also won three
Romanian Cups, adding 43 appearances and four goals in
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.
Roșu moved to
CD Numancia
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for
2000–01, joining compatriot
Constantin Barbu who had arrived the previous season. In his first year in Spain he scored eight times
– including a
hat-trick
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against
Real Madrid– but the
Soria
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ns were relegated from
La Liga
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. After a further three years, all in the
second level,
[ he signed for ]Recreativo de Huelva
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, scoring 19 goals in his first two seasons including ten in 2005–06 as the Andalusia
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ns returned to the top division after a three-year absence.
After managing to score only three times in 2006–07 and appear in four matches in the following season, Roșu moved to neighbours Cádiz CF, recently relegated to the third level. He was released after a sole campaign, having contributed sparingly to their immediate promotion.
On 25 March 2008, Roșu was decorated by the president of Romania
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, Traian Băsescu
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, for having qualified to Euro 2008 with "Medalia Meritul Sportiv" – (the "Sportive Merit" medal) class III. He started a managerial career in 2010, notably working as an assistant with FC Vaslui
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and FC Petrolul Ploiești
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Founded in 1924 in capital Bucharest ...
.
For 2016–17, Roșu was appointed head coach of Liga II
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's FC UTA Arad
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. The following season, he was in charge of CS Mioveni
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of the same league.
International career
Roșu made his debut for the Romania national team
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on 10 October 1998 against Portugal
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, in an UEFA Euro 2000
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qualifier
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(1–0 away win), and represented his country at the tournament's final stages. He went on to play 38 internationals and score five goals, including one against Bulgaria
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in a 2–2 home draw for the Euro 2008 qualifying phase, on 2 September 2006.
Honours
Club
Steaua
* Divizia A: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
* Cupa României: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99
* Supercupa României: 1994
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, 1995
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, 1998
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Recreativo
* Segunda División: 2005–06[
]
References
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1975 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Iași
Romanian footballers
Association football wingers
Association football forwards
Liga I players
FC Steaua București players
La Liga players
Segunda División players
Segunda División B players
CD Numancia players
Recreativo de Huelva players
Cádiz CF players
Romania international footballers
UEFA Euro 2000 players
Romanian expatriate footballers
Expatriate footballers in Spain
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain
Romanian football managers
FC UTA Arad managers