Marius Marian Croitoru (born 2 October 1980) is a Romanian professional

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and former player, who is currently in charge of

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club

FC Argeș Pitești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Pitești, Argeș County, which competes in the Liga I. The team was origi ...

. He played as a

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and possessed a powerful shot and good ball technique.

Club career

Croitoru made his professional debut in a

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game for Turistul București. In 2000, he moved to

club

FCM Bacău Asociația Sportivă a Suporterilor FCM 1950 Bacău, commonly known as ASS FCM 1950 Bacău, FCM 1950 Bacău or simply as FCM Bacău, is a Romanian football club based in Bacău, Bacău County. Founded in 1950 as ''Dinamo Bacău'', the club from ...

. After six seasons with FCM Bacău, Croitoru moved to fellow first league club

FC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently playin ...

, where he impressed alongside

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. In January 2007, after some impressive displays for Vaslui, he was transferred by Steaua București. After only one season, he was loaned to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

Managerial career

FC Botoșani

In the summer of 2019, although still not in possession of a

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, Croitoru was appointed as head coach of

club

Botoșani Botoșani () is the capital city of Botoșani County, in the northern part of Western Moldavia, Moldavia, Romania. Today, it is best known as the birthplace of many celebrated Romanians, including Mihai Eminescu, Nicolae Iorga and Grigore Antipa. ...

. In his third game in charge, he managed a historic 2–0 away win against

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FC U Craiova

On 23 June 2022, Croitoru was appointed as head coach of

club FC U Craiova, agreeing to a two-year contract. On 10 October 2022, Croitoru was released of duty from FC U Craiova, after losing 0-1 against Chindia Târgoviște on the same day.

FC Argeș Pitești

On 26 October 2022, Croitoru was appointed as head coach of

club Argeș Pitești, agreeing to a one-and-a-half-year contract.

Personal life

His son, David Croitoru is a football player who made his debut in professional football for

under the guidance of Marius.

Career statistics

Club

Managerial statistics

Honours

Player

Botoșani *

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ACS Poli Timișoara *

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runner-up: 2016–17

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Croitoru, Marius 1980 births Living people People from Giurgiu Romanian footballers Association football midfielders FCM Bacău players FC Vaslui players FC Steaua București players FC Steaua II București players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players FC Politehnica Iași (1945) players FC Atyrau players FC Astra Giurgiu players FC Botoșani players ACS Poli Timișoara players Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Kazakhstan Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Kazakhstan Romanian football managers FC Botoșani managers FC U Craiova 1948 managers FC Argeș Pitești managers Liga I managers