Robert "Puiu" Cosmoc (1931 – 11 December 1997) was a

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n professional

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who played as a

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for Flacăra Ploiești and

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. After retirement, Cosmoc was a respectable football manager, managing for years in the

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and obtaining notable results with clubs such as: Farul Constanța, Bihor Oradea,

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. Cosmoc was also the assistant manager of the

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in the tenure of

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. Former CSM Suceava player, Relu Buliga, described Cosmoc in an interview given in 2017:"Nea Puiu Cosmoc was a calm guy with a strong voice and a style based on the long diagonal pass".Relu Buliga, primul marcator al unei echipe de fotbal a Sucevei în primul eşalon valoric
(Relu Buliga, the first scorer of a football team from Suceava in the first league). crainou.ro

Honours

Player

Flacăra Ploiești *

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: Runner-up

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Jiul Petroșani *

: 1960–61

Manager

Știința Cluj *

: 1965–66 CSM Suceava *

: 1986–87

References

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at labtof.ro 1931 births 1997 deaths Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players FC Petrolul Ploiești players CSM Jiul Petroșani players Romanian football managers CS Universitatea Craiova managers FCV Farul Constanța managers FC Bihor Oradea managers AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila managers FC Progresul București managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers CS Corvinul Hunedoara managers FC Rapid București managers {{Romania-footy-bio-stub