Romulus Ciobanu (born 18 June 1977 in

Pucioasa Pucioasa () is a town in Dâmbovița County, Muntenia, Romania. It administers six villages: Bela, Diaconești, Glodeni, Malurile, Miculești and Pucioasa-Sat. The town is located on the middle course of the Ialomița River, north of Târgovi ...

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) is a

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n former

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player. He played as a

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. He is currently a coach.

Club career

Romulus Ciobanu began his youth career at Universitatea Craiova and made his debut at

Cimentul Fieni Cimentul Fieni was a professional Football in Romania, Romanian association football club from Fieni, Dâmbovița County, founded in 1936 and dissolved in 2005. The club was dissolved in 2005 after a merger with a club from Buftea, the resultin ...

, a team with which in 1998 he also managed to promote in

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. After

he moved to

Drobeta-Turnu Severin Drobeta-Turnu Severin (), colloquially Severin, is a city in Mehedinți County, Oltenia, Romania, on the northern bank of the Danube, close to the Iron Gates. "Drobeta" is the name of the ancient Dacian and Roman towns at the site, and the modern ...

, a team with whom he also promoted in

. He made his debut in the

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at 27 years old for Politehnica Timișoara where he played in the 2004/2005 season.

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* 1977 births Living people People from Dâmbovița County Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Liga I players CSO Plopeni players FC Politehnica Timișoara players FC Vaslui players FC Astra Giurgiu players Liga II players ASC Daco-Getica București players Moldovan Super Liga players FC Zimbru Chișinău players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate footballers in Moldova Romanian football managers CSO Plopeni managers FC Petrolul Ploiești managers {{Romania-footy-midfielder-stub