Sorin Cârțu (born 12 November 1955) is a former

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striker and football coach. Cârțu won two Romanian Championships and four Romanian Cups with Universitatea Craiova. As a coach, he succeeded to win in the 1990–91 season with Universitatea Craiova both trophies in Romania,

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and the

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. During CFR's Champions League tie against

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champions

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, Cârțu destroyed a section of the dugout with his foot after his side conceded a 75th-minute goal. After the match,

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sacked Cârțu, citing his behaviour in the game as the reason behind his dismissal.

International stats

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova *

: 1979–80, 1980–81 *

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: 1976–77, 1977–78, 1980–81, 1982–83

Manager

Universitatea Craiova *

: 1990–91 *

: 1990–91 Rapid București *

runner-up: 1994–95 Extensiv Craiova *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

: 1998–99 Oțelul Galați *

runner-up: 2003–04

Career statistics

: 283 games – 107 goals *

: 82 games – 27 goals

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cartu, Sorin 1955 births Living people People from Dolj County Romanian footballers Association football forwards Romania international footballers CS Universitatea Craiova players Romanian football managers CS Universitatea Craiova managers FC U Craiova 1948 managers FC Rapid București managers Veria F.C. managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers FC Argeș Pitești managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers FC Progresul București managers CS Mioveni managers CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu managers CFR Cluj managers FC Steaua București managers FC Brașov (1936) managers FC Politehnica Iași (2010) managers Romanian expatriates in Greece Expatriate football managers in Greece