Corneliu Papură (born 5 September 1973) is a Romanian professional

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and former football player, who played as a

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or a

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, currently head coach at Universitatea Craiova U18.

Club career

Papură was born in

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, and started his career with his hometown team Universitatea Craiova, in 1992. As a player, he played for Universitatea in four different periods, spending a large part of his career with the club, with short stints in France, Israel and Cyprus.

International career

Papură earned 12 caps for the Romania national team, and was in the squad for the

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International stats

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova *

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: 1992–93

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Papura, Corneliu 1973 births Living people Footballers from Craiova Romanian men's footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers FC U Craiova 1948 players Stade Rennais FC players Romania men's international footballers AEL Limassol players Beitar Jerusalem F.C. players FC Progresul București players Expatriate men's footballers in France Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Israel Expatriate men's footballers in China 1994 FIFA World Cup players Liga I players Cypriot First Division players Ligue 1 players China League One players Changchun Yatai F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Israel Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Men's association football defenders Israeli Premier League players Romanian football managers FC Progresul București managers CS Universitatea Craiova managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen