Dănuț Dumitru Coman (born 28 March 1979) is a Romanian former

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who played as a

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, currently the president of

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club Argeș Pitești. Coman started out as a senior at FC Argeș in the 1997–98 season and also played for Rocar București,

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and Vaslui before retiring at Astra Giurgiu aged 36, where he was afterwards offered an administrative position in the club. His career honours include three

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and one

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, having won three of these trophies during his first spell at Rapid between 2005 and 2008. Coman represented the Romania national team in 14 matches.

Club career

He started playing football at 18 years old, at Argeș Pitești and played his first game in A Division (first Romanian league) on 28 February 1998 against Dinamo București but unfortunately for him he was defeated twice and his team lost with 2–0. In the first season for FC Argeș 1997–1998 he played another three games. In the next season he did not get any opportunity to play and at the half of the season was transferred to Rocar București where he played 10 games. He returned to FC Argeș in 1999 but did not play too much in the next four seasons, only 17 games during this time. Starting with the 2003–04 season, Coman became the titular goalkeeper in FC Argeș's goal and played in most of the games: 22. The next season was the last for him at Argeș Pitești and at the half of season was transferred to Rapid Bucharest. In total he played 69 games for FC Argeș. At the end of his first season for

, they finished on the third place in the championship and Coman played in almost all the games, only missing one. In the next season 2005–06, Coman played in 22 games and in the end the club finished the season in second place and won the vice-champion title and the Romanian Cup after they defeated Național București in the final. In the European Cups Coman debuted with Rapid Bucharest in the 2005–06 season in UEFA Cup. This was the best season for Rapid in Europe. They succeeded to qualify in

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's groups after they eliminated Feyenoord Rotterdam in a group with PAOK Thessaloniki,

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, Stade Rennais F.C. and

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. Rapid defeated PAOK, Shakhtar and Rennes and were defeated by VfB Stuttgart but they still qualified in the next round where they eliminated

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after two great games by Coman. They also eliminated another German team,

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and played the quarter final against Steaua București, their great Romanian rival. After two draws they lost the qualification against Steaua. On 13 December 2008, Coman, who was tracked by

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and Standard Liége, left Rapid Bucharest to sign for FC Brașov only to return to Rapid in the 2010 season. Coman left Rapid on 16 July 2012 to sign a two-year contract with

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. After only one season, he left Vaslui to play for

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, where he ended his career in 2015, but agreed to stay at the club as chairman.

International career

Coman amassed 14 caps for the Romania national team. He made his debut on 16 November 2005, in a friendly game against

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. He was initially Romania's second-choice goalkeeper for the

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behind Bogdan Lobonț, but a last-minute injury before the tournament made coach Victor Pițurcă to call up Eduard Stăncioiu of

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instead.

After retirement

In 2015, Coman took up the chairman role at Astra Giurgiu, his last playing club. The greatest achievement during his tenure was the winning of the national title in the 2015–16 season. Following Astra's relegation at the conclusion of the 2020–21 season, Coman moved to also recently-relegated Hermannstadt, which he aided in returning to the top flight after only one season.

Career statistics

International

Honours

Player

; Rapid București *

: 2005–06, 2006–07 *

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; Astra Giurgiu *

: 2013–14 *

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coman, Daniel 1979 births Living people People from Ștefănești, Argeș Romanian men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers FC Brașov (1936) players FC Argeș Pitești players AFC Rocar București players FC Rapid București players FC Vaslui players FC Astra Giurgiu players Liga I players Liga II players Romania men's international footballers Romanian sports executives and administrators Footballers from Argeș County