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Marius Ninel Șumudică (born 4 March 1971) is a Romanian professional football
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and former player, he is the current manager of Saudi club
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. Șumudică was a striker who began his senior career with Sportul Studențesc and represented five other teams in his native country, as well as Marítimo,
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and Omonia abroad. Șumudică was part of
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's squad that won
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the national title in
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, scoring 17 goals during the season. He also claimed two Cupa României trophies with "the Burgundy Eagles". Șumudică began his managerial career in 2005 as an assistant at Rapid București. He brought Astra Giurgiu its first Liga I title in the 2015–16 campaign, during his third stint with the club. For that performance, Șumudică was named the 2016
Romania Coach of the Year The Romania Coach of the Year ( ro, Antrenorul anului în România) is an annual association football award given by the ''Gazeta Sporturilor'' newspaper to the head coach in Romania adjudged to have been the best during a calendar year. Mircea L ...
by the ''
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'' newspaper. Apart from his time in Romania, he has coached sides in Greece, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.


Managerial career


Astra Giurgiu

On 28 April 2015, Șumudică was appointed as manager of Astra Giurgiu, following
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's resignation. It was his third term at the club, after two short spells in 2009 and 2011. He led the team to a 4th-place finish, qualifying them for the
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. The European campaign was almost a success, as Astra stopped short of reaching the Europa League group stages after knocking out
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in the third round, but lost to
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in the play-offs. Domestically, despite the poor start which saw Astra losing 1–5 to previous runner-ups ASA Targu Mures, Astra managed to finish the regular season on first place, 3 points above Dinamo București. However, Șumudică was suspended 6 months by the Romanian FA on charges of betting on football matches. He later managed to have his sentence reduced to 2 months by appeal. Despite of his suspension, Astra kept their momentum during the play-offs, ending up in them being crowned
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champions for the first time in their history, also marking Șumudică's first domestic title as manager. After a quick exit to Danish champions
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in the
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, Șumudică managed to guide Astra to
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eliminating West Ham – for the second time in a row – along the way, after a 1–0 win in London. In the group stages, he faced
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and Austria Wien. Despite losing the first two games of the group with Austria Wien (2–3 at Giurgiu) and Roma (0–4 in Italy), Astra managed two 2–1 away wins at Plzeň and Wien (along with a home draw with Viktoria) to stay in the race for a place in the knock-out stages. In the end, Astra's 0–0 draw with Roma and Austria Wien's failure against Plzeň in the last matchday secured Astra's place in the tournament's round of 32. There, they were eliminated by Belgian side
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after a 2–2 draw at Giurgiu followed by 0–1 defeat in Belgium. Astra's campaign in the league, meanwhile, was disappointing, with the team finishing 5th and losing the Romanian Cup final to FC Voluntari. However, due to Astra's position in the league and Voluntari not applying for a European license, the vacant spot was given to Astra, thus qualifying yet again in Europe.


Gaziantep

On 14 June 2019, Șumudică was appointed as manager of Turkish club
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. In January 2021, following an away defeat in the
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against
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, the club announced that they had parted ways with the Romanian manager, following a few weeks of tension and public discussion about his contract.


CFR Cluj

On 28 August 2021,
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terminated the contract of Șumudică, ending his 3-month stint in charge after a disappointing campaign for Europe.


Al-Shabab

On 23 March 2022, Șumudică returned to manage Al-Shabab until the end of the 2021–22 season.


Al-Raed

On 30 June 2022, Șumudică was appointed as manager of
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.


Career statistics


Managerial


Honours


Player

Rapid București *
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: 1998–99 * Cupa României: 1997–98, 2001–02 Marítimo *
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runner-up: 2000–01


Manager

Astra Giurgiu *
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: 2015–16 *
Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 ...
: 2016 CFR Cluj *
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runner-up:
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Individual *''
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''
Romania Coach of the Year The Romania Coach of the Year ( ro, Antrenorul anului în România) is an annual association football award given by the ''Gazeta Sporturilor'' newspaper to the head coach in Romania adjudged to have been the best during a calendar year. Mircea L ...
: 2016 * Saudi Professional League Manager of the Month: December 2018


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Sumudica, Marius 1971 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian footballers Association football forwards AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila players FC Sportul Studențesc București players CS Corvinul Hunedoara players FC Rapid București players C.S. Marítimo players Debreceni VSC players AC Omonia players FC UTA Arad players ACF Gloria Bistrița players Liga I players Primeira Liga players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Cypriot First Division players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Portugal Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Romanian football managers Romanian expatriate football managers AFC Rocar București managers FC Progresul București managers FC Astra Giurgiu managers FCV Farul Constanța managers FC Rapid București managers FC Brașov (1936) managers FC Vaslui managers FC Universitatea Cluj managers Al-Shaab CSC managers Kavala F.C. managers Kayserispor managers Al Shabab FC (Riyadh) managers ACF Gloria Bistrița managers CS Concordia Chiajna managers CFR Cluj managers Al-Raed FC managers Expatriate football managers in the United Arab Emirates Expatriate football managers in Turkey Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Süper Lig managers Saudi Professional League managers FC Rapid București assistant managers