Mugurel Florin Cornățeanu (born 21 February 1972) is a

Romania Romania is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern and Southeast Europe. It borders Ukraine to the north and east, Hungary to the west, Serbia to the southwest, Bulgaria to the south, Moldova to ...

n former professional

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who played as a

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, currently sporting director at

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club Politehnica Iași.

Club career

In his career Cornățeanu played in

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

for teams such as: Farul Constanța and Steaua București and in

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly 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 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

for Callatis Mangalia, Portul Constanța and Laminorul Roman. He also played for a year and half in

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for

Beveren Beveren () is a former municipality in the Belgian province of East Flanders which comprises the towns of Beveren, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene. The port of the Waasland (Dutch: ''Waaslandhaven'') ...

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and

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. He is currently the Head Coach of

Liga II The Liga 2, most commonly 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 football season. It is currently Sponso ...

side Petrolul Ploiești.

Honours

;KSK Beveren * Division II: 1996–97 ;Steaua București *

: 1997–98

References

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* * 1972 births Living people Footballers from Constanța Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players FCV Farul Constanța players CS Portul Constanța players FCSB players Liga II players FC Callatis Mangalia players CSM Roman (football) players Challenger Pro League players K.S.C. Lokeren Oost-Vlaanderen players K.S.K. Beveren players KFC Turnhout players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Belgium Expatriate men's footballers in Belgium Romanian football managers Liga I managers Liga II managers FC Botoșani managers AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele managers FC Petrolul Ploiești managers {{Romania-footy-midfielder-1970s-stub