Sorin Cârțu (born 12 November 1955) is a former

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striker and football coach, currently honorary president at

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club Universitatea Craiova. 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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at St. Jakob-Park, Cârțu destroyed a section of the dugout with his foot after his side conceded a 75th-minute goal. After the match,

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

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 *

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: 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 Footballers from Dolj County Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Romania men's 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 FCSB managers FC Brașov (1936) managers FC Politehnica Iași (2010) managers Romanian expatriate football managers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate football managers in Greece 20th-century Romanian sportsmen