Liviu Ciobotariu (born 26 March 1971) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga I club Botoșani.
 Ciobotariu in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Liviu Ciobotariu[1] | ||
| Date of birth | 26 March 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghimpați, Romania[1] | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Centre-back | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Botoșani (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1989 | Progresul București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1998 | Național București | 173 | (19) |
| 1990–1991 | → Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Dinamo București | 47 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | Standard Liége | 47 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | RAEC Mons | 46 | (1) |
| 2004 | Royal Antwerp | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo București | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 359 | (27) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997–2001 | Romania | 32 | (3) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | Național București (caretaker) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Dunărea Galați | ||
| 2007–2008 | Otopeni | ||
| 2008 | Internațional Curtea de Argeș | ||
| 2008–2009 | Otopeni | ||
| 2009–2010 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | ||
| 2010 | CF Brăila | ||
| 2010–2011 | Dinamo II București | ||
| 2011–2012 | Dinamo București | ||
| 2012–2013 | CSMS Iași | ||
| 2013–2014 | Vaslui | ||
| 2015 | ASA Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Faisaly | ||
| 2018 | Al-Tai | ||
| 2018–2019 | Botoșani | ||
| 2019–2020 | Lebanon | ||
| 2021 | Hermannstadt | ||
| 2021–2023 | Voluntari | ||
| 2023 | Sepsi OSK | ||
| 2024– | Botoșani | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career
editCiobotariu debuted in Divizia A with Progresul București in 1992.
International career
editCiobotariu made his debut for the Romania national team in 1997 against Macedonia, and represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He played his last international match in 2001, and got 32 caps and 3 goals in total.
Managerial career
editCiobotariu retired in 2005 and began to coach in 2006. Between July 2011 and April 2012, he was the manager of Dinamo București. In January 2015, he took control of ASA Târgu Mureș. Ciobotariu brought the team to the first position in Liga I, but failed to win the championship after two losses in the last two games of the 2014–15 season. At the end of the season, Ciobotariu ended his contract with ASA on mutual agreement.
On 4 June 2015, he was appointed as head coach of Saudi Professional League side Al-Faisaly, before moving to Al-Ta'ee in 2017.[2] After one season, Ciobotariu was appointed manager of Botoșani.
On 3 June 2019, Ciobotariu was named manager of the Lebanon national team.[3] After coaching for 10 games, on 17 June 2020 the Lebanese Football Association (LFA) decided not to extend Ciobotariu's contract, which had expired.[4]
On 15 January 2021, Ciobotariu was appointed head coach of Liga I club Hermannstadt, signing a two-year contract.[5] He was dismissed on 21 March after winning only one game out of 12.[6] He became head coach of fellow Liga I side Voluntari on 7 May 2021.[7]
Personal life
editCareer statistics
editInternational
edit| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 9 | 0 | |
| 1999 | 8 | 1 | |
| 2000 | 9 | 1 | |
| 2001 | 4 | 1 | |
| Total | 32 | 3 | |
- Romania score listed first, score column indicates score after each Ciobotariu goal.
| Goal | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 September 1999 | Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia | 3–1 | 5–1 | UEFA Euro 2000 Qual. | |
| 2 | 3 June 2000 | Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly | |
| 3 | 26 February 2001 | GSP Stadium, Nicosia, Cyprus | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
Honours
editPlayer
editProgresul București
- Divizia B: 1991–92
- Divizia C: 1989–90
- Cupa României runner-up: 1996–97
Dinamo București
Coach
editVoluntari
- Cupa României runner-up: 2021–22
Sepsi OSK
Individual
- Gazeta Sporturilor Romania Coach of the Month: September 2021,[10] July 2023, August 2023
References
edit- ^ a b "Liviu Ciobotariu". Global Sports Archive. Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "Liviu Ciobotariu pleacă de la FC Botoșani pentru a deveni selecționer! Anunțul oficial se va face săptămâna viitoare". www.digisport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 1 June 2019.
- ^ Abou Diab, Rami (4 June 2019). "Liviu Ciobotariu has been appointed as the new Lebanon head coach". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Mahfoud, Maroun (17 June 2020). "Official: Jamal Taha is the new coach for the Lebanese national team". FA Lebanon. Retrieved 17 June 2020.
- ^ "OFICIAL | Liviu Ciobotariu, noul antrenor al sibienilor de la Hermannstadt! Ce staff va avea înlocuitorul lui Ruben Albes". Prosport (in Romanian). 15 January 2021. Retrieved 15 January 2021.
- ^ "OFICIAL | Liviu Ciobotariu a plecat de la Hermannstadt, după doar două luni". www.digisport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 8 April 2021.
- ^ "OFICIAL Schimbare de antrenor în play-out! Liviu Ciobotariu revine în lupta pentru evitarea retrogradării". www.digisport.ro (in Romanian). Retrieved 7 May 2021.
- ^ "După Costache, Dinamo mai propune un tânăr care va impresiona: "Vom auzi lucruri frumoase despre el"" [After Costache, Dinamo proposes another young man who will impress: "We will hear beautiful things about him"] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "VIDEO Fiul lui Liviu Ciobotariu, gata să facă pasul spre echipa mare a lui Dinamo: "Tata mă învață..."" [VIDEO Liviu Ciobotariu's son, ready to make his way to Dinamo's big team: "Dad teaches me ..."] (in Romanian). dolce-sport.ro. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
- ^ "CEI MAI BUNI Granzii puși la respect! » Jefte Betancor a fost ales "Jucătorul lunii septembrie", iar Liviu Ciobotariu - "Antrenorul lunii"! Cum s-a votat" [THE BEST Respectable grannies! » Jefté Betancor was chosen the "Player of the Month in September ", and Liviu Ciobotariu - the "Coach of the Month"! How the voting took place]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 6 October 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
External links
edit- Liviu Ciobotariu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Liviu Ciobotariu at Soccerway
- Liviu Ciobotariu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Liviu Ciobotariu at WorldFootball.net