Cătălin Răducan Necula (born 4 December 1969) is a Romanian football coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for UAE Pro League club Sharjah.
Playing career
Necula, son of the famous Romanian goalkeeper Răducanu Necula,[1] started his career at Sportul Studențesc București in 1988. He spent four seasons at Sportul before switching to Universitatea Cluj in 1993.
In 1995, he joined Naţional București and then in 1998 he played for a short while for Hapoel Kfar Saba in Israel. After he returned to Romania, he continued to play for FCM Reşiţa, Rocar București, Bihor Oradea, Argeş Piteşti and Gloria Bistriţa, before retiring from professional football in 2004.
International stats
| Romania | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1993 | 4 | 0 |
| Total | 4 | 0 |
Coaching career
In 2004, Necula returned to Naţional București, this time as assistant coach and then in the autumn of 2005 he was for a short while the team's head coach. When Cosmin Olăroiu took over at Steaua București in the winter of 2005 he asked Necula to join him as assistant manager. Since then, he joined the coaching staff of Cosmin Olăroiu.
Honours
Player
Național București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2002–03
Rocar București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2000–01
References
- ^ "E OFICIAL: Site Al Hilal: Catalin Necula, antrenorul primei echipe!" [IT'S OFFICIAL: Al Hilal site: Catalin Necula, coach of the first team!] (in Romanian). sport.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
External links
- Cătălin Răducan NECULA at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Cătălin Răducan Necula at National-Football-Teams.com
- Cătălin Răducan Necula at FBref.com
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