Cornel Cernea

Cornel Cernea (born 22 April 1976) is a Romanian goalkeeping coach and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently goalkeeping coach at Liga I club Sepsi OSK.

Cornel Cernea

Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-04-22) 22 April 1976
Place of birth	Căzănești, Romania
Height	1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team	Sepsi OSK (GK coach)
Youth career
	Grivița IRA București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1996	Grivița IRA București
1997–1999	Minerul Motru	22	(0)
1999	Grivița București
2000–2003	Petrolul Ploiești	39	(0)
2003–2005	Oțelul Galați	36	(0)
2005–2009	Steaua București	24	(0)
2009–2010	Unirea Alba Iulia	16	(0)
2010	Victoria Brănești	6	(0)
2010–2011	Unirea Urziceni	12	(0)
2011–2012	Farul Constanța	8	(0)
2012–2013	AS Căzănești
2014	Progresul București
Total		163+	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	AS Căzănești (player/manager)
2014	Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (GK coach)
2015	Astra Giurgiu (GK coach)
2015	ACS Poli Timișoara (GK coach)
2015–2017	SCM Pitești (GK coach)
2017–2018	CFR Cluj (GK coach)
2018–2019	Guizhou (GK coach)
2019	CFR Cluj (GK coach)
2020–	Sepsi OSK (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:27, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Club career

Cernea played for Grivița IRA until 1997, when he joined the Divizia B team Minerul Motru. In 1999, he returns to Grivița IRA but after only few weeks joins Petrolul Ploiești and makes Divizia A debut. In 2003, he joins Oțelul Galați for a couple of seasons, before being bought by Steaua București in 2005 for a fee of €75,000. His last team being Progresul Bucuresti he retired in 2014.

Honours

Petrolul Ploiești

• Divizia B: 2002–03

Oțelul Galați

• Cupa României runner-up: 2003–04

Steaua București

• Divizia A: 2005–06
• Supercupa României: 2006

External links

• Cornel Cernea – UEFA competition record (archive)
• Cornel Cernea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Cornel Cernea at Soccerway