Marian Bondrea

Marian Bondrea

Personal information
Date of birth	(1950-11-02)2 November 1950
Place of birth	Craiova, Romania
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1969–1972	Electroputere Craiova
1972–1973	Universitatea Craiova
1973–1974	Electroputere Craiova
1974–1975	Şoimii Sibiu
1975–1978	Electroputere Craiova
Managerial career
	Electroputere Craiova
1986–1988	FC Inter Sibiu
1988–1989	Olt Scorniceşti
1989–1992	Electroputere Craiova
1993–1994	Universitatea Craiova
1994–1995	FC Argeş
1995	FC Naţional Bucureşti
1996	Dinamo Bucureşti
1997	Altay Izmir
1997–1998	Electroputere Craiova
1998–1999	Foresta Suceava
1999	Universitatea Craiova
2000–2001	FC Argeş
2001	Universitatea Craiova
2002	Hurriya SC
2002	Astra Ploieşti
2002–2004	Al-Hilal (Under-19 coach)
2004–2005	FC Oradea
2005	Universitatea Craiova
2006–2007	Al-Hilal (youth coach)
2007–2008	CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2008–2009	Inter Gaz Bucureşti
2010–2011	Al-Riyadh
2012	CS Turnu Severin
2014	Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Marian Bondrea (born 2 November 1950 in Craiova) is a Romanian football manager and former footballer. His last managerial job was performed at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț.

Playing career

Marian Bondrea started his career at Electroputere (1969–1970), in the second division, he went on to play for Universitatea Craiova in (1972), but has only played there three official matches, was sent back at Electroputere in (1973), before joining Şoimii Sibiu in (1974–1975). He returns to Electroputere in (1975–1976) until 1978, where he finishes his career.

Coaching career

The first coaching performance he gained was with FC Inter Sibiu, helping his team to get promoted in the first league Divizia A in 1988. After that he went back in his hometown and managed Electroputere, where he surprisely took his team from second division, to the European competitions. He promoted them in 1991, and ended on third-place during the 1991–92 season above Universitatea Craiova their rivals at that time, enough to get a spot for the UEFA Cup. During the 1992–93 season, he was appointed as head-coach for Universitatea Craiova and ended third again, but brought his team to the Romanian Cup finals and won it. A year later he manages his team again to the Romanian Cup finals, but loses to Gloria Bistriţa and finishing as runners-up in the Romanian league 1993-94 season. He then moved to Bucharest to coach FC Naţional in the 1995-96 season, being replaced after a couple of months. During the years, he also coached in Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Syria.