Laurențiu Roșu

Laurențiu Roșu
Personal information
Full name	Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu
Date of birth	26 October 1975 (age 48)
Place of birth	Iaşi, Romania
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)	Winger
Team information
Current team	Damac (assistant)
Youth career
0000–1993	Politehnica Iaşi
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–2000	Steaua București
2000–2004	Numancia
2004–2008	Recreativo
2008–2009	Cádiz
Total
International career
1998–2007	Romania
Managerial career
2010	Vaslui (assistant)
2012–2014	Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
2014–2015	Steaua București (assistant)
2016–2017	UTA Arad
2017–2018	Mioveni
2018–2019	Romania U18
2019–2020	Romania U19
2021–2022	Al-Ittihad (assistant)
2023–	Damac (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Laurențiu Dumitru Roșu (born 26 October 1975) is a Romanian football manager and former player. He is currently assistant coach of Saudi Pro League club Damac.

After four seasons at Steaua București, he spent nine years as a professional in Spain – eight in the two major divisions, where he amassed totals of 222 games and 45 goals – representing three clubs, mostly Numancia and Recreativo.

Roșu earned nearly 40 caps for Romania, representing the nation at Euro 2000.

Club career

Born in Iaşi, Roșu started playing football with local Politehnica Iași. Not yet 18, he moved to country giants FC Steaua București where he would spend the following seven years, winning five Divizia A championships.

In his first season, Roșu only featured in four league matches, but after his direct competitor was sold he blossomed into a top-flight player, scoring six goals in 31 games in the 1994–95 campaign and adding a combined 27 in his last two as the team finished third on both occasions. Previously, in 1997–98, as Steaua again lifted the league trophy (with three goals from the player), it became the first club in the country after World War II to conquer the national title for six consecutive years.

With Roșu on board, Steaua became the first Romanian side to reach the UEFA Champions League group stage phase, in the 1994–95 edition, and he left in 2000 with 159 matches played in the first division, all with the same team. He also won three Romanian Cups, adding 43 appearances and four goals in European competition.

Roșu moved to CD Numancia for 2000–01, joining compatriot Constantin Barbu who had arrived the previous season.^[2] In his first year in Spain he scored eight times^[3]– including a hat-trick against Real Madrid^[4]– but the Sorians were relegated from La Liga. After a further three years, all in the second level,^[3] he signed for Recreativo de Huelva, scoring 19 goals in his first two seasons including ten in 2005–06 as the Andalusians returned to the top division after a three-year absence.^[5]^[6]

After managing to score only three times in 2006–07 and appear in four matches in the following season, Roșu moved to neighbours Cádiz CF, recently relegated to the third level.^[7] He was released after a sole campaign, having contributed sparingly to their immediate promotion.

On 25 March 2008, Roșu was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu, for having qualified to Euro 2008 with "Medalia Meritul Sportiv" – (the "Sportive Merit" medal) class III. He started a managerial career in 2010, notably working as an assistant with FC Vaslui and FC Petrolul Ploiești.^[8]^[9]

For 2016–17, Roșu was appointed head coach of Liga II's FC UTA Arad.^[10] The following season, he was in charge of CS Mioveni of the same league.^[11]

International career

Roșu made his debut for the Romania national team on 10 October 1998 against Portugal, in an UEFA Euro 2000 qualifier (1–0 away win), and represented his country at the tournament's final stages. He went on to play 38 internationals and score five goals, including one against Bulgaria in a 2–2 home draw for the Euro 2008 qualifying phase, on 2 September 2006.^[12]

International stats

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[13]
National team	Year	Apps	Goals
Romania	1998	1	0
	1999	7	2
	2000	11	1
	2001	5	0
	2002	1	0
	2003	0	0
	2004	0	0
	2005	4	1
	2006	4	1
	2007	5	0
Total		38	5

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Roșu goal.

List of international goals scored by Laurențiu Roșu
No.	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	9 June 1999	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Azerbaijan	4–0	4–0	UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
2	19 September 1999	Rheinpark Stadion, Vaduz, Liechtenstein	Liechtenstein	1–0	3–0	UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
3	2 February 2000	Pafiako Stadium, Paphos, Cyprus	Latvia	1–0	2–0	Friendly
4	16 November 2005	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Nigeria	3–0	3–0	Friendly
5	2 September 2006	Stadionul Farul, Constanța, Romania	Bulgaria	1–0	2–2	UEFA Euro 2008 qualifying

Honours

Steaua București

Divizia A: 1993–94, 1994–95, 1995–96, 1996–97, 1997–98
Cupa României: 1995–96, 1996–97, 1998–99
Supercupa României: 1994, 1995, 1998

Recreativo

Segunda División: 2005–06^[6]

Cádiz

Segunda División B: 2008–09^[6]

References

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^ Ortiz de Arri, Eduardo; Paradinas, Juan José (26 January 2001). "La Federación deniega la licencia de comunitarios a cinco jugadores" [Federation denies EU-licence to five players]. El País (in Spanish). Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ ^a ^b "Breve enciclopedia numantina" [Brief numantina encyclopedia]. Desde Soria (in Spanish). 29 May 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "David volvió a vencer a Goliat" [David defeated Goliath again]. El Mundo (in Spanish). 4 November 2000. Retrieved 8 July 2014.
^ "Fútbol/Segunda.– El 'Recre' se proclama campeón en el partido que cerró la temporada ante el Hércules (0–2)" [Football/Segunda.– 'Recre' crowned champions in match that closed the season against Hércules (0–2)] (in Spanish). Europa Press. 18 June 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ ^a ^b ^c "El Recreativo se proclamó campeón en el Rico Pérez" [Recreativo crowned champions at the Rico Pérez]. Diario AS (in Spanish). 19 June 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "El Cádiz confirma el fichaje de Rosu" [Cádiz confirm signing of Rosu] (in Spanish). La Voz Digital. 28 August 2008. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Laurențiu Roșu: "Vaslui, o experiență urâtă! Sunt pregătit să încep ca antrenor principal în Liga 1"" [Laurențiu Roșu: "Vaslui, a bad experience! I am ready to start as head coach in Liga 1"] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 20 September 2012. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ "Laurențiu Roșu a vorbit la Dolce Sport despre viitorul său și al lui Contra la Petrolul. Vezi ce a zis!" [Laurențiu Rosu spoke to Dolce Sport about his future and that of Contra at Petrolul. See what he said!] (in Romanian). Dolce Sport. 3 June 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2013.
^ Apostol, Eduard (10 October 2016). "FOTO Detalii despre staff-ul lui Roșu la UTA – Tehnicianul va colabora cu fostul preparator fizic al lui Pițurcă" [PHOTO Details about Roşu's staff at UTA – The manager will collaborate with Pițurcă's former physio]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ Georgescu, Adi; Anghel, Marius (14 November 2017). "EXCLUSIV | Laurenţiu Roşu revine în Liga 2 şi preia o echipă care în acest sezon a mai avut patru antrenori principali" [EXCLUSIVE | Laurenţiu Roşu returns to Liga 2 and takes on a team that have had four head coaches this season]. ProSport (in Romanian). Retrieved 14 November 2017.
^ "Romania – Bulgaria 2–2 (1–0)". România Liberă (in Romanian). 4 September 2006. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Laurențiu Roșu". European Football. Retrieved 9 February 2024.