Cosmin Contra

Cosmin Marius " Gurita " Contra ( * December 15, 1975 in Timişoara, Timiş county ) is a former Romanian football player and current coach. The full-back played a total of 372 games in the Romanian Liga 1, Spanish Primera Liga, Italian Serie A and the English Premier League.

Playing career

Cosmin Contra began his career as a professional footballer with Politehnica Timişoara, where he was already at the age of 17 years to the first team squad and made his debut in the home game against UTA Arad in Divizia A on February 26, 1994. After three years he left his home team in early 1999 in the direction of Dinamo Bucharest. There he was on the defender position for regular players. For $ 800,000 Cosmin Contra changed in the summer of 1999 for Spanish side Deportivo Alavés, where he was present at the successful UEFA Cup 2000/01 season. Only in the final had the team is short of 4:5 nV defeated the team of FC Liverpool.

He then took his leave for higher tasks. After one season as a regular player at AC Milan in 2002, he returned to Spain. For Atlético Madrid, he was from 2002 to 2005 under contract, never sat at the " Colchoneros " but by. In the first round of 2004/ 05 he was on loan to the English first division side West Bromwich Albion. There, too, he had problems, so the club decided to borrow it for the second round in his Romanian hometown FCU Politehnica Timişoara on the. After the season he moved to FC Getafe, with whom he reached the final of the Copa del Rey in 2007. During the winter break of the season 2009/10 he returned to his home and hired in January 2010 to FC Timişoara from his birthplace in Timişoara. On 15 September 2010 Contra was player-coach of FC Timişoara as the successor of Vladimir Petrovic, who had been appointed coach of the Serbian national football team. After eleven league games without defeat, he was dismissed by Marian Iancu, the patron of the association on December 4, 2010 because he had complained publicly about his involvement in the sporting affairs.

National

In 73 international matches since 1996 Cosmin Contra reach far seven goals for the Romanian national team. He was at the European Football Championships in 2000 and 2008, the squad of Romania. After the World Cup qualifier against Austria on April 1, 2009, he ended his career in the national team. The resignation, however, should be of short duration, for in September 2010 the Romanian Razvan Lucescu coach Contra summoned back into his squad. The home game on September 3, 2010 against Albania was the last international game Cons.

Coaching career

As of September 15, 2010 Contra was first player-manager of his club FC Timişoara before devoting himself exclusively to the work as a trainer. On 4 December 2010 he was released after a dispute with the owner Marian Iancu. He returned to Spain in November 2011 and has been a youth coach at his former club Getafe. A post he gave up in the summer of 2012, after he had received the offer, head coach of FC Fuenlabrada in the Segunda División B to be. On October 29, 2012, he was given the opportunity to take over the Romanian club Petrolul Ploieşti in Liga 1. There he won the Cup victory in 2013 his first title as a coach. In the third qualifying round of the Europa League 2013/14 he was able to prevail with his team first against Vitesse Arnhem, resigned in the play-off round but against Swansea City from. On March 10, 2014, he left Petrolul to sign the day after a contract with the Spanish side Getafe as the successor to Luis García.

Achievements

As a player

As coach

  • Romanian Cup Winners: 2013

Honors

  • On January 29, 2002 Cosmin Contra the title of honorary citizen of the city was awarded Timişoara.

Others

Since September 2006, Contra is in possession of a Spanish passport.

A.C. Milan Liga I 2000–01 UEFA Cup 2004–05 FA Premier League 2006–07 Copa del Rey Swansea City A.F.C.
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