Marian Rada

Marian Rada ( born May 14, 1960 in Bucharest ) is a former Romanian football player and current coach. In his playing career he played 189 games in Divizia A, the highest Romanian football league.

Career as a player

The career of Rada began at Autobuzul Bucharest, where he came in 1981 to the squad for the first team, which played into the Divizia B. In 1983 he undertook the local rivals Rapid Bucharest. There he quickly established himself as a regular force. The 1983/84 season joined the newly promoted from the league, the following two seasons, he landed in the middle of the Divizia A. After three years he moved to Universitatea Craiova in the Liga, which starred the UEFA Cup places. In the 1986/87 season he reached with his new team to finish fifth and first played in the European Cup, where he reached the second round with his team after a victory against Galatasaray Istanbul and there was eliminated by eventual finalists Dundee United.

After he had hardly come in the first round 1987/88 for use, Craiova Rada left again and returned to Rapid Bucharest. At the end of the season, he was relegated with Rapid in the Divizia B, but managed its chances of promotion. In 1991, he ended his active career.

National

Rada played two inserts for the Romanian national team. In March 1986, the then national coach Mircea Lucescu appointed him in his squad for international duty in Iraq. There he made ​​his debut on 14 March 1986 in the first game against the hosts. Three days later, also in the second game it was used over the full distance.

Career as a coach

After the end of his active career Rada worked in various capacities for his former club Rapid Bucharest. He had several times to help out as interim coach. In the season 2007/ 08 he jumped in March 2008 for the retired Mircea Rednic and led the team in the UEFA Cup, before he stepped back into second place. At the beginning of 2009, he broke José Peseiro from as head coach, but resigned with six games left in the season, as the missed at the end of qualifying for the European Cup was in danger. End of April 2011 he took over the post of the discharged Marius Şumudică and led Rapid at the end of 2010/ 11 in the Europa League. He then became an assistant coach under new head coach Razvan Lucescu. In October 2012, he went back up to the head coach. At the end of the season 2012/13 Rapid had to descend at the green table in the Table II. In August 2013 Rada changed at Rapid on the post of Head of youth department.