Florin Prunea

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Field	Value
name	Florin Prunea
image	Florin Prunea 1994.jpg
image_size	245px
caption	Prunea with Romania in 1994
birth_date
birth_place	Bucharest, Romania
height
position	Goalkeeper
youthyears1	1977–1985
youthclubs1	Dinamo București
years1	1985–1998
years2	1988–1990
years3	1990–1992
years4	1998
years5	1998–1999
years6	1999
years7	1999–2000
years8	2000
years9	2001–2002
years10	2002–2003
years11	2003
years12	2004
years13	2004–2005
years14	2005–2006
clubs1	Dinamo București
clubs2	→ Universitatea Cluj (loan)
clubs3	→ Universitatea Craiova (loan)
clubs4	Universitatea Cluj
clubs5	Erzurumspor
clubs6	Astra Ploiești
clubs7	Universitatea Craiova
clubs8	Litex Lovech
clubs9	Dinamo București
clubs10	FCM Bacău
clubs11	FC Brașov
clubs12	FCM Bacău
clubs13	Skoda Xanthi
clubs14	Național București
caps1	165
caps2	56
caps3	48
caps4	7
caps5	11
caps6	1
caps7	24
caps8	8
caps9	22
caps10	27
caps11	14
caps12	15
caps13	2
caps14	4
goals1	0
goals2	0
goals3	0
goals4	0
goals5	0
goals6	0
goals7	0
goals8	0
goals9	0
goals10	0
goals11	0
goals12	0
goals13	0
goals14	0
totalcaps	404
totalgoals	0
nationalyears1	1990–2001
nationalteam1	Romania
nationalcaps1	41
nationalgoals1	0
manageryears1	2010–2011
managerclubs1	Dinamo București (sporting director)
manageryears2	2011–2012
managerclubs2	Astra Ploiești (president)
manageryears3	2012–2017
managerclubs3	Politehnica Iași (president)
manageryears4	2019–2020
managerclubs4	Dinamo București (president)
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Florin Prunea (born 8 August 1968) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Club career

Prunea was born on 8 August 1968 in București, Romania. He began playing junior-level football in 1977 when he went to play for Steaua București, but was rejected there and shortly afterwards went to rivals, Dinamo București. There, coach Fane Stănculescu used him as a striker in his first three years and then he worked with Gheorghe Timar who started using him as a goalkeeper.

Prunea made his Divizia A debut on 31 May 1986 under coach Mircea Lucescu in Dinamo's 5–0 loss to Sportul Studențesc București. However, he made only a few appearances in the first three seasons as his childhood idol, Dumitru Moraru, was still the first choice goalkeeper of The Red Dogs. After two seasons spent as first choice goalkeeper at "U" Cluj, he joined Universitatea Craiova. In his first season he helped Craiova win The Double, being used by coach Sorin Cârțu in 32 league matches, also playing in the 2–1 victory in the Cupa României final against FC Bacău. In 1992, Prunea returned to Dinamo, where he lived his most steady period, remaining with the team for six seasons but without winning any trophies.

In the following years he switched many teams, first returning for a second spell at "U" Cluj. Subsequently, Prunea returned to Romania and played just one game in the 1999–2000 season for Astra Ploiești. Prunea had his second experience abroad, when he went to Litex Lovech in Bulgaria where he was teammates with fellow Romanian Valeriu Răchită. There, he was in the center of a controversy, being accused of match fixing after a game against Levski Sofia.

He returned to Dinamo in the middle of the 2000–01 season, helping them win the Cupa României, being used by coach Cornel Dinu in the 4–2 victory in the final against Rocar București. In the following season he helped the club win the title, but coaches Dinu and Marin Ion used him in only six games, as the team's first choice goalkeeper was Bogdan Lobonț. Prunea ended his career at Național București where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 5 November 2005 in a 3–2 loss to Oțelul Galați, totaling 383 matches in the competition and 17 games in European competitions (including three in the Intertoto Cup).

International career

Early years

Prunea played 41 games in which he conceded 26 goals for Romania, making his debut on 5 December 1990 under coach Mircea Rădulescu in a 6–0 victory against San Marino in the Euro 1992 qualifiers. He made a total of three appearances during those qualifiers.

1994 World Cup and Euro 1996

He made another three appearances during the successful 1994 World Cup qualifiers. Coach Anghel Iordănescu used him in only one game in the group stage, where he kept a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory against USA, whereas Bogdan Stelea was preferred in the first two. Prunea played from the round of 16 onwards, as they got past Argentina with a 3–2 win, reaching the quarter-finals where they faced Sweden. There, with five minutes remaining in extra time, his side was leading 2–1. However, Prunea failed to intercept a 40-meter cross in time, allowing striker Kennet Andersson to level the score at 2–2. As a result, the game went to penalties, where Sweden won 5–4.

Prunea played one game during the successful Euro 1996 qualifiers. Iordănescu used him only in the 2–1 loss to the Spanish side.

Final years

He played two games during the successful 1998 World Cup qualifiers and was selected by Iordănescu to be part of the final tournament squad, but did not play there. Prunea was also selected by coach Emerich Jenei to be part of the Euro 2000 final tournament squad, but again without playing there. On 25 April 2001 he made his last appearance for the national team in 0–0 friendly draw against Slovakia.

For representing his country during 1990–2000 at the World and European Cups final tournaments, Prunea was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.

International stats

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National team	Year	Apps	Goals	Total	41	0
Romania	1990	2	0
1991	6	0
1992	0	0
1993	8	0
1994	10	0
1995	2	0
1996	6	0
1997	1	0
1998	1	0
1999	0	0
2000	3	0
2001	2	0
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Personal life

In 1994, Prunea was named Honorary Citizen of Bucharest.

Honours

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 2001–02
• Cupa României: 1985–86, 2000–01
• Supercupa României runner-up: 2001

Universitatea Craiova

• Divizia A: 1990–91
• Cupa României: 1990–91

Universitatea Cluj

• Cupa Ligii runner-up: 1998

Național București

• Cupa României runner-up: 2005–06

References

References

1. {{RomanianSoccer. 1651/florian-prunea
2. (21 January 2020). "INTERVIU EVENIMENT din Marbella, cu Florin Prunea: "La ce talent am avut, dacă munceam cum a făcut-o Stelea, nu mai apăra el un minut în fața mea!" (Partea I)". Prosport.ro.
3. (1 July 2020). "Prieteni și mari rivali: dialog amuzant în direct între Stelea și Prunea "S-a întors spre noi și, bum!, a leșinat" + cariera ratată de strungar și dormitul pe bănci, în Ștefan cel Mare". Gsp.ro.
4. (25 December 2020). "Ziua care i-a schimbat cariera lui Florin Prunea: "M-am dus la Steaua și mi-au zis: Băi băiatule, du-te și apucă-te tu de altceva!. Plângeam de rușine"". Gsp.ro.
5. (13 October 2016). "Povestea boemilor din fotbalul românesc. "Flencea" şi cu Varga erau "academicieni profesori doctori în științe alcoolice"". Adevarul.ro.
6. "Romanian Cup – Season 1990–1991". RomanianSoccer.
7. (22 January 2022). "Un roman, "teparul secolului" in Bulgaria". Ziare.com.
8. "Romania 6-0 San Marino". EU-Football.info.
9. (23 November 2019). ""Ei sunt jucătorii din Generația de Aur care nu driblau". Dezvăluirea făcută de Ilie Dumitrescu". Digisport.ro.
10. (28 March 2008). "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv". Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241.
11. "Cetățeni de onoare". Pmb.ro.

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