Daniel Florea (footballer, born 1975)

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Daniel Florea (born 18 December 1975) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player who played as a left-back, currently assistant coach at Liga II club Metaloglobus București.^[1]

Daniel Florea

Personal information
Date of birth	(1975-12-18) 18 December 1975 (age 49)
Place of birth	Vaslui, Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Left-back
Team information
Current team	Metaloglobus București (assistant)
Youth career
0000–1993	Oțelul Galați
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1997	Oțelul Galați	84	(2)
1997–2001	Dinamo București	94	(3)
2001–2004	Shakhtar Donetsk	58	(1)
2001–2002	Shakhtar-2 Donetsk	2	(0)
2005	Metalurh Zaporizhzhia	13	(0)
2005	Metalurh Donetsk	13	(0)
2006	Dinamo București	9	(0)
2006–2009	APOEL	51	(0)
2010–2013	Dunărea Galați	35	(3)
Total		359	(9)
International career
1999–2002	Romania	3	(0)
Managerial career
2013	Oțelul Galați II (assistant)
2013	Oțelul Galați II (caretaker)
2014	Oțelul Galați II (assistant)
2014–2015	Oțelul Galați (assistant)
2015–2016	Oțelul Galați
2016	Delta Dobrogea Tulcea (assistant)
2017	Olimpia Satu Mare
2018	Voluntari (assistant)
2019–2021	Farul Constanța (assistant)
2021	Unirea Constanța (assistant)
2022	Concordia Chiajna (assistant)
2022–2023	Gloria Buzău (assistant)
2023–	Metaloglobus București (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

Daniel Florea played 3 matches for Romania, making his debut under coach Victor Pițurcă when he came as a substitute and replaced Dumitru Mitriță in the 88th minute of a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Estonia.^[2][3] His second game for the national team was a 1–0 away victory against Azerbaijan at the Euro 2000 qualifiers.^[2][4] His last match for Romania was a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss against Greece.^[2][5]

International stats

Romania
Year	Apps	Goals
1999	2	0
2000	0	0
2001	0	0
2002	1	0
Total	3	0

Honours

Player

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1999–00^[1][6]
• Cupa României: 1999–00, 2000–01^[1][6]

Shakhtar Donetsk

• Ukrainian Premier League: 2001–02
• Ukrainian Cup: 2001–02, 2003–04^[1][6]

APOEL

• Cypriot First Division: 2006–07, 2008–09^[1][6]
• Cypriot Cup: 2007–08^[1][6]
• Cypriot Super Cup: 2008^[1]