Cornel Cernea (born 22 April 1976) is a Romanian goalkeeping coach and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently goalkeeping coach at Liga I club Sepsi OSK.

Cornel Cernea
Personal information
Date of birth (1976-04-22) 22 April 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth Căzănești, Romania
Height 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
Sepsi OSK (GK coach)
Youth career
Grivița IRA București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Grivița IRA București
1997–1999 Minerul Motru 22 (0)
1999 Grivița București
2000–2003 Petrolul Ploiești 39 (0)
2003–2005 Oțelul Galați 36 (0)
2005–2009 Steaua București 24 (0)
2009–2010 Unirea Alba Iulia 16 (0)
2010 Victoria Brănești 6 (0)
2010–2011 Unirea Urziceni 12 (0)
2011–2012 Farul Constanța 8 (0)
2012–2013 AS Căzănești
2014 Progresul București
Total 163+ (0)
Managerial career
2012–2013 AS Căzănești (player/manager)
2014 Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (GK coach)
2015 Astra Giurgiu (GK coach)
2015 ACS Poli Timișoara (GK coach)
2015–2017 SCM Pitești (GK coach)
2017–2018 CFR Cluj (GK coach)
2018–2019 Guizhou (GK coach)
2019 CFR Cluj (GK coach)
2020– Sepsi OSK (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 12:27, 23 June 2021 (UTC)

Club career

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Cernea played for Grivița IRA until 1997, when he joined the Divizia B team Minerul Motru. In 1999, he returns to Grivița IRA but after only few weeks joins Petrolul Ploiești and makes Divizia A debut. In 2003, he joins Oțelul Galați for a couple of seasons, before being bought by Steaua București in 2005 for a fee of €75,000. His last team being Progresul Bucuresti he retired in 2014.

Honours

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Petrolul Ploiești

Oțelul Galați

Steaua București

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