Edward Iordănescu

Edward Iordănescu (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈedu.ard jordəˈnesku]; born 16 June 1978), sometimes known as Iordănescu Jr., is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder, and the current manager of the Romania national team.

Edward Iordănescu
Iordănescu in 2016 with CSKA Sofia
Personal information
Date of birth (1978-06-16) 16 June 1978
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Romania (manager)
Youth career
1984–1996 Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996 Steaua București 1 (0)
1997–1998 Sportul Studențesc 0 (0)
1998–1999 Panionios 2 (0)
1999–2000 Diplomatic Focșani 2 (1)
2000–2001 Rapid București 0 (0)
2001 → Rocar București (loan) 1 (0)
2001–2002 Alki Larnaca 5 (0)
2002–2003 Petrolul Ploiești 8 (0)
2003–2004 Vaslui 8 (0)
Total 43 (1)
Managerial career
2010 Steaua București (assistant)
2010 Steaua București (caretaker)
2011–2012 Steaua București (assistant)
2012 FC Vaslui (assistant)
2012 FC Vaslui (caretaker)
2013 Fortuna Brazi
2013 ASA Târgu Mureș
2014–2016 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2016 CSKA Sofia
2017–2018 Astra Giurgiu
2018 CFR Cluj
2019–2020 Gaz Metan Mediaș
2020–2021 CFR Cluj
2021 FCSB
2022– Romania
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He represented nine teams during a rather uneventful playing career, of which Panionios and Alki Larnaca abroad. Like his father Anghel, he started both his playing and coaching career at Steaua București.[1][2]

Iordănescu has found more success after his retirement as a player, earning a reputation in his country of being a studious manager who prepares matches in great detail.[3] During his two stints at CFR Cluj he guided the team to three domestic trophies, and in 2022 was appointed at the helm of the Romania national team.

Playing career

Iordănescu's connection with Steaua București began in early 1984, at the age of six. His father Anghel Iordănescu, who was an assistant coach at the time, took him along with him to attend games on the Ghencea Stadium. He sat next to Alin Stoica, also the son of a club legend, and they began playing together during warm ups and half-time breaks. After playing for Steaua's youth teams, Iordănescu was promoted to the first team in 1996 along with Stoica.

He failed to impose himself at the Roș-albaștrii and left for Sportul Studențesc in 1997. Iordănescu spent the rest of his career with several teams in Romania—Unirea Focșani, Rapid București, Rocar București, Petrolul Ploiești and Vaslui. He also had spells abroad in Greece and Cyprus with Panionios and Alki Larnaca, respectively.

Managerial career

Iordănescu retired from playing football in 2004, in order to begin his managerial studies. He took courses in Italy, Spain and England. In 2010, after Ilie Dumitrescu announced his resignation from his role as Steaua București manager, Iordănescu took over as interim coach.

On 20 June 2013, Iordănescu signed a contract with Liga II side ASA Târgu Mureș with the clear target to promote to Liga I. In October 2013, he resigned. In December 2014, Iordănescu was named head coach of Pandurii Târgu Jiu. He guided his side to the final of the 2014–15 Cupa Ligii competition. On 24 August 2016, Iordănescu was unveiled as the new head coach of Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.[4] Polish side Lech Poznań were also interested in hiring Iordănescu.[5] On 27 November 2016, following a 1–1 home draw against Vereya, he resigned from his duties.[6]

On 8 June 2017, he was appointed manager of Liga I club Astra Giurgiu.[7] On 2 April 2018, his contract with the club was terminated after a mutual agreement.[8] On 13 June 2018, Iordănescu signed a three-year deal with CFR Cluj, replacing Dan Petrescu who left for Guizhou Hengfeng.[9] He won his first trophy as a manager on 15 July, as his new side defeated Universitatea Craiova 1–0 in the Supercupa României.[10]

On 12 September 2021, Iordănescu coaching FCSB, managed the biggest score victory in the history of the Eternal derby, 6–0.

On 25 January 2022, Iordănescu was appointed as the new manager of the Romania national football team.[11]

Personal life

Iordănescu dated Romanian singer-songwriter Delia Matache from 2005 to 2006.[12] He is now married to a woman with whom he has three children.[13]

Career statistics

Managerial
As of match played 15 October 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record Ref.
PWDLGFGAGDWin %
Romania Steaua București (caretaker) 20 September 2010 27 September 2010 2 1 0 1 1 1 +0 050.00
Romania FC Vaslui (caretaker) 24 September 2012 27 September 2012 1 0 0 1 0 1 −1 000.00
Romania Fortuna Brazi 11 January 2013 13 May 2013 10 8 2 0 25 6 +19 080.00
Romania ASA Târgu Mureș 20 June 2013 9 October 2013 6 2 2 2 8 8 +0 033.33
Romania Pandurii Târgu Jiu 16 December 2014 20 June 2016 59 27 17 15 83 62 +21 045.76
Bulgaria CSKA Sofia 25 August 2016 29 November 2016 12 5 3 4 14 9 +5 041.67 [14]
Romania Astra Giurgiu 8 June 2017 2 April 2018 35 15 10 10 46 33 +13 042.86 [14]
Romania CFR Cluj 13 June 2018 26 July 2018 3 1 1 1 2 2 +0 033.33 [14]
Romania Gaz Metan Mediaș 7 January 2019 1 June 2020 42 18 12 12 54 43 +11 042.86 [15]
Romania CFR Cluj 4 December 2020 2 June 2021 30 21 5 4 49 15 +34 070.00 [14]
Romania FCSB 18 August 2021 15 November 2021 11 8 2 1 24 11 +13 072.73 [14]
Romania Romania 25 January 2022 present 18 7 6 5 27 17 +10 038.89 [14]
Total 229 113 60 56 333 208 +125 049.34 —

Honours

Player

Steaua București

Petrolul Ploiești

Manager

Pandurii Târgu Jiu

CFR Cluj

Individual

  • Gala Fotbalului Românesc Romanian Coach of the Year: 2021[18]

References
  1. "Anghel Iordănescu a decis! Anunțul făcut azi de fiul său" [Anghel Iordănescu has decided! The announcement made today by his son] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  2. "SPECIAL Situaţie de gradul I în Liga 1. Ce a realizat Silviu Lung jr. prin câştigarea titlului cu Astra. De la fraţii Vâlcov, la fraţii Costea şi familia Piţurcă" [SPECIAL First grade situation in Liga 1. What Silviu Lung jr. accomplished by winning the title with Astra. From the brothers Vâlcov to the brothers Costea and the Piţurcă family] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 9 May 2016. Retrieved 8 October 2017.
  3. "Șumudică, "secundul" lui Iordănescu la Vaslui? Adrian Porumboiu face dezvăluiri incredibile!" [Șumudică, Iordănescu's "assistant" at Vaslui? Adrian Porumboiu makes incredible statements!] (in Romanian). Playsport. 20 August 2021. Retrieved 22 August 2021.
  4. "Официално: Йорданеску пое ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). Blitz.bg. 24 August 2016.
  5. "Edi Iordanescu nie będzie nowym trenerem Lecha Poznań! Wybrał inny kierunek" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  6. "Позиция на футболен клуб ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). CSKA.bg. 27 November 2016.
  7. "Edi Iordănescu, noul antrenor de la Astra Giurgiu. Tehnicianul a semnat un contract pe doi ani". Libertatea (in Romanian). 8 June 2017. Retrieved 10 June 2017.
  8. "Comunicat de presă" [Press release] (in Romanian). AFC Astra Giurgiu. 2 April 2018. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
  9. "Bun venit, Edward Iordanescu!" [Welcome, Edward Iordănescu] (in Romanian). CFR Cluj. 13 June 2018. Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  10. "Iordănescu, la primul trofeu al carierei: "Nu e cazul să își facă alții griji pentru noi". Ce spune despre Omrani și Țucudean" [Iordănescu, after the first trophy of his career: "It is not the case of others to worry about us". What he says about Omrani and Țucudean] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2018.
  11. "Edi Iordănescu, noul selecționer al României" (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 25 January 2022. Retrieved 25 January 2022.
  12. "Delia Matache si Edi Iordanescu s-au despartit" [Delia Matache and Edi Iordănescu broke up] (in Romanian). Revista VIP. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 21 March 2019.
  13. "Când soția intervine, Edi Iordănescu face mulți pași în spate! Cât de descurcăreață este partenera însărcinată a antrenorului. Imagini de senzație / PAPARAZZI" [When the wife intervenes, Edi Iordănescu makes many steps back! How handy is the manager's pregnant partner / PAPARAZZI] (in Romanian). SpyNews.ro. 16 October 2006. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  14. "Edward Iordănescu managerial statistics at FootballDatabase.eu". FootballDatabase.eu. Retrieved 9 December 2019.
  15. "CS Gaz Metan Mediaș fixtures and results". Soccerway. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
  16. "FOTO&VIDEO | Imagini memorabile! CFR Cluj a ridicat al șaptelea trofeu de campioană din istoria clubuluipublisher=digisport.ro" (in Romanian). 25 May 2021. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  17. "FOTO&VIDEO | CFR Cluj a câștigat Supercupa României!" [PHOTO&VIDEO | CFR Cluj won the Romanian Supercup!] (in Romanian). Romanian Football Federation. 15 April 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2021.
  18. "Gala Fotbalului Românesc 2021 | Edi Iordănescu, cel mai bun antrenor! Florin Niță, cel mai bun fotbalist român. Toate premiile" [2021 Romanian Football Gala | Edi Iordănescu, the best coach! Florin Niță, the best Romanian footballer. All the prizes] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
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