 Pancu in 2011 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Gabriel Pancu | ||
| Date of birth | 17 August 1977 | ||
| Place of birth | Iași, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward, attacking midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Romania U21 (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1986–1994 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1994–1996 | Politehnica Iași | 55 | (4) |
| 1997–1999 | Rapid București | 77 | (23) |
| 1999–2000 | Cesena | 36 | (3) |
| 2000–2002 | Rapid București | 45 | (28) |
| 2002–2006 | Beşiktaş | 80 | (16) |
| 2006 | → Rapid București (loan) | 13 | (2) |
| 2006–2007 | Bursaspor | 32 | (3) |
| 2008 | Rapid București | 8 | (2) |
| 2008–2009 | Terek Grozny | 33 | (10) |
| 2010 | CSKA Sofia | 7 | (2) |
| 2010 | Vaslui | 5 | (0) |
| 2011–2015 | Rapid București | 96 | (21) |
| 2015–2016 | Voluntari | 24 | (5) |
| 2017–2018 | Rapid București | 23 | (18) |
| Total | 534 | (137) | |
| International career | |||
| 1994 | Romania U16 | 4 | (0) |
| 1995 | Romania U18 | 2 | (0) |
| 1996–1997 | Romania U21 | 8 | (2) |
| 2001–2005 | Romania | 27 | (9) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2017 | Voluntari (assistant) | ||
| 2017–2018 | Rapid București (technical director) | ||
| 2018–2020 | Rapid București | ||
| 2020 | Rapid București (president) | ||
| 2020–2021 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| 2022 | Voluntari (academy director) | ||
| 2022–2023 | Romania U20 | ||
| 2023– | Romania U21 | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Daniel Gabriel Pancu (Romanian pronunciation: [daniˈel gabriˈel– ˈpaŋku]; born 17 August 1977) is a Romanian football coach and a former player who played mainly as a forward or an attacking midfielder. Currently he is the head coach of the Romania national under-21 team.