Bogdan Stelea

Bogdan Stelea
Stelea in 2015
Personal information
Full name Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea
Date of birth (1967-12-05) 5 December 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Youth career
1980–1986 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Dinamo București 98 (0)
1987Politehnica Iași (loan)[1] 0 (0)
1992–1993 Mallorca 52 (0)
1993 Standard Liège 3 (0)
1994 Rapid București 13 (0)
1994–1995 Samsunspor 31 (0)
1995–1997 Steaua București 47 (0)
1997–2004 Salamanca 183 (0)
2002Rapid București (loan) 10 (0)
2004–2005 Dinamo București 13 (0)
2005 Akratitos 14 (0)
2006 Oțelul Galați 0 (0)
2006–2008 Unirea Urziceni 37 (0)
2008–2009 FC Brașov 23 (0)
Total 524 (0)
International career
1988–2005 Romania 91 (0)
Managerial career
2009–2011 Romania (assistant)
2012 Astra Ploiești
2013–2014 Romania U21
2014 Viitorul Constanța
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bogdan Gheorghe Stelea (Romanian pronunciation: [boɡˈdan ˈstele̯a]; born 5 December 1967) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a goalkeeper.

Having played professionally into his 40s, he played for all three major Liga I clubs in his country's capital, and also spent a vast part of his career in Spain, mainly with Salamanca, also Stelea played nearly 100 times for Romania, and represented the nation in three World Cups and two European Championships.[2][3]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference GSP2 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "FABULOS! Bogdan Stelea a dezvăluit cine i-a spus prima dată "Arnold": "Era o perioadă în care mai aveam păr! A văzut filmul şi mi-a spus aşa!"" [FABULOUS! Bogdan Stelea revealed who first called him "Arnold": "There was a time when I still had hair! He saw the movie and told me so!"] (in Romanian). As.ro. 29 January 2017. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  3. ^ "Stelea, 40 de ani şi 12 echipe" [Stelea, 40 years and 12 clubs] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 30 June 2008. Retrieved 26 January 2023.