Florin Prunea
Romanian footballer
Florin Prunea (born 8 August 1968) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.
Club career
Prunea was born on 8 August 1968 in București, Romania. He began playing junior-level football in 1977 when he went to play for Steaua București, but was rejected there and shortly afterwards went to rivals, Dinamo București. There, coach Fane Stănculescu used him as a striker in his first three years and then he worked with Gheorghe Timar who started using him as a goalkeeper. Later in his youth career he was coached by Iosif Varga, and also during these years he was teammates with future national team competitor Bogdan Stelea.
Prunea made his Divizia A debut on 31 May 1986 under coach Mircea Lucescu in Dinamo's 5–0 loss to Sportul Studențesc București. However, he made only a few appearances in the first three seasons as his childhood idol, Dumitru Moraru, was still the first choice goalkeeper of The Red Dogs. Thus, he and other players were sent to Universitatea Cluj in exchange for Ioan Sabău. After two seasons spent as first choice goalkeeper at "U" Cluj, he joined Universitatea Craiova. In his first season he helped Craiova win The Double, being used by coach Sorin Cârțu in 32 league matches, also playing in the 2–1 victory in the Cupa României final against FC Bacău.
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