Ștefan Grigorie
Romanian footballer
Ștefan Costel Grigorie (born 31 January 1982) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder, currently assistant coach at Liga III club ASU Politehnica Timișoara.
Club career
Grigorie was born on 31 January 1982 in Segarcea, Romania. He began his career at Universitatea Craiova, making his Divizia A debut on 2 June 1999 under coach Marian Bondrea in a 1–0 loss to CSM Reșița. He was loaned for half a year in 2000 at neighboring team Electro in Divizia B. Subsequently, he returned to Universitatea with whom he reached the 2000 Cupa României final, being sent by coach Emil Săndoi in the 57th minute to replace Ionuț Dragomir in the 2–0 loss to Dinamo București. He made his European competitions debut in the 2001 Intertoto Cup, scoring five goals in four appearances.
In 2002 when Craiova owner Gheorghe Nețoiu left the team to go to Dinamo București, he took players Grigorie, Dan Alexa, Flavius Stoican, Ovidiu Burcă, Ciprian Danciu, Ștefan Preda, Cornel Frăsineanu and Cosmin Bărcăuan with him. He helped the club win the 2003–04 title, being used by coach Ioan Andone in 25 matches in which he scored eight goals, including the winning goal in a 2–1 derby victory against Steaua București. Grigorie also won three Cupa României, playing in all the finals, scoring the only goal in the 2005 final against Farul Constanța. Subsequently, he won the 2005 Supercupa României, playing the entire match under Andone in the 3–2 victory against Steaua. He also had some European achievements with Dinamo, such as getting past Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup.
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