Sorin Cârțu

Sorin Cârțu (born 12 November 1955) is a former football striker and football coach. Cârțu won two Romanian Championships and four Romanian Cups with Universitatea Craiova. As a coach, he succeeded to win in the 1990–91 season with Universitatea Craiova both trophies in Romania, Divizia A and the Romanian Cup.

Sorin Cârțu

Sorin Cârțu in 1995
Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-11-12) 12 November 1955
Place of birth	Cornu, Romania
Height	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Club information
Current team	Universitatea Craiova (president)
Youth career
1968–1973	CSȘ Craiova
1973–1974	Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1989	Universitatea Craiova	283	(107)
1974–1976	→ Electroputere Craiova (loan)	51	(16)
1987–1988	→ Electroputere Craiova (loan)	31	(11)
Total		365	(134)
National team
1979–1983	Romania	7	(0)
Teams managed
1987–1988	Electroputere Craiova (player-manager)
1988–1992	Universitatea Craiova
1993	Electroputere Craiova
1993–1994	Romania U-21
1995	Rapid București
1995–1996	FCU Craiova
1997	Electroputere Craiova
1997	Veria
1998–2002	Extensiv Craiova
2002–2003	FCU Craiova
2004	Oţelul Galaţi
2005–2006	Argeş Piteşti
2006	Politehnica Timişoara
2006–2007	Progresul București
2007–2008	CS Mioveni
2008–2009	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2010	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2010	CFR Cluj
2011	FCSB
2012	ALRO Slatina
2012	FC Brașov
2013	Politehnica Iași
2014–2019	Universitatea Craiova (technical director)
2019–	Universitatea Craiova (president)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

During CFR's Champions League tie against Swiss Super League champions FC Basel at St. Jakob-Park, Cârțu destroyed a section of the dugout with his foot after his side conceded a 75th-minute goal. After the match, CFR Cluj sacked Cârțu, citing his behaviour in the game as the reason behind his dismissal.