Edward Iordănescu

Edi Iordănescu
Personal information
Full name Edward Iordănescu
Date of birth (1978-06-16) 16 June 1978
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Playing position Midfielder
Youth career
1984–1995 Steaua București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1995–1996 Steaua București 1 (0)
1997–1998 Sportul Studențesc 21 (2)
1998–1999 Panionios 9 (1)
1999–2000 Unirea Focșani 32 (10)
2000–2001 Rapid București 11 (0)
2001 Rocar București 17 (7)
2001–2002 Alki Larnaca 19 (3)
2002–2003 Petrolul Ploiești 27 (6)
2003–2004 FC Vaslui 8 (0)
Teams managed
2010–2012 Steaua București (assistant)
2012 FC Vaslui (assistant)
2013 ASA Târgu Mureș
2014–2016 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2016 CSKA Sofia

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.


Edward Iordănescu (born 16 June 1978) is a Romanian former footballer and currently manager. He is the eldest son of former international player and coach Anghel Iordănescu.

Club career

Iordănescu's adventure with Steaua began in early 1984. At the early age of six, he was taken along by his father to watch games at the Ghencea stadium. He sat next to Alin Stoica, the son of Tudorel. They began playing together during warm-ups and half-time, when the players would pass them the ball. After playing for Steaua Bucureşti's youth teams, Iordănescu was promoted to the first team in 1996 along with his former teammate Alin Stoica. After finding out how difficult it was to make an impact at the first-team level, he left Steaua for Sportul Studențesc.

Among others, he played for several teams in Romania including: Unirea Focşani, Rapid, Petrolul Ploieşti and FC Vaslui. He also had spells abroad in Greece, and Cyprus with Panionios and Alki Larnaca.

Coaching career

He retired in 2004, in order to begin studying to become a coach. He took courses in Italy, Spain and England.

After Ilie Dumitrescu announced his resignation, pointing out that he cannot stay where he is not wanted, Steaua's assistant Edi Iordănescu took over as interim coach.

On 20 June 2013, Iordănescu signed a contract with Liga II side FCM Târgu Mureș with the clear target to promote to Liga I. In October 2013, he resigned.

In December 2014, Iordănescu was named head coach of Pandurii Târgu Jiu. He guided his side to the final of the 2014–15 Cupa Ligii competition.

On 24 August 2016, Iordănescu was unveiled as the new head coach of Bulgarian club CSKA Sofia.[1] Polish side Lech Poznań were also interested in hiring Iordănescu.[2] On 27 November 2016, following a 1–1 home draw against Vereya, he resigned from duty.[3]

As a manager

Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
ASA Târgu Mureș 20 June 2013 9 October 2013 6 2 2 2 8 8 +0 33.33
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 16 December 2014 20 June 2016 52 25 13 14 75 57 +18 48.08
CSKA Sofia 24 August 2016 27 November 2016 12 5 3 4 14 9 +5 41.67
Total 70 32 18 20 97 73 +24 45.71

References

  1. "Официално: Йорданеску пое ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). Blitz.bg. 24 August 2016.
  2. "Edi Iordanescu nie będzie nowym trenerem Lecha Poznań! Wybrał inny kierunek" (in Polish). Sport.pl. 24 August 2016. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
  3. "Позиция на футболен клуб ЦСКА" (in Bulgarian). cska.bg. 27 November 2016.
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