Constantin Schumacher (born 8 May 1976) is a Romanian football manager and former

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, currently in charge of

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club Minaur Baia Mare.

Club career

Constantin Schumacher started his football career at CSȘ Fălticeni, a youth club in his neighbourhood. He signed in 1992 with Foresta Fălticeni but moved, after only a season, to another

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team, more specifically

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. At the end of the season, his team promoted and he played 5 seasons for Argeș in Liga 1. In 2000, he joined

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where he played four seasons, making 77 appearances for his team and scoring 12 goals. After his time as a player at Rapid Bucharest, he moved to China, signing with Chongqing Qiche. He played two years in China, before moving back to Romania, where he played at Universitatea Craiova. At the end of the season, his team relegated and he moved to Ukraine at

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. He played 17 games in Vyscha Liha, scoring a goal. He returned to Romania after only a season at

. At the end of 2006–2007 season, Argeș relegated and he moved at Ceahlăul Piatra Neamţ.

International career

Schumacher has also one cap for

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. He played against Croatia at Dan Păltinişanu, but after that game he was not called anymore.

Honours

Player

Argeș Pitești *

: 1993-94 Rapid București *

Divizia A Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1 and officially known as SuperLiga for sponsorship reasons, is a professional association football league in Romania and the highest level of the Romanian football league system. Contested by 1 ...

: 2002-03 *

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: 2001-02 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României () is a Romanian football (soccer), football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994 Supe ...

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2002 The effects of the September 11 attacks of the previous year had a significant impact on the affairs of 2002. The war on terror was a major political focus. Without settled international law, several nations engaged in anti-terror operation ...

Coach

Rapid București * Liga IV – Bucharest: 2017-18

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Schumacher, Constantin 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Fălticeni Romanian people of German descent Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players Liga II players FC Argeș Pitești players FC Rapid București players ACF Gloria Bistrița players FC U Craiova 1948 players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players FC Internațional Curtea de Argeș players China League One players Chongqing Liangjiang Athletic F.C. players Guangzhou F.C. players Ukrainian Premier League players FC Volyn Lutsk players Football League (Greece) players Anagennisi Giannitsa F.C. players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate men's footballers in China Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate men's footballers in Ukraine Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Expatriate men's footballers in Greece Romanian football managers Liga II managers ASC Daco-Getica București managers FC Argeș Pitești managers FC Petrolul Ploiești managers FC Rapid București managers CS Mioveni managers CSC 1599 Șelimbăr managers CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) managers Footballers from Suceava County