Cosmin Bărcăuan (born 5 August 1978) is a

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n football coach and a former player. At the beginning of his career, Bărcăuan played as a striker, but when he arrived at Dinamo București, coach

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started using him as a defender.

International career

From 2000 until 2004, Bărcăuan made 8 appearances and scored two goals for

, making his debut when he came as a substitute and replaced

Adrian Mutu Adrian Mutu (; born 8 January 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is in charge of Liga I club Rapid București. During his playing career, he was deployed as a forward or an attacking midfielder. Mutu star ...

in the 52nd minute of a friendly in which he scored the second goal of a 2–1 victory against

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. He scored his second goal for the national team in a friendly which ended with a 3–2 away victory against

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. Bărcăuan's last four games for

were at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers.

Honours

Player

Bihor Oradea * Divizia C: 1997–98 Dinamo București *

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: 2003–04 * Cupa României: 2002–03, 2003–04 Shakhtar Donetsk *

Ukrainian Premier League The Ukrainian Premier League ( uk, "Українська Прем'єр-ліга", ''Ukrayinska Premier Liha'') or UPL is the highest division of Ukrainian annual football championship. As the Vyshcha Liha ( uk, Вища ліга, ''Top League' ...

: 2004–05, 2005–06

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Cosmin Bărcăuan
at superleaguegreece.net 1978 births Living people Sportspeople from Oradea Romanian footballers Association football defenders Romania international footballers FC Bihor Oradea players ACF Gloria Bistrița players FC Dinamo București players FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Shakhtar Donetsk players PFC Krylia Sovetov Samara players PAOK FC players OFI Crete F.C. players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players Ukrainian Premier League players Russian Premier League players Super League Greece players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Ukraine Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Ukraine Expatriate footballers in Russia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Russia Expatriate footballers in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Romanian football managers Expatriate football managers in Greece {{Romania-footy-defender-stub