Cristian Ambrozie "Coro" Coroian (born 14 March 1973) is a

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n retired footballer and manager. He used to play as a forward and almost all his career he played for

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ) or simply CFR, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I. Founded as ''Kolozsvári Vasut ...

and Gloria Bistrița, entering in the hall of fame of these clubs.

Career

Coroian began football at

in 1993. He later went on to play for many years at Gloria Bistrița before moving back to his first team. Coroian returned to Gloria Bistrița, being an emblematic player for this club. Coroian played 7 games and scored two goals in

's 2005 Intertoto Cup campaign in which the club reached the final. He was a flexible player, with the ability to play in any midfield or forward position. In 2009, he became

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of Gloria Bistrița. In April 2013, he began his first experience as head-coach, at

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team

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. He was sacked at the end of the season, being changed with

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. In July 2013 Coroian became the technical director of Gloria Bistrița, with his former colleague in the offensive line,

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, as head coach. In 2014 Coroian was hired as

Metalurgistul Cugir Club Sportiv Metalurgistul Cugir commonly known as Metalurgistul Cugir, is a Romanian football club based in Cugir, Alba County, currently playing in the Liga III, the third tier of the Romanian football. Metalurgistul Cugir was founded in 193 ...

manager and after a promising first season things have taken an unexpected turn. On 22 July 2015, during a training, he suffered a

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after which he remained sequelae and was forced to withdraw from his football manager career. On 8 July 2017, in an event organized by

, a charity match was played on Dr. Constantin Rădulescu Stadium between

and Gloria Bistriţa old boys teams. In the composition of the teams were former colleagues of "Coro" such as: Adrian Anca,

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, Cristian Panin or

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(

);

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Valer Săsărman Valer Săsărman (25 August 1969 – 29 August 2021) was a Romanian professional footballer who played as a defender. Săsărman started his career at Laminorul Beclean, but played for the rest of it for Gloria Bistrița, appearing in 329 Divi ...

( Gloria Bistriţa).CFR Cluj nu l-a uitat pe Coroian. Meci caritabil pentru fostul jucător al ardelenilor
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International

In 2006, he was proposed for the

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, but never played for them.

Honours

CFR Cluj *

Divizia C The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

: 1995–96 *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from , "between" and , " betting pool"),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition between European clubs. The competition was dis ...

runner-up:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Coroian, Cristian 1973 births Living people People from Gherla Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players CFR Cluj players FC Universitatea Cluj players FC Progresul București players ACF Gloria Bistrița players Romanian football managers ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș managers Footballers from Cluj County