Emil Săndoi (born 1 March 1965) is a Romanian professional

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and former player.

Career

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, who was born in

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and debuted in Divizia A with hometown side Universitatea Craiova in 1983. Săndoi made his debut for the Romania national team in 1987 against

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, and was chosen in the

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squad.

Game interference

In a game between Chindia Târgoviște and Argeș in Romania's second division, Săndoi was standing on the side line as manager, and yet interfered in the match by tripping an opposition player.

International stats

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova *

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 ...

: 1990–91 *

Cupa României The Cupa României () is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. It is the Romania ...

: 1990–91, 1992–93

Coach

Universitatea Craiova *

runner-up: 1999–00 Pandurii Târgu Jiu *

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: 2004–05

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* 1965 births Living people Footballers from Craiova Romanian men's footballers Men's association football defenders CS Universitatea Craiova players FC U Craiova 1948 players Angers SCO players FC Argeș Pitești players 1990 FIFA World Cup players Romania men's international footballers Liga I players Ligue 2 players Romanian football managers Liga I managers Liga II managers FC U Craiova 1948 managers FC Vaslui managers CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu managers CS Universitatea Craiova managers CS Concordia Chiajna managers FC Argeș Pitești managers AFC Chindia Târgoviște managers FC Politehnica Iași (2010) managers Romania national football team managers Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate men's footballers in France 20th-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-defender-1960s-stub