Paul Constantin Codrea (; born 4 April 1981 in

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) is a

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n football

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and former player. A former

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, he was part of the

n squad at

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Playing career

Club

Paul Codrea started playing football in his hometown at the LPS Banatul Timișoara club. He went to play for

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, making his

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debut on 1 March 1997 when he came as a substitute and replaced

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in a 1–0 loss against Gloria Bistrița. After playing one more game in

for

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, the club loaned him to play for Politehnica Timișoara in

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. Two seasons later, he returned to play in

this time, being loaned by

at Argeș Pitești. In 2001, Codrea moved abroad, signing with

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club

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for a transfer fee of 2.75 million $. He later joined

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, where in the first half of the

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season he helped the team win the

title, thus gaining promotion to

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. In January 2004 he was loaned by

together with

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team

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in exchange for the transfer of

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. He was loaned once again by

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for the

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season in which he scored one goal in 35 appearances, helping the team gain promotion to

, which was later revoked because of the club's financial problems. Codrea definitively leaved Palermo when he signed with

club

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in 2006, where he played until 2012, with a interruption of a half a year in 2011 when he was loaned at Bari. In July 2012, he returned to Romania and joined

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and in the winter of 2013, he returned home at Politehnica Timișoara being a player-manager. Codrea has a total of 133 matches and three goals scored in

, 111 matches and six goals scored in

, 47 games and one goal scored in

and 6 games played for

in the

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International career

Paul Codrea played 44 games and scored one goal at international level for

, making his debut on 15 November 2000 under coach

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in a friendly which ended with a 2–1 victory against

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. He scored his only goal for the national team on his fourth appearance in a friendly against Lithuania which ended with a 3–0 victory. He played four games at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers, five at the Euro 2004 qualifiers and two at the 2006 World Cup qualifiers. Codrea played 8 games at the successful Euro 2008 qualifiers. He was used by coach

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in all three games in the group stage at the Euro 2008 final tournament, in the first one which was a 0–0 against

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he came as a substitute and replaced

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in the 64th minute, in the second one he played the whole game of the 1–1 against

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and in the third game he played as a starter and was replaced in the 72nd minute by

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in the 2–0 loss against

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. Paul Codrea went to play four games at the 2010 World Cup qualifiers and made his last appearance for the national team on 3 March 2010 in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 loss against

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. On 25 March 2008, Codrea was decorated by the president of

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, for his performance in the

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, where Romania managed to qualify to

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. He received Medalia "Meritul Sportiv" – ("The Sportive Merit" Medal) class III.

International stats

International goals

Coaching career

He signed with fifth league team ASU Politehnica Timișoara in 2013, replacing Antonio Foale who became General Manager. He debuted with a 3–0 victory over Gran-Plaz Liebling on 18 March 2013. He resigned on 29 November 2014.

Honours

Player

Palermo *

: 2003–04

Notes

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Codrea, Paul 1981 births Living people Sportspeople from Timișoara Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football midfielders UEFA Euro 2008 players Liga I players Liga II players FC Dinamo București players FC Politehnica Timișoara players FC Argeș Pitești players FC Rapid București players SSU Politehnica Timișoara players Serie A players Serie B players Genoa C.F.C. players Palermo F.C. players A.C. Perugia Calcio players Torino F.C. players A.C.N. Siena 1904 players S.S.C. Bari players Romanian expatriate footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate footballers in Italy Romanian football managers SSU Politehnica Timișoara managers FC Ripensia Timișoara managers