Robert "Puiu" Cosmoc (17 July 1931 – 11 December 1997) was a

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n professional

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who played as a

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for Flacăra Ploiești and

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. After retirement, Cosmoc was a respectable football manager, managing for years in the

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and obtaining notable results with clubs such as: Farul Constanța, Bihor Oradea, Progresul Brăila,

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. Cosmoc was also the assistant manager of the

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in the tenure of

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. Former CSM Suceava player, Relu Buliga, described Cosmoc in an interview given in 2017:"Nea Puiu Cosmoc was a calm guy with a strong voice and a style based on the long diagonal pass".Relu Buliga, primul marcator al unei echipe de fotbal a Sucevei în primul eşalon valoric
(Relu Buliga, the first scorer of a football team from Suceava in the first league). crainou.ro

Honours

Player

Flacăra Ploiești *

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: Runner-up

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Jiul Petroșani *

: 1960–61

Manager

Știința Cluj *

: 1965–66 CSM Suceava *

: 1986–87

References

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