Petre Marin

Petre Marin
	Marin with Steaua București in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	8 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Left back / Right back
Youth career
1980–1993	Sportul Studențesc
Senior career*
Years	Team
1993–1995	Sportul Studențesc
1995–2004	Național București
2001	→ Rapid București (loan)
2004–2010	Steaua București
2010	Unirea Urziceni
2011	Concordia Chiajna
Total
International career
1992–1996	Romania U-21
2004–2007	Romania
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 13 August 2011

Petre Marin (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpetre maˈrin]; born 8 September 1973) is a retired Romanian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career

Marin made his professional debut in 1993, when he was signed by Sportul Studenţesc of Bucharest. In 1995, he joined Naţional București, where he remained until 2004. During the 2000–01 season, while under contract with Naţional București, he was loaned to Rapid București. In 2004, he was transferred to Steaua București and quickly earned himself a place in the first eleven. His six-year spell with Steaua include two Liga 1 titles, and a UEFA Cup semi-final in 2006. On 17 October 2008, Petre played his 400th match in Liga I.

On 8 June 2010, he signed a two-year deal with Unirea Urziceni making only four appearances because of the financial problems suffered by the club. As of August 2010, he made a total of 453 appearances in Liga I while playing for Urziceni. In February 2011, the 37-year-old defender signed for newly promoted team Concordia Chiajna. On 4 January 2012, he announced his retirement from professional football.^[1]

International career

Petre Marin won 9 caps for Romania and three caps for Romania under 21 team.

He made his senior national team debut on 27 May 2004 in a friendly match against Republic of Ireland.

Personal life

Petre Marin is an ethnic Romani. His son, Răzvan is also a professional footballer, currently playing for Italian side Empoli.^[2]

Honours

Season	Club	Title
2004–05	Steaua București	Divizia A
2005–06	Steaua București	Divizia A
2005–06	Steaua București	Supercupa României

References

^ "Exclusiv / Gata! Petre Marin se retrage din fotbal. Are 38 de ani, da…". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.
^ "Ajax sign highly-rated starlet Razvan Marin to replace Barcelona-bound Frenkie De Jong". The Independent. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

External links

Petre Marin Archived 23 March 2012 at the Wayback Machine at SteauaFC.com (in Romanian)
Petre Marin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
Petre Marin at Soccerway

Sporting positions
Preceded by Sorin Ghionea	Steaua captain 2010	Succeeded by Bănel Nicoliţă

[1] "Exclusiv / Gata! Petre Marin se retrage din fotbal. Are 38 de ani, da…". Archived from the original on 29 July 2012.

[2] "Ajax sign highly-rated starlet Razvan Marin to replace Barcelona-bound Frenkie De Jong". The Independent. 4 April 2019. Archived from the original on 26 May 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2019.

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