Petre Marin

Petre Marin
	Marin with Steaua București in 2009
Personal information
Date of birth	8 September 1973 (age 52)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 6+1⁄2 in)
Position	Full-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 U21
2004–2007	Romania
Managerial career
2012–2013	Concordia Chiajna (sporting director)
	* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Petre Marin (Romanian pronunciation: [ˈpetre maˈrin]; born 8 September 1973) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as full-back.

Club career

Marin made his professional debut in 1993 in Divizia A at Sportul Studențesc. 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.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year^[2]
National team	Year	Apps
Romania	2004	1
	2005	1
	2006	3
	2007	4
Total		9

Personal life

Petre Marin is an ethnic Romani. His son, Răzvan is also a professional footballer, currently playing for Serie A club Cagliari.^[3]

Honours

Player

Progresul București

Cupa României runner-up: 1996–97, 2002–03

Steaua București

Unirea Urziceni

Supercupa României runner-up: 2010

References

^ "Exclusiv / Gata! Petre Marin se retrage din fotbal. Are 38 de ani, da…".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)
^ "Petre Marin". European Football. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
^ "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

[1] "Exclusiv / Gata! Petre Marin se retrage din fotbal. Are 38 de ani, da…".{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link)

[EU-2] "Petre Marin". European Football. Retrieved 14 April 2025.

[3] "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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