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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1977-09-07) 7 September 1977 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Măcin, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Sharjah (assistant) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSȘ București | |||
| 0000–1995 | Sportul Studenţesc | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1995–1998 | Sportul Studenţesc | 17 | (9) |
| 1996–1997 | → Gloria Bistriţa (loan) | 1 | (0) |
| 1998–2004 | Naţional București | 170 | (37) |
| 2005–2007 | Politehnica Timişoara | 53 | (8) |
| 2008–2009 | Otopeni | 31 | (5) |
| Total | 272 | (60) | |
| International career | |||
| 1996–1998 | Romania U21 | 8 | (1) |
| 2004 | Romania | 4 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2010 | Unirea Urziceni (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Unirea Urziceni (caretaker) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 2011 | Steaua București (caretaker) | ||
| 2011–2013 | Anorthosis Famagusta (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2017 | Al-Ahli (assistant) | ||
| 2018–2021 | Jiangsu Suning (assistant) | ||
| 2021– | Sharjah (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Gabriel Gheorghe Caramarin (born 7 September 1977) is a Romanian football coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach for UAE Pro League club Sharjah.
Career
Caramarin was born in Măcin. He began his career at Sportul Studenţesc and made his debut in the Divizia A in 1994. After a short interlude at Gloria Bistrita, he rejoined Sportul in 1997, playing 16 matches for the Bucharest-based team. As Sportul relegated, he moved to FC Naţional, where he spent the next seven years of his career, making over 150 first league appearances. He joined Poli in the winter break of the 2004–05 season, together with Național coach Cosmin Olăroiu and teammates Gabriel Cânu, Gigel Coman and Marius Popa.
International career
Caramarin made his debut for the Romania national team in a friendly against Germany, and scored on his debut in a 5–1 win. He went on to make another three appearances for Romania.
| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2004 | 4 | 1 |
| Total | 4 | 1 | |
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Caramarin goal.
| No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 April 2004 | Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest, Romania |  Germany |
5–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
Coaching career
After retiring in 2009, he became the assistant coach of Unirea Urziceni and later Steaua București.
He won the Cupa României with Steaua București in 2011 as caretaker head coach.
Honours
Player
Național București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2002–03
Politehnica Timișoara
- Cupa României runner-up: 2006–07
Manager
Steaua București
References
- "Gabriel Caramarin". European Football. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
- "Romania vs. Germany 5 – 1". Soccerway. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
External links
- Gabriel Caramarin at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
| Gabriel Caramarin managerial positions | |||||
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- 1977 births
- Living people
- People from Măcin
- Romanian men's footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- Romania men's international footballers
- Liga I players
- Liga II players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara players
- ACF Gloria Bistrița players
- FC Sportul Studențesc București players
- FC Progresul București players
- CS Otopeni players
- FCSB non-playing staff
- FCSB managers
- Romanian football managers
- Romanian expatriate football managers
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus
- Expatriate football managers in Cyprus
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates
- Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China
- Sportspeople from Tulcea County