Cătălin Necula


Cătălin Răducan Necula is a Romanian football coach and former player who serves as an assistant coach at [United Arab Emirates national association football|football team|United Arab Emirates national team].

Playing career

Necula, son of the famous Romanian goalkeeper Răducanu Necula, started his career at Sportul Studențesc București in 1988. He spent four seasons at Sportul before switching to Universitatea Cluj in 1993.
In 1995, he joined Naţional București and then in 1998 he played for a short while for Hapoel Kfar Saba in Israel. After he returned to Romania, he continued to play for FCM Reşiţa, Rocar București, Bihor Oradea, Argeş Piteşti and Gloria Bistriţa, before retiring from professional football in 2004.

Coaching career

In 2004, Necula returned to Naţional București, this time as assistant coach and then in the autumn of 2005 he was for a short while the team's head coach. When Cosmin Olăroiu took over at Steaua București in the winter of 2005 he asked Necula to join him as assistant manager. Since then, he joined the coaching staff of Cosmin Olăroiu.

Honours

Player

Național București
Rocar București