page_title: Mirel Rădoi
section_title: FCSB
hierarchical_section_title: Mirel Rădoi / Playing career / FCSB
caption_attribution_description: Mirel Rădoi
context_page_description: Mirel Matei Rădoi is a Romanian former footballer and the current head coach of the Romania national team. He played as a defensive midfielder or a central defender. Capped 67 times by the national team, he represented Romania at the UEFA Euro 2008.
  Rădoi began his playing career at Extensiv Craiova in 1999. The following year he signed for Steaua București where he amassed over 58 games in all competitions and won two domestic trophies over the course of two-and-a-half seasons. After playing for FCSB, he spent his later years with teams from the Arabian Peninsula starting with Al-Hilal in 2009.
  Following his retirement as a player in 2015, Rădoi immediately returned to FCSB as a head coach. The team failed to qualify for the group stages of European competitions, and he was sacked in December. Appointed manager of the Romania under-21 national team in 2018, he led them to the semi-finals of the 2019 UEFA European Championship. Following the success of the under-21 side, Rădoi was named manager of the Romania senior team in November 2019.
context_section_description: In 2005, Rădoi won a second championship title; and in 2006, yet another: his third. On 24 February 2005, he won an important match in the UEFA Cup against holder Valencia. In 2006 Rădoi captained the team in the UEFA Cup semi-final against Middlesbrough which FCSB lost 4–3 on aggregate.
  In the summer of 2006, a rumour circulated that Rădoi would sign for Premier League club Portsmouth as soon as the transfer window opened in England, with the transfer fee estimated at around £11 million. The transfer did not materialize, however, and many speculated that the £11 million offer was no more than a ploy to jack up the player's potential transfer value before a move elsewhere. In the end, FCSB's owner Gigi Becali stated that he would not be selling Rădoi after all.
  Due to injury, he only played his first official game in the 2006–07 season on 12 November, a 6–0 victory against Național București.
caption: Rădoi with Steaua București in 2007.
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