Marius_Șumudică

Marius Șumudică

Marius Șumudică

Romanian association football manager and former player

Marius Ninel Șumudică (born 4 March 1971) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.

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Șumudică played as a striker and started out at Sportul Studențesc in 1989, going on to represent five other teams in his native country as well as Marítimo, Debrecen and Omonia abroad. In the 1998–99 season, he was part of Mircea Lucescu's squad that won Rapid București the national title, managing to score 17 goals in the process. With "the White-Burgundies", he also claimed two Cupa României trophies in the 1997–98 and 2001–02 campaigns.

After retiring as a player, Șumudică became an assistant coach at Rapid București in 2005. He went on to manage numerous sides both home and abroad, before bringing Astra Giurgiu its first-ever Liga I title in the 2015–16 season, at his third stint with the club. As a result, Șumudică was named the 2016 Romania Coach of the Year by the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper. Apart from his time in Romania, he has coached sides in Greece, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.

Managerial career

Astra Giurgiu

On 28 April 2015, Șumudică was appointed as manager of Astra Giurgiu, following Dorinel Munteanu's resignation.[1] It was his third term at the club, after two short spells in 2009 and 2011. He led the team to a 4th-place finish, qualifying them for the UEFA Europa League. The European campaign was almost a success, as Astra stopped short of reaching the Europa League group stages after knocking out West Ham United in the third round, but lost to AZ Alkmaar in the play-offs.

Domestically, despite the poor start which saw Astra losing 1–5 to previous runner-ups ASA Targu Mures, Astra managed to finish the regular season on first place, 3 points above Dinamo București. However, Șumudică was suspended 6 months by the Romanian FA on charges of betting on football matches.[2] He later managed to have his sentence reduced to 2 months by appeal.[3] Despite his suspension, Astra kept their momentum during the play-offs, ending up in them being crowned Liga I champions for the first time in their history, also marking Șumudică's first domestic title as manager.

After a quick exit to Danish champions Copenhagen in the UEFA Champions League, Șumudică managed to guide Astra to 2016–17 UEFA Europa League group stage eliminating West Ham – for the second time in a row – along the way, after a 1–0 win in London. In the group stages, he faced Roma, Viktoria Plzeň and Austria Wien.[4] Despite losing the first two games of the group with Austria Wien (2–3 at Giurgiu) and Roma (0–4 in Italy), Astra managed two 2–1 away wins at Plzeň and Wien (along with a home draw with Viktoria) to stay in the race for a place in the knock-out stages. In the end, Astra's 0–0 draw with Roma and Austria Wien's failure against Plzeň in the last matchday secured Astra's place in the tournament's round of 32. There, they were eliminated by Belgian side Genk after a 2–2 draw at Giurgiu followed by 0–1 defeat in Belgium.

Astra's campaign in the league, meanwhile, was disappointing, with the team finishing 5th and losing the Romanian Cup final to FC Voluntari. However, due to Astra's position in the league and Voluntari not applying for a European license, the vacant spot was given to Astra, thus qualifying yet again in Europe.

Gaziantep

On 14 June 2019, Șumudică was appointed as manager of Turkish club Gaziantep.[5] In January 2021, following an away defeat in the Süper Lig against Sivasspor, the club announced that they had parted ways with the Romanian manager, following a few weeks of tension and public discussion about his contract.[6]

CFR Cluj

On 28 August 2021, CFR Cluj terminated the contract of Șumudică, ending his 3-month stint in charge after a disappointing campaign for Europe.[7]

Al-Shabab

On 23 March 2022, Șumudică returned to manage Al-Shabab until the end of the 2021–22 season.[8]

Al-Raed

On 30 June 2022, Șumudică was appointed as manager of Al-Raed.[9]

Career statistics

Managerial

As of 6 March 2024
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Honours

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Rapid București

Marítimo

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Astra Giurgiu

CFR Cluj

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References

  1. [1]
    "Şumudică este noul antrenor al Astrei, după demisia lui Dorinel Munteanu: "Vreau să ne calificăm în Europa"" [Şumudică is Astra's new coach, after Dorinel Munteanu's resignation: "I want us to qualify for European cups"] (in Romanian). Digi Sport. 28 April 2015. Archived from the original on 1 May 2015. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  2. [2]
    "Marius Sumudica, prins si el la pariuri? Antrenorul Astrei va merge astazi la Comisia de Disciplina a FRF!" [Șumudică, also caught betting? Astra's head coach will go to FRF's discipline committee today] (in Romanian). SportTotal FM. 10 February 2016. Archived from the original on 1 May 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  3. [3]
    "Pedeapsa lui Şumudică, redusă de la 6 la 2 luni: sancţiunea intră în vigoare începând cu sezonul 2016–2017! Reacţia antrenorului" [Șumudică's sanction, reduced from 6 to 2 months: the suspension will be applied starting with the 2016–2017 season! The coach's reaction] (in Romanian). ProSport. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 13 June 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  4. [4]
    "Steaua și Astra și-au aflat adversarele din grupele Europa League" [Steaua and Astra Europa League groups revealed] (in Romanian). Digi24. 26 August 2016. Archived from the original on 2 November 2016. Retrieved 3 July 2017.
  5. [5]
    "Marius Șumudică este noul antrenor al lui Gazisehir Gaziantep". mediafax. 13 June 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  6. [6]
    "Bașkanul lui Gaziantep a rupt tăcerea după despărțirea de Șumudică: "A depășit limita"". GSP. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  7. [7]
    "Marius Șumudică, OUT de la CFR Cluj! Cum explică ardelenii despărțirea" (in Romanian). digisport.ro. 28 August 2021.
  8. [8]
    "سوموديكا يعود إلى الشباب السعودي".
  9. [9]
    "سوموديكا يتولى تدريب الرائد بعد مغادرة الشباب".
  10. [10]
    "سوموديكا الشباب والمغربي حمدالله نجوم الدوري لشهر ديسمبر". SPL. 2 January 2019. Retrieved 2 January 2019.
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