Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 7 September 1977 | ||
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 | |||
–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 | CS 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.
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.
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 |
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Romania | 2004 | 4 | 1 |
Total | 4 | 1 |
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 28 April 2004 | Stadionul Giulești-Valentin Stănescu, Bucharest, Romania | Germany | 5–0 | 5–1 | Friendly |
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.
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Politehnica Timișoara
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