Dănuţ Coman

Daniel Coman

Personal information
Full name	Daniel Dumitru Coman
Date of birth	28 March 1979 (1979-03-28) (age 32)
Place of birth	Ştefăneşti, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	Rapid Bucureşti
Number	1
Youth career
1995-1997	Argeş Piteşti
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1997–2004	Argeş Piteşti	61	(0)
2005–2008	Rapid Bucureşti	83	(0)
2008–2010	Braşov	33	(0)
2010–	Rapid Bucureşti	24	(0)
National team‡
2005–	Romania	14	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of Template:Datee

Daniel Dumitru Coman (born 28 March 1979 in Stefanesti, Arges) is a Romanian goalkeeper currently playing for Rapid Bucureşti.

Biography and career

He started playing football at 18 years old, at FC Argeş Piteşti and played his first game in A Division (first Romanian league) on 28 February 1998 against Dinamo Bucharest but unfortunately for him he was defeated 2 times and his team lost with 2-0. In the first season for FC Argeş 1997-1998 he played another three games.

In the next season he did not get any opportunity to play and at the half of the season was transferred to Rocar Bucharest where he played 10 games. He returned to FC Argeş in 1999 but did not play too much in the next four seasons, only 17 games during this time. Starting with the season 2003-2004 Danut Coman became the titular goalkeeper in FC Argeş's goal and played in most of the games: 22. The next season was the last for him at FC Argeş Piteşti and at the half of season was transferred to Rapid Bucharest. In total for FC Argeş he was goalkeeper in a total of 69 games.

At the end of his first season for Rapid Bucharest they finished on the 3rd place in the championship and Coman played in almost all the games, only missing one. In the next season 2005-2006 Danut Coman played in 22 games and in the end they finished the season in 2nd place and won the vice-champion title and the Romanian Cup after they defeated FC National Bucharest in the final.

In the European Cups Danut Coman debuted with Rapid Bucharest in the 2005-2006 season in UEFA Cup. This was the best season for Rapid in Europe. They succeeded to qualify in UEFA Cup's groups after they eliminated Feyenoord Rotterdam in a group with PAOK Thessaloniki, Shakhtar Donetsk, Stade Rennais F.C. and VfB Stuttgart. Rapid defeated PAOK, Shakhtar and Rennes and where defeated by VfB Stuttgart but they have still qualified in the next round where they have eliminated Hertha Berlin after 2 great games by Coman. They also eliminated another German team, Hamburg SV and they played the quarter final against Steaua Bucharest, their great Romanian rival. After 2 equal games they lost the qualification against Steaua.

On 13 December 2008 Dani Coman tracked by Bordeaux and Standard Liége, has left Rapid Bucharest to sign for FC Braşov only to return to Rapid Bucharest in the 2010 season.

International

Coman has in total 14 caps for Romania. He debuted on 16 November 2005 in a friendly game against Nigeria and played another 5 games after this. After some mistakes made by Bogdan Lobont in the game against Bulgaria, he became the regular goalkeeper for Romania.

He was originally supposed to be Romania's second choice goalkeeper for Euro 2008, behind Bogdan Lobonţ, but a last minute injury before the tournament made coach Victor Piţurcă to call Eduard Stăncioiu of CFR Cluj.

Short information

Height: 180 cm

Weight: 74 kg

Position: goalkeeper

Hobbies: fishing, playing tennis

External links

• Player Profile

Romanian football portal

Persondata
Name	Coman, Daniel
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	28 March 1979
Place of birth	Ştefăneşti, Romania
Date of death
Place of death