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Aristică Cioabă

Aristică Cioabă
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Aristică Cioabă in a press conference in Oman
Personal information
Full name Aristică Cioabă
Date of birth (1971-08-04) 4 August 1971 (age 45)
Place of birth Petroșani, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
Azam (Manager)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1995 Jiul Petroșani
1995–1996 Farul Constanța
1996–1997 Jiul Petroșani
1997–1998 Rocar Bucureşti
1997–1998 Universitatea Cluj (loan)
1998–1999 Foresta Fălticeni
1999–2000 Onești
2000 Yunnan Hongta
2001 Wuhan Hongjinlong
2002–2003 Bihor Oradea
2003–2004 Al-Shoalah
2004–2005 Esporles
Teams managed
2005 Raja Casablanca (assistant)
2006 Al-Masry (assistant)
2007–2009 FC Balş
2009–2010 Al-Tadamun (assistant)
2010 Shabab Al-Ordon
2011–2012 Aduana Stars
2012–2013 Saham
2013–2014 Al-Oruba
2014–2015 Al-Shabab
2015–2016 Saham
2016 Aduana Stars
2017– Azam
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Aristică Cioabă (born 4 August 1971) is a Romanian football manager and a former footballer who is the current manager of Azam F.C. of Tanzanian Premier League.

Cioabă began his footballing career in with Petroșani-based CS Jiul Petroșani and played for seven consecutive seasons with them in both Romania's Divizia A and the second tier Divizia B. He made his debut for the Jiul side in the 1989–90 Divizia A season under head coach, Gogu Tonca.

In the 1995–96 Divizia A season, he moved to the oldest Romanian city, Constanța where he signed a one-year contract with FC Farul Constanta and made a few appearances in the 1995 UEFA Intertoto Cup though his side were eliminated by SC Heerenveen in the Round of 16.

The following season, he returned to CS Jiul Petroșani, where he helped his side to get promoted to the 1996–97 Divizia A. In Romania, he also played for lower league sides like AFC Rocar București, FC Universitatea Cluj,Foresta Fălticeni and FC Onesti before moving abroad to China where he played for two years with Yunnan Hongta F.C. and Wuhan Hongjinlong. He also had spells in Saudi Arabia with Al-Shoalah before finishing his career in Spain with C.E. Esporles.


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