Liviu Ciobotariu
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 26 March 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Ghimpați, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||
| Playing position | Centre-back | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1998 | Național București | 173 | (19) |
| 1990–1991 | → Pandurii Târgu Jiu (loan) | 24 | (3) |
| 1998–2000 | Dinamo București | 47 | (4) |
| 2000–2001 | Standard Liége | 47 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | RAEC Mons | 46 | (1) |
| 2004 | Royal Antwerp | 14 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo București | 8 | (0) |
| Total | 359 | (27) | |
| National team | |||
| 1997–2001 | Romania | 32 | (3) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2006 | Național București | ||
| 2006–2007 | Dunărea Galați | ||
| 2007–2008 | CS Otopeni | ||
| 2008 | Internațional | ||
| 2008–2009 | CS Otopeni | ||
| 2009–2010 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | ||
| 2010 | CF Brăila | ||
| 2011–2012 | Dinamo București | ||
| 2012–2013 | CSMS Iași | ||
| 2013–2014 | FC Vaslui | ||
| 2015 | ASA Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2015–2016 | Al-Faisaly | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Liviu Ciobotariu (born 26 March 1971 in Ghimpați) is a Romanian football manager and former defender. He was the head coach of Saudi Arabian club Al-Faisaly.
He debuted in Divizia A with Progresul București in 1992. He made his debut for the Romanian national team in 1997 against Macedonia, and represented his country at the 1998 FIFA World Cup and Euro 2000. He played his last international match in 2001, and got 32 caps and 3 goals in total.
Scores and results table. Romania's goal tally first:
He retired in 2005 and began to coach in 2006. Between July 2011 and April 2012, he was the manager of Dinamo București. In January 2015, he took control of ASA Târgu Mureș. He brought the team to the first position in Liga I, but failed to win the championship after two losses in the last two games of the 2014-15 season. At the end of the season, Ciobotariu ended his contract with ASA on mutual agreement.
On 4 June 2015, he was appointed as head coach of Saudi Professional League side Al-Faisaly.
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