Marcel Coraș

Marcel Coraș

Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-05-14) 14 May 1959
Place of birth	Arad, Romania
Height	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1969–1976	UTA Arad
1976–1977	Rapid Arad
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1977–1979	UTA Arad	57	(16)
1979–1981	Politehnica Iaşi	31	(9)
1981–1983	UTA Arad	28	(11)
1983–1988	Sportul Studenţesc	153	(56)
1988–1990	Victoria București	48	(40)
1990	Sportul Studenţesc	13	(5)
1990–1991	Panionios	30	(2)
1991–1992	Sportul Studenţesc	26	(4)
1992–1993	Aurillac	?	(?)
1993	Universitatea Cluj	21	(2)
1994	UTA Arad	31	(3)
1995	Motorul Arad	?	(?)
Total		438	(148)
International career‡
1982–1988	Romania	36	(6)
Managerial career
1996	UTA Arad
1997	FC Baia Mare
1998–1999	Bihor Oradea
2000–2002	Astra Trinity Arad
2002–2004	ACU Arad
2005	UTA Arad
2006	UTA Arad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 11 February 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 11 February 2018

Marcel Coraș (born 14 May 1959) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker.

Career

He was born in Arad and debuted in Divizia A with hometown side UTA Arad in 1977. His most successful period was between 1983 and 1988, when he played for Sportul Studenţesc, with whom he won the league's silver medal in 1986. He became top goalscorer of the Divizia A in 1984 with 20 goals. He retired in 1995, having finished his fourth spell with FC UTA Arad.

Coraș got 36 caps and 6 goals for Romania, and represented his country at Euro 1984. He scored the fastest goal in a second half in the European competition after 21 seconds in a 2–1 defeat against West Germany.

Honours

Club

Sportul Studenţesc

• Romanian League runner-up: 1985–86

Individual

• Divizia A Top Scorer: 1983–84
• European Silver Boot: 1988–89

External links

• Marcel Coraș at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)