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Constantin Gâlcă

1972 - Today

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Constantin "Costel" Gâlcă (born 8 March 1972) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club Rapid București. Equally at ease as a defensive or central midfielder and possessing an accurate long-range shot, he first made a name for himself at Steaua București. He then spent a full decade in Spain, playing in 318 matches in both major levels combined and representing five clubs, most notably Espanyol. Additionally, Gâlcă appeared for Romania in two World Cups and as many European Championships, winning 68 caps. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 25 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 24 in 2024). Constantin Gâlcă is the 6,091st most popular soccer player (down from 4,708th in 2024), the 533rd most popular biography from Romania (down from 480th in 2019) and the 90th most popular Romanian Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Constantin Gâlcă ranks 6,089 out of 21,273. Before him are Koichi Yokozeki, Predrag Đorđević, Shingo Shibata, and Viktor Pasulko. After him are Olle Nordin, Ken Matsumoto, Juan Carlos Oleniak, Nobutoshi Kaneda, Ahmed Radhi, Antonio Nocerino, Akemi Noda, and Daichi Hakkaku.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1972, Constantin Gâlcă ranks 428. Before him are Jill Scott, Raimondas Rumšas, Olivér Várhelyi, Jesper Strömblad, Predrag Đorđević, and Agata Kornhauser-Duda. After him are Takanohana Kōji, Oleh Lyashko, Prince Constantin of Liechtenstein, Erika Marozsán, Masakazu Morita, and Claudia Pechstein.

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In Romania

Among people born in Romania, Constantin Gâlcă ranks 532 out of 844. Before him are Nicolae Dică (1980), Ciprian Marica (1985), Radu Voina (1950), Florența Mihai (1955), and Ion Negoițescu (1921). After him are Lavinia Miloșovici (1976), Vasile Pușcașu (1956), Maria Ștefan (1954), Corneliu Ion (1951), Elena Georgescu (1964), Ioan Andone (1960), and Paula Seling (1978).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Romania

Among soccer players born in Romania, Constantin Gâlcă ranks 90. Before him are Vasile Chiroiu (1910), Iulian Filipescu (1974), Károly Weichelt (1906), Răzvan Raț (1981), Nicolae Dică (1980), and Ciprian Marica (1985). After him are Ioan Andone (1960), Ioan Lupescu (1968), Vasile Iordache (1950), Romulus Gabor (1961), Ștefan Radu (1986), and Dumitru Stângaciu (1964).

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