Leonard Strizu

Leonard Strizu
Personal information
Full name Leonard Mario Strizu
Date of birth (1967-08-26) 26 August 1967 (age 57)[1]
Place of birth Timișoara, Romania[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position(s) Forward / Right winger[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1985–1986 Rapid București 1 (0)
1986–1987 Unirea Urziceni
1987–1990 Mecanică Fină București
1990–1992 Sportul Studențesc București 23 (2)
1992–1993 Progresul București 27 (5)
1993–1994 Politehnica Timișoara 24 (10)
1994–1997 FC Brașov 62 (30)
1997–1998 Kayseri Erciyesspor 11 (2)
1998 Chindia Târgoviște 6 (1)
1998 FC Brașov 10 (7)
1999 Sakaryaspor 14 (6)
Total 178 (63)
Managerial career
2008–2010 Steaua II București
2010–2011 Steaua II București
2021–2022 Unirea Constanța
2022–2023 FCSB
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonard Mario Strizu (born 26 August 1967) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward, who is currently in charge of Liga I club FCSB as a manager.[1][2] After he retired from playing football, Strizu worked as a sports director at Steaua București, manager at Steaua București II and started his own business, a company that produces pickles.[3][4][5][6] In September 2021, after ten years of inactivity, he was appointed manager at Liga II club, Unirea Constanța.[7]

Conviction

In 2005 Strizu was arrested for influence peddling.[8][9] In 2007 he was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.[3]

Career statistics

Managerial

As of match played 2 March 2023
Managerial record by team and tenure
Team From To Record
P W D L GF GA GD Win %
Romania Steaua II București 1 July 2008 30 June 2010 64 32 18 14 96 52 +44 050.00
Romania Steaua II București 3 November 2010 30 June 2011 21 4 5 12 20 33 −13 019.05
Romania Unirea Constanța 4 September 2021 30 June 2022 20 5 3 12 27 47 −20 025.00
Romania FCSB 30 November 2022 3 March 2023 13 10 1 2 26 11 +15 076.92
Total6 118 51 27 40 169 143 +26 043.22

Honours

Player

Mecanică Fină București

Politehnica Timișoara

FC Brașov

Manager

Steaua II București

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h Leonard Strizu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ Leonard Strizu at the Turkish Football Federation
  3. ^ a b "Fostul director sportiv de la FC Steaua şi un general, condamnaţi cu suspendare pentru trafic de influenţă" [Former sports director from FC Steaua and a general, sentenced to suspension for influence peddling] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. ^ "Leo Strizu: "Cît timp va fi Argăseală la club, jucătorii de la tineret vor sta pînă la adînci bătrîneţi"" [Leo Strizu: "As long as Argăseală will be at the club, the youth players will stay up to the old age"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. ^ "Leonard Strizu, fostul fotbalist care și-a propus să devină numărul unu în România pe piața de murături" [Leonard Strizu, former footballer who set out to become number one in Romania on the pickle market] (in Romanian). Modernbuyer.ro. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  6. ^ "Un fost atacant al FC Brașov, cu 37 de goluri marcate sub Tâmpa, face milioane de lei din murături" [Former FC Brașov striker, with 37 goals scored under Tâmpa, makes millions of lei from pickles] (in Romanian). Bizbrasov.ro. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  7. ^ "Leonard Strizu, reactivat ca antrenor și numit la Unirea Constanța, în urma parteneriatului dobrogenilor cu FCSB. Jucătorii vicecampioanei trimiși la echipa din Liga 2" [Leonard Strizu, reactivated as coach and appointed to Unirea Constanța, following the Dobrogeans' partnership with FCSB. The players of the vice-champion sent to the Liga 2 team] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  8. ^ "Comunicat" [Bulletin] (in Romanian). Pna.ro. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Strizu, inca 29 de zile la racoare" [Strizu, another 29 days in jail] (in Romanian). 9am.ro. 8 April 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
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