Ștefan Grigorie

Ștefan Costel Grigorie (born 31 January 1982) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently assistant coach at Liga II club Tunari.

Club career
Ștefan Grigorie was born on 31 January 1982 in Segarcea, Romania, starting his career at Universitatea Craiova, making his Divizia A debut on 2 June 1999 in a 1–0 loss against CSM Reșița. He was loaned for a half of year in 2000 at neighboring Craiova team, Electro in Divizia B, afterwards returning at Universitatea where he made his European competitions debut in the 2001 Intertoto Cup, scoring five goals in four appearances. Grigorie was transferred at Dinamo București, helping the club win the 2003–04 Divizia A, being used by coach Ioan Andone in 25 matches in which he scored 8 goals. During his four seasons spent with The Red Dogs in which developed an appetite for goals, scoring 30 goals in 101 Divizia A matches, he also won three Cupa României, scoring the only goal from the 2005 final against Farul Constanța, won a Supercupa României and helped the team eliminate Everton with a historical 5–2 on aggregate, reaching the group stage of the 2005–06 UEFA Cup. In the summer of 2006 he was bought together with Dan Alexa from Dinamo by Politehnica Timișoara where he spent only one season, not accommodating, being transferred at Rapid București in exchange for Ionel Ganea. Grigorie spent 6 seasons with The Railwaymen, playing a total of 136 Divizia A matches, scoring 13 goals, winning the 2007 Supercupa României and under the guidance of coach Răzvan Lucescu, he helped the team eliminate Śląsk Wrocław with 4–2 on aggregate in the play-offs of the 2010–11 Europa League, reaching the group stage of the competition. In 2013, Grigorie had his first and only experience outside Romania, playing for half of year in the Cypriot First Division at Apollon Limassol, afterwards returning to play in Divizia A for three years and a half at FC Brașov, Concordia Chiajna and CSMS Iași. He ended his career by spending two seasons in Liga II at FC Brașov and UTA Arad. Ștefan Grigorie has a total of 368 Divizia A matches in which he scored 59 goals and 38 appearances with 5 goals scored in European competitions (including 4 appearances and 5 goals in the Intertoto Cup).

International career
Ștefan Grigorie played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Anghel Iordănescu on 12 February 2003, when he came as a substitute and replaced Mirel Rădoi in the 82nd minute of a 2–1 victory against Slovakia. His second and final appearance for the national team was under coach Victor Pițurcă on 16 August 2006 in a 2–0 victory against Cyprus.

Honours
Dinamo București Rapid București
 * Divizia A: 2003–04
 * Cupa României: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05
 * Supercupa României: 2005
 * Supercupa României: 2007