Marius Șumudică
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Șumudică in 2016 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Marius Ninel Șumudică | ||
| Date of birth | 4 March 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1978–1988 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1989–1996 | Sportul Studențesc | 127 | (26) |
| 1992–1993 | → Dacia Unirea Brăila (loan) | 11 | (1) |
| 1994 | → Corvinul Hunedoara (loan) | 6 | (1) |
| 1996–1999 | Rapid București | 70 | (26) |
| 1999–2001 | Marítimo | 50 | (7) |
| 2001–2002 | Rapid București | 26 | (9) |
| 2002–2003 | Debrecen | 39 | (21) |
| 2004 | Omonia | 9 | (6) |
| 2004 | UTA Arad | 10 | (3) |
| 2005 | Gloria Bistrița | 2 | (0) |
| Total | 350 | (100) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2005 | Rapid București (assistant) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Rapid II București | ||
| 2006–2007 | Rocar București | ||
| 2007 | AS Dodu Berceni | ||
| 2008 | Inter Gaz București | ||
| 2008 | Progresul București | ||
| 2009 | Astra Ploiești | ||
| 2009 | Farul Constanța | ||
| 2010 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| 2010–2011 | Rapid București | ||
| 2011 | Kavala | ||
| 2011 | Astra Ploiești | ||
| 2011–2012 | FC Brașov | ||
| 2012 | Vaslui | ||
| 2012 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2012–2013 | Al-Shaab | ||
| 2014–2015 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
| 2015–2017 | Astra Giurgiu | ||
| 2017–2018 | Kayserispor | ||
| 2018–2019 | Al-Shabab | ||
| 2019–2021 | Gaziantep | ||
| 2021 | Çaykur Rizespor | ||
| 2021 | CFR Cluj | ||
| 2021–2022 | Yeni Malatyaspor | ||
| 2022 | Al-Shabab | ||
| 2022–2023 | Al-Raed | ||
| 2023–2024 | Gaziantep | ||
| 2024–2025 | Rapid București | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Marius Ninel Șumudică (born 4 March 1971) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.
Șumudică played as a striker and started out at Sportul Studențesc in 1989, going on to represent five other teams in his native country, as well as Marítimo, Debrecen, and Omonia abroad. In the 1998–99 season, he was part of Mircea Lucescu's Rapid București squad that won the national title, scoring 17 goals in the process. He also claimed two Cupa României trophies with "the White-Burgundies".
After retiring as a player, Șumudică returned to Rapid București as an assistant coach in 2005. He went on to manage numerous sides both home and abroad, notably bringing Astra Giurgiu its first Liga I title in the 2015–16 season at his third stint with the club. As a result, Șumudică was named the 2016 Romania Coach of the Year by the Gazeta Sporturilor newspaper. Apart from his time in Romania, he has coached teams in Greece, the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Turkey.