| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Daniel Dumitru Coman | ||
| Date of birth | 28 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Ştefăneşti, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Rapid Bucureşti | ||
| Number | 1 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1995-1997 | Argeş Piteşti | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps† | (Gls)† |
| 1997–2004 | Argeş Piteşti | 61 | (0) |
| 2005–2008 | Rapid Bucureşti | 83 | (0) |
| 2008–2010 | Braşov | 33 | (0) |
| 2010– | Rapid Bucureşti | 27 | (0) |
| National team‡ | |||
| 2005– | Romania | 14 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 July 2011. † Appearances (Goals). |
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Daniel Dumitru Coman (born 28 March 1979 in Stefanesti, Arges) is a Romanian goalkeeper currently playing for Rapid Bucureşti.
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He started playing football at 18 years old, at FC Argeş Piteşti and played his first game in A Division (first Romanian league) on 28 February 1998 against Dinamo Bucharest but unfortunately for him he was defeated 2 times and his team lost with 2-0. In the first season for FC Argeş 1997-1998 he played another three games.
In the next season he did not get any opportunity to play and at the half of the season was transferred to Rocar Bucharest where he played 10 games. He returned to FC Argeş in 1999 but did not play too much in the next four seasons, only 17 games during this time. Starting with the season 2003-2004 Danut Coman became the titular goalkeeper in FC Argeş's goal and played in most of the games: 22. The next season was the last for him at FC Argeş Piteşti and at the half of season was transferred to Rapid Bucharest. In total for FC Argeş he was goalkeeper in a total of 69 games.
At the end of his first season for Rapid Bucharest they finished on the 3rd place in the championship and Coman played in almost all the games, only missing one. In the next season 2005-2006 Danut Coman played in 22 games and in the end they finished the season in 2nd place and won the vice-champion title and the Romanian Cup after they defeated FC National Bucharest in the final.
In the European Cups Danut Coman debuted with Rapid Bucharest in the 2005-2006 season in UEFA Cup. This was the best season for Rapid in Europe. They succeeded to qualify in UEFA Cup's groups after they eliminated Feyenoord Rotterdam in a group with PAOK Thessaloniki, Shakhtar Donetsk, Stade Rennais F.C. and VfB Stuttgart. Rapid defeated PAOK, Shakhtar and Rennes and where defeated by VfB Stuttgart but they have still qualified in the next round where they have eliminated Hertha Berlin after 2 great games by Coman. They also eliminated another German team, Hamburg SV and they played the quarter final against Steaua Bucharest, their great Romanian rival. After 2 equal games they lost the qualification against Steaua.
On 13 December 2008 Dani Coman tracked by Bordeaux and Standard Liége, has left Rapid Bucharest to sign for FC Braşov only to return to Rapid Bucharest in the 2010 season.
Coman has in total 14 caps for Romania. He debuted on 16 November 2005 in a friendly game against Nigeria and played another 5 games after this. After some mistakes made by Bogdan Lobont in the game against Bulgaria, he became the regular goalkeeper for Romania.
He was originally supposed to be Romania's second choice goalkeeper for Euro 2008, behind Bogdan Lobonţ, but a last minute injury before the tournament made coach Victor Piţurcă to call Eduard Stăncioiu of CFR Cluj.
Height: 180 cm
Weight: 74 kg
Position: goalkeeper
Hobbies: fishing, playing tennis
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