Daniel Prodan

Daniel Prodan
Personal information
Full name Daniel Claudiu Prodan
Date of birth (1972-03-23) 23 March 1972
Place of birth Satu Mare, Romania
Height 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps† (Gls)†
1991–1992 Olimpia Satu-Mare
1992–1996 Steaua Bucureşti 121 (10)
1997–1998 Atlético Madrid 34 (4)
1998–2001 Rangers 0 (0)
2000 → Steaua Bucureşti (loan) 0 (0)
2000–2001 → Rocar Bucureşti (loan) 15 (3)
2001 Naţional Bucureşti 5 (0)
2002 Messina 5 (1)
2002–2003 Naţional Bucureşti 7 (0)
Total 188 (18)
National team
1992–1993 Romania U21 10 (0)
1993–2001 Romania 54 (1)
Teams managed
2006 Romania U-21 (team-manager)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

† Appearances (goals)

Daniel Prodan (born 23 March 1972) is a Romanian retired footballer who played mainly as a central defender. He is the elder brother of Ciprian Prodan who was also a footballer.

In a career marred by injuries he played mainly for Steaua Bucureşti, representing the Romanian national team in one World Cup and one European Championship.

Club career

Born in Satu Mare, Prodan came to prominence with country giants FC Steaua Bucureşti, having signed in late 1992 from hometown side FC Olimpia. With the capital club he won five consecutive league titles, always as an undisputed starter, and his debut in the league came on 8 November in a 3–1 win at FC Farul Constanţa, aged 20.

In January 1997 Prodan moved to Spain with Atlético Madrid, scoring four La Liga goals in only half a season (17 matches) and appearing in the same number of games in the following.

In the 1998 summer Prodan joined Rangers for £2.2m, but made no first-team appearances in two-and-a-half years in Scotland due to a serious knee injury, which he sustained whilst with the Colchoneros.[1][2] Rangers' doctor later revealed that no medical had been conducted, and the transfer was rushed to completion on the strength of falsified documents;[3] the Glasgow club threatened to sue Atlético Madrid, but backed down and released the player in January 2001.[4]

During the last five years of his career (Rangers included), Prodan only appeared in 33 matches combined while representing four teams, retiring at the age of 31 with FC Naţional Bucureşti.

International career

Prodan won 54 caps for the Romanian national team between 1993 and 2001,[5] and was in the squad for the 1994 FIFA World Cup (all complete matches for the quarterfinalists[6]) and UEFA Euro 1996.

He scored one international goal, against Slovakia in 1994.

References

  1. ↑ Prodan pleads for Ibrox debut; BBC Sport, 13 December 2000
  2. ↑ Rangers release Prodan; BBC Sport, 1 February 2001
  3. ↑ Scotland doctor Professor Stewart Hillis has spent 40 years in the game, but knows he will always be remembered for Daniel Prodan’s transfer; Herald Scotland, 23 July 2010
  4. ↑ The longest wait for a new signing's debut; The Guardian, 17 August 2005
  5. ↑ "Daniel Claudiu Prodan - International Appearances". RSSSF. Retrieved 5 January 2013.
  6. ↑ Daniel Prodan – FIFA competition record

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