Cristian Gheorghe

Club career Gheorghe was born on 10 September 1956 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1970 at local club Autobuzul, moving two years later to Argeș Pitești. In the 1978–79 season, Gheorghe helped Argeș win the title, being used by Halagian in 17 games, having to compete to be first-choice goalkeeper with Andrei Speriatu. In the following season they got past AEK Athens in the first round of the 1979–80 European Cup, where he kept a clean sheet in their 3–0 victory in the first leg, but the team got eliminated in the following round by title holders and eventual winners, Nottingham Forest.

In 1986, Gheorghe joined Sportul Studențesc.

In 1988, Gheorghe returned to Argeș for a short while, but did not play in any league games. He played two more games in the same competition, keeping another clean sheet in a 2–0 away victory over Yugoslavia, but conceded two goals in a loss during the second leg against Spain. Afterwards he played three games in the Euro 1980 qualifiers, managing to not concede goals in home wins against Cyprus and Norway. Gheorghe's last two games for the national team were in the 1982 World Cup qualifiers, keeping a clean sheet in a 0–0 draw against rivals Hungary and conceding two goals in a loss to Switzerland.

Coaching career From 1999 until 2001, Gheorghe coached Dacia Pitești in Divizia B. He mostly worked at Argeș Pitești's Center for Children and Juniors, forming players such as Nicolae Dică, Andrei Mărgăritescu and Leonard Manole.

Honours Argeș Pitești Divizia A: 1978–79 Gloria Bistrița Divizia B: 1989–90