Florin Constantinovici

Florin Constantinovici (born 12 February 1968) is a former Romanian footballer who played as a defender.

Club career Constantinovici was born on 12 February 1968 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football at local club CSȘ 2 București. He completed his youth development with spells at Mecanică Fină București and Aversa București. Subsequently, he made five appearances in the 1989 Intertoto Cup, scoring a goal in a 5–0 victory against Spartak Varna. The team was relegated at the end of the 1988–89 season, but Constantinovici stayed with the club, helping it gain promotion back to the first league after one year. In the middle of the 1994–95 season, he made a comeback to Rapid. Afterwards, he played three games in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup in which they got past Lokomotiv Sofia in the qualifying round, but were eliminated by Karlsruhe in the following round. He then played three games during the 1997 Intertoto Cup, scoring once in a 2–0 home win over Žilina.

In 1997, Constantinovici went to play for Heerenveen where he became teammates with compatriots Dumitru Mitriță and Mugur Gușatu, and a young Ruud van Nistelrooy. He made his Eredivisie debut on 20 August 1997 under coach Foppe de Haan in a 3–1 home win over NAC Breda. Constantinovici scored his first goal in the competition on 4 April 1998 in a 2–1 away victory against MVV Maastricht. For the 2001–02 season, Constantinovici went to play for Tzafririm Holon in the Israeli second league. He helped them win the 1991 Nehru Cup, where he played five matches, including the 3–1 win over rivals Hungary in the final.

Constantinovici played three friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 21 December 1991 under coach Mircea Rădulescu in a 3–1 away loss to Egypt. Three days later, he played in another match against Egypt, which ended in a 1–1 draw. The highlight of this tenure was reaching the semifinals of the 2019 European Championship alongside head coach Mirel Rădoi. In 2019, Constantinovici joined Rădoi to coach Romania's senior team. He worked there until 2026, and the highest achievement was reaching the Euro 2024 round of 16 under head coach Edward Iordănescu.

Honours Rapid București Divizia B: 1989–90 Cupa României runner-up: 1994–95 Romania B Nehru Cup: 1991