Florin Matache

Florin Matache (born 3 August 1982) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently goalkeeping coach at Liga II club CS Dinamo București.

Career Matache was born on 3 August 1982 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing football at Metalul Plopeni during the 2001–02 Divizia B season. In 2004 he signed with Dinamo București where he initially played for the club's satellite team. This was because the starting goalkeeper, Cristian Munteanu, had received a red card. In the same season he played three games in the early stages of the UEFA Cup campaign, helping the club eliminate Beitar Jerusalem and Skoda Xanthi as they reached the round of 32. Next season he was loaned for the first half to Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț, then for the second half at Liga II team, Otopeni which he helped earn promotion to the first league. Afterwards, Matache returned to Dinamo, helping the club achieve what was dubbed "The wonder from Liberec" by winning the away game against Slovan Liberec 3–0. This victory, which matched the score of the lost first leg, allowed them to qualify for the group stage of the 2009–10 Europa League after a penalty shoot-out where he saved two penalties, earning him the nickname "The Hero from Liberec". In January 2010 he joined Universitatea Cluj in the second league where he was wanted by his former coach from Ceahlăul, Viorel Hizo, helping the club get promoted to the first league. In January 2013, Matache returned to the second league when he signed with Damila Măciuca, working there with coach Claudiu Niculescu who had been his former teammate at Dinamo. For the 2013–14 Liga II season he and coach Niculescu went to CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea. In the summer of 2014, Matache signed with Concordia Chiajna, returning for a final spell in Liga I football, a competition in which he eventually made a total of 71 appearances. In the following years he played in the Romanian lower leagues for Academica Clinceni and Flacăra Horezu, helping the latter get promoted from the fourth to the third league, retiring in 2019.

In a poll organised by the Prosport newspaper in 2024, Matache was selected the best goalkeeper of Dinamo București's last 25 years.

Honours Dinamo București Liga I: 2006–07 Concordia Chiajna Cupa Ligii runner-up: 2015–16 Flacăra Horezu Liga IV: 2017–18