Cluj where he won the 2009 Supercupa României. In 2009, Eugen Trică came back to his first club, Universitatea Craiova, but after a year, in 2010, he joined Concordia Chiajna, a team from the second Romanian division which he helped promote to Liga I for the first time in history and after a few games in the first division for Concordia, in October 2011, Trică decided to end his playing career. International career Eugen Trică played four games for Romania, making his debut on 3 March 1999 when coach Victor Pițurcă introduced him in the 74th minute to replace Dennis Șerban in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against Estonia. His following game was a 1–0 victory in a friendly against Ukraine and the last two were appearances at the successful Euro 2008 qualifiers, a 3–1 victory against Belarus and a 1–0 loss against Bulgaria. International stats Managerial career Eugen Trică started his coaching career in 2012 at Juventus București, after which he coached various other teams, including as an assistant coach, his biggest performances being a runner-up position in a Cupa României final with CFR Cluj and two promotions from the third league to the second and from the second to the first with FC U Craiova. On 22 September 2022, he became the head coach of Liga II side Concordia Chiajna. Personal life Eugen Trică was married to Lorena, daughter of Ilie Balaci, one of the best Romanian football players from the past. They divorced in 2015. Their son, Atanas Trică is also a footballer. Honours Player Universitatea Craiova Cupa României runner-up: 1997–98 Steaua București Liga I: 2000–01 Supercupa României: 2001 Litex Lovech Bulgarian Cup: 2003–04 CSKA Sofia Bulgarian Cup: 2005–06 Bulgarian Super Cup: 2006 CFR Cluj Liga I: 2007–08 Cupa României: 2007–08 Supercupa României: 2009 Manager CFR Cluj Cupa României runner-up: 2012–13 FC U Craiova 1948 Liga II: 2020–21 Liga III: 2019–20 References External links 1976 births Living people Sportspeople from Craiova Romanian footballers Romania under-21 international footballers Romania international footballers Romanian expatriate footballers Association football midfielders FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Steaua București players PFC CSKA Sofia players Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C. players Expatriate footballers in Israel PFC Litex Lovech players CFR Cluj players Anorthosis Famagusta F.C. players CS Concordia Chiajna players Liga I players Liga II players First Professional Football League (Bulgaria) players Cypriot First Division players Expatriate footballers in Bulgaria Expatriate