Leonard Strizu

Leonard Strizu
Personal information
Full name	Leonard Mario Strizu
Date of birth	26 August 1967 (age 57)
Place of birth	Timișoara, Romania
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Forward / Right winger
Senior career*
Years	Team
1985–1986	Rapid București
1986–1987	Unirea Urziceni
1987–1990	Mecanică Fină București
1990–1992	Sportul Studențesc București
1992–1993	Progresul București
1993–1994	Politehnica Timișoara
1994–1997	FC Brașov
1997–1998	Kayseri Erciyesspor
1998	Chindia Târgoviște
1998	FC Brașov
1999	Sakaryaspor
Total
Managerial career
2008–2010	Steaua II București
2010–2011	Steaua II București
2021–2022	Unirea Constanța
2022–2023	FCSB
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Leonard Mario Strizu (born 26 August 1967) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward, who is currently in charge of Liga I club FCSB as a manager.^[1]^[2] After he retired from playing football, Strizu worked as a sports director at Steaua București, manager at Steaua București II and started his own business, a company that produces pickles.^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6] In September 2021, after ten years of inactivity, he was appointed manager at Liga II club, Unirea Constanța.^[7]

Conviction

In 2005 Strizu was arrested for influence peddling.^[8]^[9] In 2007 he was sentenced to a three-year suspended sentence.^[3]

Career statistics

Managerial

As of match played 2 March 2023

Managerial record by team and tenure
Team	From	To	Record
Team	From	To	P	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Win %
Steaua II București	1 July 2008	30 June 2010	64	32	18	14	96	52	+44	050.00
Steaua II București	3 November 2010	30 June 2011	21	4	5	12	20	33	−13	019.05
Unirea Constanța	4 September 2021	30 June 2022	20	5	3	12	27	47	−20	025.00
FCSB	30 November 2022	3 March 2023	13	10	1	2	26	11	+15	076.92
Total6			118	51	27	40	169	143	+26	043.22

Honours

Player

Mecanică Fină București

Divizia C: 1988–89^[1]

Politehnica Timișoara

Divizia B: 1994–95^[1]

FC Brașov

Divizia B: 1998–99^[1]

Manager

Steaua II București

Liga III: 2008–09

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Leonard Strizu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ Leonard Strizu at the Turkish Football Federation
^ ^a ^b "Fostul director sportiv de la FC Steaua şi un general, condamnaţi cu suspendare pentru trafic de influenţă" [Former sports director from FC Steaua and a general, sentenced to suspension for influence peddling] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Leo Strizu: "Cît timp va fi Argăseală la club, jucătorii de la tineret vor sta pînă la adînci bătrîneţi"" [Leo Strizu: "As long as Argăseală will be at the club, the youth players will stay up to the old age"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Leonard Strizu, fostul fotbalist care și-a propus să devină numărul unu în România pe piața de murături" [Leonard Strizu, former footballer who set out to become number one in Romania on the pickle market] (in Romanian). Modernbuyer.ro. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Un fost atacant al FC Brașov, cu 37 de goluri marcate sub Tâmpa, face milioane de lei din murături" [Former FC Brașov striker, with 37 goals scored under Tâmpa, makes millions of lei from pickles] (in Romanian). Bizbrasov.ro. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Leonard Strizu, reactivat ca antrenor și numit la Unirea Constanța, în urma parteneriatului dobrogenilor cu FCSB. Jucătorii vicecampioanei trimiși la echipa din Liga 2" [Leonard Strizu, reactivated as coach and appointed to Unirea Constanța, following the Dobrogeans' partnership with FCSB. The players of the vice-champion sent to the Liga 2 team] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
^ "Comunicat" [Bulletin] (in Romanian). Pna.ro. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
^ "Strizu, inca 29 de zile la racoare" [Strizu, another 29 days in jail] (in Romanian). 9am.ro. 8 April 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

External links

Leonard Strizu at Soccerway

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[RS-1] ^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h Leonard Strizu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

[2] Leonard Strizu at the Turkish Football Federation

[adevarul-3] "Fostul director sportiv de la FC Steaua şi un general, condamnaţi cu suspendare pentru trafic de influenţă" [Former sports director from FC Steaua and a general, sentenced to suspension for influence peddling] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 23 February 2007. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[4] "Leo Strizu: "Cît timp va fi Argăseală la club, jucătorii de la tineret vor sta pînă la adînci bătrîneţi"" [Leo Strizu: "As long as Argăseală will be at the club, the youth players will stay up to the old age"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 3 June 2009. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[5] "Leonard Strizu, fostul fotbalist care și-a propus să devină numărul unu în România pe piața de murături" [Leonard Strizu, former footballer who set out to become number one in Romania on the pickle market] (in Romanian). Modernbuyer.ro. 11 February 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[6] "Un fost atacant al FC Brașov, cu 37 de goluri marcate sub Tâmpa, face milioane de lei din murături" [Former FC Brașov striker, with 37 goals scored under Tâmpa, makes millions of lei from pickles] (in Romanian). Bizbrasov.ro. 13 February 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[7] "Leonard Strizu, reactivat ca antrenor și numit la Unirea Constanța, în urma parteneriatului dobrogenilor cu FCSB. Jucătorii vicecampioanei trimiși la echipa din Liga 2" [Leonard Strizu, reactivated as coach and appointed to Unirea Constanța, following the Dobrogeans' partnership with FCSB. The players of the vice-champion sent to the Liga 2 team] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.ro. 11 September 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.

[8] "Comunicat" [Bulletin] (in Romanian). Pna.ro. 6 April 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

[9] "Strizu, inca 29 de zile la racoare" [Strizu, another 29 days in jail] (in Romanian). 9am.ro. 8 April 2005. Retrieved 30 March 2020.

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