We are delighted to announce that our former vice-captain – Cristian Scutaru – is the newest coach at Politehnica Timisoara Academy. “Scuti” will coach the white-violet group of children born since 2016.

Cristian Scutaru (35) has been one of Politehnica’s leaders in recent years. Arrived in January 2018, the experienced central defender has made 106 appearances and scored two goals for the team at League 2 level. He played in 18 matches in the last championship edition, plus three more appearances in the Romanian Cup.

Born on 13 April 1987 in Reșița, he started playing football at CSMR. He also played for Jiul Petroșani, FC Politehnica Timișoara (twice runner-up and nine European Cups), CFR Timișoara, CS Buftea, Dinamo, ACS Poli (one promotion to League I) and UTA. He was also a youth international and scored one goal in nine appearances for the national youth team. At first league level he recorded 116 appearances and scored three times.

Cristian Scutaru has terminated his contract with Politehnica and continues to play for CSC Peciu Nou in the Timis IV League.

We would like to thank him for all his work on the field in the white-violet jersey and we wish him a lot of success in his new position at our club!