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Biography
Cătălin Necula (born 12 December 1969) is a retired Romanian football player, known for his association with football manager Cosmin Olăroiu, currently working at Al Ahli as assistant manager.
Playing career
Necula, son of the famous Romanian goalkeeper Necula Răducanu, started his career at Sportul Studenţesc in 1988. He spent four seasons at Sportul before switching to Universitatea Cluj in 1993.
In 1995, he joined FC National Bucharest and then in 1998 he played for a short while for Hapoel Kfar Saba in Israel. After he returned to Romania, he continued to play for FCM Reşiţa, Rocar Bucharest, FC Bihor Oradea, FC Argeş Piteşti and Gloria Bistriţa, before retiring from professional football in 2004.
Necula earned four caps for the Romanian national side in 1993.
Coaching career
In 2004, Necula returned to FC National Bucharest, this time as assistant coach and then in the autumn of 2005 he was for a short while the team's head coach. When Cosmin Olăroiu took over at Steaua in the winter of 2005 he asked Necula to join him as assistant manager. Since then he joined the coaching staff of Cosmin Olăroiu.