| Cornel Cernea | |
| Birth Date: | 1976 4, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Căzănești, Romania |
| Height: | 1.84 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Sepsi OSK (GK coach) |
| Youthclubs1: | Grivița IRA București |
| Years1: | 1996 |
| Clubs1: | Grivița IRA București |
| Years2: | 1997–1999 |
| Clubs2: | Minerul Motru |
| Caps2: | 22 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Years3: | 1999 |
| Clubs3: | Grivița București |
| Years4: | 2000–2003 |
| Caps4: | 39 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Years5: | 2003–2005 |
| Clubs5: | Oțelul Galați |
| Caps5: | 36 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Years6: | 2005–2009 |
| Clubs6: | Steaua București |
| Caps6: | 24 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Years7: | 2009–2010 |
| Caps7: | 16 |
| Goals7: | 0 |
| Years8: | 2010 |
| Caps8: | 6 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Years9: | 2010–2011 |
| Clubs9: | Unirea Urziceni |
| Caps9: | 12 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Years10: | 2011–2012 |
| Clubs10: | Farul Constanța |
| Caps10: | 8 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Years11: | 2012–2013 |
| Clubs11: | AS Căzănești |
| Years12: | 2014 |
| Totalcaps: | 163+ |
| Totalgoals: | 0 |
| Manageryears1: | 2012–2013 |
| Managerclubs1: | AS Căzănești (player/manager) |
| Manageryears2: | 2014 |
| Managerclubs2: | Fortuna Poiana Câmpina (GK coach) |
| Manageryears3: | 2015 |
| Managerclubs3: | Astra Giurgiu (GK coach) |
| Manageryears4: | 2015 |
| Managerclubs4: | ACS Poli Timișoara (GK coach) |
| Manageryears5: | 2015–2017 |
| Managerclubs5: | SCM Pitești (GK coach) |
| Manageryears6: | 2017–2018 |
| Managerclubs6: | CFR Cluj (GK coach) |
| Manageryears7: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs7: | Guizhou (GK coach) |
| Manageryears8: | 2019 |
| Managerclubs8: | CFR Cluj (GK coach) |
| Manageryears9: | 2020– |
| Managerclubs9: | Sepsi OSK (GK coach) |
| Pcupdate: | 12:27, 23 June 2021 (UTC) |
Cornel Cernea (born 22 April 1976) is a Romanian goalkeeping coach and former professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, and is currently goalkeeping coach at Liga I club Sepsi OSK.
Cernea played for Grivița IRA until 1997, when he joined the Divizia B team Minerul Motru. In 1999, he returns to Grivița IRA but after only few weeks joins Petrolul Ploiești and makes Divizia A debut. In 2003, he joins Oțelul Galați for a couple of seasons, before being bought by Steaua București in 2005 for a fee of €75,000. His last team being Progresul Bucuresti he retired in 2014.
Petrolul Ploiești
Oțelul Galați
Steaua București