| Daniel Tudor | |
| Fullname: | Daniel Ovidiu Tudor |
| Birth Date: | 1974 6, df=yes |
| Birth Place: | Frăsinet, Romania |
| Height: | 1.93 m |
| Position: | Goalkeeper |
| Currentclub: | Universitatea Craiova (GK coach) |
| Youthyears1: | –1993 |
| Youthclubs1: | Metalul Frăsinet |
| Years1: | 1993–1995 |
| Years2: | 1995–2003 |
| Years3: | 1997 |
| Years4: | 1998 |
| Years5: | 1998–2000 |
| Years6: | 2000–2002 |
| Years7: | 2003–2006 |
| Years8: | 2006–2008 |
| Years9: | 2008–2010 |
| Years10: | 2011 |
| Clubs1: | Flacăra Moreni |
| Clubs2: | Dinamo București |
| Clubs3: | → Flacăra Moreni (loan) |
| Clubs4: | → Farul Constanța (loan) |
| Clubs5: | → Rocar București (loan) |
| Clubs6: | → Universitatea Craiova (loan) |
| Clubs7: | Fehérvár |
| Clubs8: | UTA Arad |
| Clubs9: | Unirea Urziceni |
| Clubs10: | Juventus București |
| Caps1: | 19 |
| Caps2: | 10 |
| Caps4: | 7 |
| Caps5: | 33 |
| Caps6: | 19 |
| Caps7: | 81 |
| Caps8: | 47 |
| Caps9: | 13 |
| Caps10: | 7 |
| Goals1: | 0 |
| Goals2: | 0 |
| Goals4: | 0 |
| Goals5: | 0 |
| Goals6: | 0 |
| Goals7: | 1 |
| Goals8: | 0 |
| Goals9: | 0 |
| Goals10: | 0 |
| Totalcaps: | 236 |
| Totalgoals: | 1 |
| Manageryears1: | 2011–2012 |
| Managerclubs1: | CFR Cluj (GK coach) |
| Manageryears2: | 2012–2013 |
| Managerclubs2: | CFR Cluj (GK coach) |
| Manageryears3: | 2013–2014 |
| Managerclubs3: | Kuban Krasnodar (GK coach) |
| Manageryears4: | 2015–2017 |
| Managerclubs4: | FC Krasnodar (GK coach) |
| Manageryears5: | 2017 |
| Managerclubs5: | Terek Grozny (GK coach) |
| Manageryears6: | 2018 |
| Managerclubs6: | Dinamo București (GK coach) |
| Manageryears7: | 2018 |
| Managerclubs7: | Arsenal Tula (GK coach) |
| Manageryears8: | 2018–2019 |
| Managerclubs8: | Spartak Moscow (GK coach) |
| Manageryears9: | 2020 |
| Managerclubs9: | Riga FC (GK coach) |
| Manageryears10: | 2020–2021 |
| Managerclubs10: | CFR Cluj (GK coach) |
| Manageryears11: | 2021–2022 |
| Managerclubs11: | Al-Ittihad (GK coach) |
| Manageryears12: | 2022 |
| Managerclubs12: | Universitatea Craiova (GK coach) |
| Manageryears13: | 2022–2023 |
| Managerclubs13: | Universitatea Craiova (GK coach) |
| Manageryears14: | 2024– |
| Managerclubs14: | Universitatea Craiova (GK coach) |
Daniel Ovidiu Tudor (born 1 June 1974) is a Romanian football coach and a former goalkeeper, currently goalkeeping coach at Liga I club Universitatea Craiova.
Daniel Tudor was born on 1 June 1974 in Frăsinet, Romania. He started playing senior level football in 1993 at Flacăra Moreni in Divizia B. In 1995 he went to play for Dinamo București where on 27 February 1996 coach Marian Bondrea gave him his Divizia A debut in a 1–0 away loss in front of Argeș Pitești.[1] In the following years Tudor was loaned by Dinamo to various teams of Romanian football, firstly back at Moreni but this time in the third league, then at Farul Constanța in Divizia A, afterwards at Rocar București which he helped promote from the second to the first league, his last loan being at Universitatea Craiova in the first league. He came back to Dinamo for the 2002–03 season at end of which he won under the guidance of coach Ioan Andone the Cupa României, keeping a clean sheet in the 1–0 win over Național București from the final, being named "The man of the match".[2] [3]
In July 2003, Tudor signed with Fehérvár where he was colleague with fellow Romanians Gabriel Vochin, Marian Savu and Ion Voicu.[4] On 26 July coach János Csank gave him his Nemzeti Bajnokság I debut in a 1–1 with Pécsi.[5] [6] On 22 May 2004 he scored the only goal of his career from a penalty in a 6–1 win over Lombard Pápa.[5] [7] In his last season he won the 2005–06 Magyar Kupa but coach Aurél Csertői did not use him in the final.[2] [8] During his period spent at Fehérvár he was nicknamed "Pink Panther", at one point the Hungarians considering giving him Hungarian citizenship in order to play for the national team, however he left because of some unpaid salaries, moving back to Romania at UTA Arad.[2]
After two seasons at Arad he signed with Unirea Urziceni with whom in his first season he won the title but coach Dan Petrescu used him in only two matches as first-choice goalkeeper was Giedrius Arlauskis.[2] [9] Afterwards he participated with Urziceni in the 2009–10 Champions League group stage, on 20 October 2009 he made his single appearance in the competition, saving a Steven Davis penalty to help his side win 4–1 with Rangers on the Ibrox Stadium.[2] [10] [11] In the same season on 10 April 2010, Tudor played his last Liga I match, a 1–1 with FC Vaslui, having a total of 114 appearances in the competition.[12] He completely ended his career after playing seven games for Juventus București in the second half of the 2010–11 Liga II season.[13]
Dinamo București
2002–03Fehérvár