Bogdan Stelea

Bogdan Stelea is the kind of footballer I instinctively warm to: the towering goalkeeper who held the line rather than grabbed the glory. Standing 188 cm and born in Bucharest, he played for all three of the capital's major clubs, then spent a substantial chapter in Spain, mainly with Salamanca, soldiering on into his forties. Goalkeeping is one of the few positions where age becomes an asset, and he embodied that beautifully, his Sport Merit Order well earned. I'll always take the dependable last man over the flashy striker, and Stelea is a fine reminder why.

Name (English)

Bogdan Stelea

Name (Japanese)

ボグダン・ステレア

Reading

ぼぐだん・すてれあ

Born

December 5, 1967 (age 58)

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Sagittarius / Goat

Origin

Bucharest, Principality of Wallachia

Height

188 cm

Occupation

association football player / association football coach

Awards & achievements

• Sport Merit Order

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9C%E3%82%B0%E3%83%80%E3%83%B3%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%86%E3%83%AC%E3%82%A2

Tags

• association football player
• association football coach

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public or unconfirmed items are omitted. English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.