Full name Catalin Racanel Playing position Years Team Role Footballer Position Midfielder | Place of birth Bucharest, Romania 0000–1990 Viitorul Bucuresti Name Catalin Racanel Height 1.78 m | |
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Date of birth (1976-09-23) 23 September 1976 (age 39) | ||
Cătălin Răcănel (born 23 September 1976) is a Romanian former footballer and manager.
Although Răcănel holds Romanian citizenship, he was brought up in Germany and played for the youth teams of SG Erbach and FC Homburg. His first senior club station was Regionalliga side Borussia Neunkirchen. In 1998, RRăcănel left for SV Elversberg in the same league. He played in 29 matches for the club and scored two goals. After only one year in Elversberg, he left for SV Eintracht Trier 05 who also played in Regionalliga West/Südwest. At the start of the 2001–02 season, Răcănel was signed by freshly promoted Bundesliga side FC St. Pauli. However, Răcănel failed to make an impact here and only played in seven Bundesliga matches. In his second year at St. Pauli, he played another seven matches in the 2. Bundesliga. At the end of the season he returned to Eintracht Trier and soon became a first team regular, playing in 65 matches over the next two seasons. After Trier's relegation from 2. Bundesliga, Răcănel moved to LR Ahlen where he also was a regular starter, but left the club after they were relegated from 2nd Bundesliga as well. Răcănel signed for fourth-tier side Sachsen Leipzig in the NOFV-Oberliga. In 40 matches for Leipzig Răcănel scored five goals. In June 2008, Răcănel signed for Regionalliga Nord side 1. FC Magdeburg.