Biography
A product of the Craiova football school, Cârțu came through the junior ranks at CSS Craiova. In 1973 he won the Romanian youth championship, and two years later he was the second division’s top scorer with Electroputere. From 1976 to 1987 the white and blue shirt was a second skin to him. On 22 August 1976 he scored on his Universitatea debut, in a 5–1 win over Progresul București. Three Cups and two league titles make up Sorin Cârțu’s honours as a player, to which he added the 1991 double as coach.
He scored 107 goals in 283 Divizia A matches and 11 in his 37 European appearances, making him the Romanian footballer with the most goals in European competitions.
