| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Team information | |||
| Current team | Montreal Roses FC (head coach) | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 2018–2020 | AS Blainville (women) (assistant) | ||
| 2021–2022 | AS Blainville (women) | ||
| 2022–2023 | McGill Redbirds (assistant) | ||
| 2024– | Montreal Roses FC (women) | ||
Robert Rositoiu is a Romanian soccer coach, who currently serves as head coach of Montreal Roses FC in the Northern Super League.
Early life
Rositoiu was born in Romania and moved to Canada at age 11.
Coaching career
At age 24, he began coaching, helping as an assistant with a U17 girls team in Sainte-Julie.
In 2016, he joined the Montreal Impact Academy (later re-branded to the CF Montréal Academy), where he coached for five years.
In 2018, he began coaching with the AS Blainville women's team, first as an assistant, before becoming the head coach for 2021 and 2022. He won the league and cup double with the side in both seasons, as well as winning the Inter-Provincial Championship in 2022. He was named the league's Coach of the Year in 2022.
In November 2021, he became the Technical Coordinator and U15 Head Coach for Soccer Quebec.
In 2022, he became an assistant coach with the McGill University men's soccer team, where he coached for two years.
In September 2023, he briefly served as an assistant coach with the Canada U17 men's team for a training camp.
In October 2023, he joined the Vancouver Whitecaps Academy as a youth coach.
In September 2024, he was named the first head coach of Montreal Roses FC for the inaugural season of the Northern Super League in 2025.
References
- Tremblay, Olivier (September 11, 2024). "Avec Robert Rositoiu, le projet de l'équipe montréalaise de la SLN devient concret" [With Robert Rositoiu, the project of the Montreal NSL team becomes concrete]. Ici Radio-Canada Télé (in French).
- ^ Téotonio, Jean-François (September 26, 2024). "Robert Rositoiu, de Bucarest à Montréal" [Robert Rositoiu, from Bucharest to Montreal]. La Presse (in French).
- Jacques, John (September 11, 2024). "Rositoiu To Coach Montreal's NSL Club". Northern Tribune.
- @PLSQ1 (November 11, 2022). "Tapis Rouge PLSQ" [PLSQ Red Carpet] (Tweet) (in French) – via Twitter.
- "NSL's Montréal team name repeat League1 Quebec champion Robert Rositoiu first head coach". Canadian Soccer Daily. September 13, 2024.
- Richard, Mylène (September 11, 2024). "Soccer féminin: la nouvelle équipe professionnelle de Montréal a trouvé son coach et son centre d'entraînement" [Women's soccer: Montreal's new professional team has found its coach and training centre]. Le Journal de Montreal (in French).
- Harvey-Pinard, Katherine (September 11, 2024). "Robert Rositoiu sera l'entraîneur-chef du club montréalais" [Robert Rositoiu will be the head coach of the Montreal club]. La Presse (in French).
External links
| Current head coaches of the Northern Super League | |
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