Ștefan Grigorie

Grigorie was born on 31 January 1982 in Segarcea, Romania. He began his career at Universitatea Craiova, making his Divizia A debut on 2 June 1999 under coach Marian Bondrea in a 1–0 loss to CSM Reșița. He was loaned for half a year in 2000 at neighboring team Electro in Divizia B. Subsequently, he returned to Universitatea with whom he reached the 2000 Cupa României final, being sent by coach Emil Săndoi in the 57th minute to replace Ionuț Dragomir in the 2–0 loss to Dinamo București. He made his European competitions debut in the 2001 Intertoto Cup, scoring five goals in four appearances. In 2002 when Craiova owner Gheorghe Nețoiu left the team to go to Dinamo București, he took players Grigorie, Dan Alexa, Flavius Stoican, Ovidiu Burcă, Ciprian Danciu, Ștefan Preda, Cornel Frăsineanu and Cosmin Bărcăuan with him. He helped the club win the 2003–04 title, being used by coach Ioan Andone in 25 matches in which he scored eight goals, including the winning goal in a 2–1 derby victory against Steaua București. Grigorie also won three Cupa României, playing in all the finals, scoring the only goal in the 2005 final against Farul Constanța. Subsequently, he won the 2005 Supercupa României, playing the entire match under Andone in the 3–2 victory against Steaua. He also had some European achievements with Dinamo, such as getting past Shakhtar Donetsk in the 2003–04 UEFA Cup. In the 2005–06 edition of the same competition, he helped the team eliminate Everton with a historical 5–2…

Grigorie played two friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 12 February 2003, when coach Anghel Iordănescu sent him in the 82nd minute to replace Mirel Rădoi in a 2–1 win over Slovakia. His second appearance for the national team was under coach Victor Pițurcă on 16 August 2006 in a 2–0 victory against Cyprus.

Universitatea Craiova

Cupa României runner-up: 1999–2000 Dinamo București

Divizia A: 2003–04 Cupa României: 2002–03, 2003–04, 2004–05 Supercupa României: 2005 Rapid București

Supercupa României: 2007