Article by Romeo Ene – Published on Wednesday, 01 April 2026, 19:10 / Updated on Wednesday, 01 April 2026 19:10
Mihai Stoica (60 years old), the official of the FCSBwanted to single out Rareș Coman (18 years old), the Sassuolo midfielder. The young footballer attracted his attention for the evolution he had in Tuesday's match between Romania U18 and Denmark U18score 2-2, in the group of the first round of qualifications for the 2027 European U19 Championship.
MM had only words of praise for the young man who went abroad from Danube Calarasi.
The FCSB official emphasized that his technique and vision Coman were the elements that made the difference in the dynamics of the “tricolor” game.
Mihai Stoica, impressed by the qualities of the Rareș Coman kid: “He knew how to stay in the field, attitude”
“Today I saw a player in 2008, Coman, from Sassuolo. Ok, he doesn't have a great physique, the team qualified, but modest. A delight! To see what game science he had in a very weak team, Coman, number 8 from Sassuolo, modest team.
How he knew how to stay in the field, how he collected, how much he ran, what attitude. Because he was educated there.
In families where there are working people, working children are also born. That I play football, but I work. Don't you see that we are starting to import Romanian players who don't even speak Romanian well? Look, Coubis, he was born there, that's the problem.
We are not able to offer very high salaries to child and junior coaches, to have very good coaches who want to become child and junior coaches, talented coaches.
The selector of the U18 national team, Roșca, nice words were heard, he had been to Gică Hagi and I liked him, he went, he gave up the national team to go to Grozavu's second in Botoșani.
Why? Probably because he was on a higher salary there than FRF could afford to pay that selector.
Even we at FCSB cannot, at the academy, offer attractive salaries for coaches from children and juniors. And then, naturally, we have problems in the education process of the players, which does not happen abroad“, explained Mihai Stoica on the show “Footbal Show”, from Prima Sport.
Rareș Coman, in the Romania U18 jersey // PHOTO: Instagram
A year ago, Rareș Coman took the step to Italy from the Calarasi Danube
Born on January 28, 2008, Rareș Coman took the step towards Italian football in October 2024, transferring from Dunărea Calarasi to Sassuolo, a club recognized for its policy of promoting young players.
Since then, Coman has consistently performed for the club's junior teams, being closely monitored by the first team coaches.
In October 2025, Coman was included by the British newspaper The Guardian in the prestigious “Next Generation 2025” list, which names the 60 most promising young footballers born in 2008.
