Corneliu Papură (born 5 September 1973) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player, who played as a centre-back or a defensive midfielder, currently head coach at Universitatea Craiova U18.
Papură was born in Craiova, and started his career with his hometown team Universitatea Craiova, in 1992.
As a player, he played for Universitatea in four different periods, spending a large part of his career with the club, with short stints in France, Israel and Cyprus.
[1] Papură earned 12 caps for the Romania national team, and was in the squad for the 1994 World Cup.
[2] Universitatea Craiova