George Ogăraru (born 3 February 1980 in Bucharest) is a retired Romanian footballer and current manager who holds a UEFA Pro Licence.

[citation needed] In 2002 when Mihai Stoica, the president of Oțelul Galați became the general manager of Steaua, he took Ogăraru with him at his first team.

On 7 June 2006 Ogararu won the Divizia A Championship and also played his last game for FCSB in the win against FC Vaslui with 4–0.

[1] On 9 September 2012 he was on the Sounders' bench for their reserves match against Chivas USA,[2] then subbed on for fellow trialist Eiður Guðjohnsen to start the second half.

After that match, Victor Pițurcă repeatedly dropped Ogăraru from the squad saying that he had an average performance at Ajax Amsterdam.

Ogăraru said that he knows the Dutch very well because he plays for Ajax in Eredivisie and most of his club teammates are also called for the Netherlands national football team.

Before the match his teammates from Ajax, Hedwiges Maduro and Urby Emanuelson, teased him and told him not to play good against them.

On 16 November 2007, Ogăraru launched his own website, with photos and videos from official matches and training sessions.