:Emil Săndoi

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Emil Săndoi

| image =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1965|03|01|df=y}}

| birth_place = Craiova, Romania

| height = 1.80 m

| position = Centre-back

| currentclub =

| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1983 | youthclubs1 = Universitatea Craiova

| years1 = 1983–1995 | clubs1 = Universitatea Craiova | caps1 = 268 | goals1 = 42

| years3 = 1995–1996 | clubs3 = Angers | caps3 = 30 | goals3 = 2

| years4 = 1996–1998 | clubs4 = Argeș Pitești | caps4 = 42 | goals4 = 4

| years5 = 1998–1999 | clubs5 = Universitatea Craiova | caps5 = 40 | goals5 = 3

| totalcaps = 380 | totalgoals = 51

| nationalyears1 = 1987–1993

| nationalteam1 = Romania

| nationalcaps1 = 30

| nationalgoals1 = 0

| manageryears1 = 1998–1999

| manageryears2 = 1999–2000

| manageryears3 = 2001–2002

| manageryears4 = 2002

| manageryears5 = 2003–2005

| manageryears6 = 2006–2013

| manageryears7 = 2008

| manageryears8 = 2011

| manageryears9 = 2014–2016

| manageryears10 = 2016

| manageryears11 = 2017–2019

| manageryears12 = 2020–2022

| managerclubs1 = FC Universitatea Craiova (assistant)

| managerclubs2 = FC Universitatea Craiova

| managerclubs3 = Pandurii Târgu Jiu

| managerclubs4 = FC Universitatea Craiova

| managerclubs5 = Pandurii Târgu Jiu

| managerclubs6 = Romania U21

| managerclubs7 = Vaslui

| managerclubs8 = Romania (caretaker)

| managerclubs9 = CS Universitatea Craiova

| managerclubs10 = Concordia Chiajna

| managerclubs11 = Argeș Pitești

| managerclubs12 = Chindia Târgoviște

| manageryears13 = 2022–2023

| managerclubs13 = Romania U21

| manageryears14 = 2024–2025

| managerclubs14 = Politehnica Iaşi

}}

Emil Săndoi (born 1 March 1965) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.

Career

A centre-back, who was born in Craiova and debuted in Divizia A with hometown side Universitatea Craiova in 1983.

Săndoi made his debut for the Romania national team in 1987 against Greece, and was chosen in the 1990 FIFA World Cup squad.

Game interference

In a game between Chindia Târgoviște and Argeș in Romania's second division, Săndoi was standing on the side line as manager, and yet interfered in the match by tripping an opposition player.{{YouTube|id=Kxn_Mm419Do|title=Manager in Romania Gets Sent Off For Tackling The Player}}

International stats

National team	Year	Apps
class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" \|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
rowspan="7"\|Romania \|1987	1	0
1988	5	0
1989	2	0
1990	4	0
1991	10	0
1992	3	0
1993	5	0
colspan="2"\|Total	30	0