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Raluca Sârghe

Monica Raluca Sârghe Simes (born 24 July 1987) is a former Romanian football player and current manager. She helped her teams win eight championships in Romania and five in Turkey also amassing 40 appearances in the UEFA Champions League as well as 52 caps for her country.[1]

Monica Raluca Sârghe Simes
Monica Raluca Sârghe playing for Konak Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season.
Personal information
Full name Monica Raluca Sârghe Simes
Date of birth (1987-07-24) 24 July 1987 (age 38)
Place of birth Hunedoara, Romania
Position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
2004–2009 Clujana
2009-2010 AS Volos
2010–2012 Olimpia Cluj
2012–2018 Konak Belediyespor 88 (18)
International career
2011–2016 Romania 52 (3)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

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Sârghe performed athletics before she switched over to football playing. "This advantage makes her one of the fastest wingers in Europe" as noted in a Turkish newspaper.[2]

Club

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Monica Raluca Sârghe (navy/rose) attacking Ataşehir Belediyespor in the 2014–15 season .
Monica Raluca Sârghe (red) playing for Konak Belediyespor against Beşiktaş J.K. in the 2017–18 season's away match.

Sârghe played in the Romanian 1st League for Clujana,[3] She enjoyed six championships with them,[2] and took part at the Champions League.[4] She took part in three qualification and two knockout round matches of the 2011–12 UEFA Women's Champions League matches. Sârghe played in three qualifying matches and one knockout stage matches of the 2012–13 UEFA Women's Champions League, scoring one goal.

She moved to Greece in 2009–10 season to join AS Volos. After a year away, Sârghe returned to Romania when she was transferred to Olimpia Cluj.[4] During her time there, she lifted two league championship trophies.[2]

In November 2012, she moved together with her fellow countrywoman Cosmina Dușa to Turkey to join Konak Belediyespor in Izmir, which played in the First league.[2] She inspired her team to win five consecutive championship titles (2012 and 2017). During this time she helped her team reach the UEFA Women's Champions League quarter finals. Sârghe took part in six matches of the 2013–14 UEFA Women's Champions League, in three matches of the 2014–15 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round and three matches of the 2016–17 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round, and scored two goals in total.[5][6] At the 2017–18 UEFA Women's Champions League qualifying round in Tbilisi, Georgia, she played in two of the three matches for her team.[7][8]

International

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She was a member of the Romanian national team, earning 52 caps,[4] and served as their captain.[9]

In 2010 and 2011, she played in four matches of the 2011 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 4, and scored one goal.[10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17]

She participated at the UEFA Women's Euro 2013 qualifying – Group 2, capping in all ten matches and scoring one goal.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26][27]

In 2013 and 2014, she appeared in ten matches for the national team at the 2015 FIFA Women's World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 2, and scored one goal.[28][29][30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37]

Goals for the Romanian WNT in official competitions
CompetitionStageDateLocationOpponentGoalsResultOverall
2011 FIFA World CupQualifiers2010–03–27Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina15–01
UEFA Euro 2013Qualifiers2011–10–27Mogoşoaia Turkey17–11
2015 FIFA World CupQualifiers2013–09–20Strumica North Macedonia19–11

Coaching and managerial career

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Sârghe began her coaching career with historic Turkish club Altay SK which she took from the third division until they were promoted to the first division. She then transferred to her former club and most successful Turkish women's football team Konak Belediyespor as an assistant manager. She guided them to the playoff quarter finals where they lost to Turkish powerhouse Beşiktaş in the 2021–22 season.[38]

Her feats attracted the attention of Carmen Bucharest where she signed the following year. With a newborn baby, she became the face of footballer mothers by helping the team achieve remarkable performances against established teams in Romania,[39] and also helped guide them to the Romania Cup trophy,[40] before being let go by club officials for unexplainable reasons. Carmen Bucharest dissolved at the end of the season.[41]

Her success in such a short attracted the attention of Romanian footballing legend Gheorghe Hagi who signed Sârghe to Farul Constanta ahead of the 2023–24 season.[42]

Personal life

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Sârghe married Andrew Simes in 2019. In 2022, they had a son, named William.

Career statistics

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As of March 18, 2018.[1][43][44][6][7][8]
Club Season League Continental National Total
DivisionAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoalsAppsGoals
Clujana
Olimpia Cluj		 2004–12Liga I Feminin 91182
Total 91182
Konak Belediyespor 2012–13First League 146––00146
2013–14First League 1116071242
2014–15First League 16931302210
2015–16First League 1710000171
2016–17First League 1713100202
2017–18First League 1302000150
Total 881814210111221
Career total 233283

Honours

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Club
Clujana
Liga I Winners (5): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2006–07, 2007–08, 2008–09
Cupa României Winners (3): 2004–05, 2005–06, 2007–08
Olimpia Cluj
Liga I Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
Cupa României Winners (2): 2010–11, 2011–12
Konak Belediyespor
Turkish Women's First Football League Winners (5): 2012–13, 2013–14, 2014–15, 2015–16, 2016–17
Manager
Carmen București
Cupa României Winners (1): 2022–23
Farul Constanța
Liga I Winners (3): 2023–24, 2024–25, 2025–26

References

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  1. 1 2 "Player Details – Monica Raluca Sarghe". Turkish Football Federation. Retrieved 15 May 2014.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Raluca Sarghe 11 yılda 9 şampiyonluk gördü". Medya Faresi (in Turkish). 3 January 2015. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  3. ↑ 2011–12 squad Archived 2011-09-03 at the Wayback Machine in Olimpia's website
  4. 1 2 3 Profile in UEFA's website
  5. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2015 Qualifying round Konak-Rīgas". UEFA. Retrieved 12 August 2014.
  6. 1 2 "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Twente". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2016.[dead link]
  7. 1 2 "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Partizan Bardejov 1–5 Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  8. 1 2 "David Petriashvili Stadium – Tbilisi 25/08/2017 Qualifying – Group 1 Konak 1–3 Gintra". UEFA. Retrieved 28 August 2017.
  9. ↑ "Raluca Sarghe, "extraterestra" fotbalului feminin romanesc". City News (in Romanian). 4 May 2011. Archived from the original on 16 September 2016. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  10. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Romania-Bosnia-Herzegovina". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  11. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Poland-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  12. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Hungary-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  13. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Bosnia-Herzegovina-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  14. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Romania-Poland". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  15. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Romania-Ukraine". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  16. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Ukraine-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  17. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup Matches 2011 Qualif. Romania-Hungary". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  18. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Kazakhstan-Romania". UEFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  19. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Switzerland-Romania". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  20. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Romania-Germany". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  21. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Romania-Turkey". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  22. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Romania-Spain". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  23. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Turkey-Romania". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  24. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Romania-Kazakhstan". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  25. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Germany-Romania". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  26. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Romania-Switzerland". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  27. ↑ "Women's EURO Matches 2013 Qualifying group stage Spain-Romania". Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  28. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round FYR Macedonia-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  29. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Italy-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  30. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Romania-Czech Republic". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  31. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Spain-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  32. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Romania-Italy". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  33. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Czech Republic-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  34. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Estonia-Romania". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  35. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Romania-FYR Macedonia". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  36. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Romania-Spain". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  37. ↑ "UEFA Women's World Cup 2015 Matches Qualifying round Romania-Estonia". FIFA. Retrieved 29 August 2016.
  38. ↑ "Turkey (Women) 2021/22". RSSSF. 7 January 2025.
  39. ↑ "Raluca Sârghe-Simes este noua antrenoare a fetelor de la Carmen București!" (in Romanian). Federația Română de Fotbal. 20 January 2023.
  40. ↑ "FC Carmen București a câștigat în premieră Cupa României, după o finală disputată cu Universitatea Cluj!" (in Romanian). Federația Română de Fotbal. 14 June 2023.
  41. ↑ Burcă, Antonio (5 August 2023). "Un club de fotbal istoric din România s-a desființat! Avea aspirații uriașe, dar s-a ales praful într-un mod halucinant: decizia luată de deținătoarea Cupei României e definitivă!" (in Romanian). ProSport.
  42. ↑ "Bun venit, Raluca Sârghe-Simes !" (in Romanian). FCV Farul Constanța. 30 June 2023.
  43. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Konak-Hibernians". UEFA. Retrieved 23 August 2016.[dead link]
  44. ↑ "UEFA Women's Champions League 2016–17 Qualifying round Ferencváros-Konak". UEFA. Retrieved 25 August 2016.
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