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{{Short description|Romanian footballer and manager (born 1979)}}
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{{Infobox football biography
| name = Adrian Mutu
| image = Adrian Mutu 2.jpg
| upright = 1.1
| caption = Mutu playing for [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]] in 2007
| fullname = 
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1979|1|8}}<ref name=Hugman>{{Hugman|14348|access-date=29 November 2017}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Călinești, Argeș|Călinești]], Romania
| height = 1.81 m
| position = [[Forward (association football)|Forward]], [[attacking midfielder]]
| currentclub = 
| youthyears1 = 1987–1996
| youthclubs1 = [[FC Argeș Pitești|Argeș Pitești]]
| years1 = 1996–1998
| clubs1 = [[FC Argeș Pitești|Argeș Pitești]]
| caps1 = 41
| goals1 = 11
| years2 = 1999
| clubs2 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| caps2 = 33
| goals2 = 22
| years3 = 2000
| clubs3 = [[Inter Milan]]
| caps3 = 10
| goals3 = 1
| years4 = 2000–2002
| clubs4 = [[Hellas Verona FC|Hellas Verona]]
| caps4 = 57
| goals4 = 16
| years5 = 2002–2003
| clubs5 = [[Parma AC|Parma]]
| caps5 = 31
| goals5 = 18
| years6 = 2003–2004
| clubs6 = [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]]
| caps6 = 27
| goals6 = 6
| years7 = 2005
| clubs7 = [[AS Livorno Calcio|Livorno]]
| caps7 = 0
| goals7 = 0
| years8 = 2005–2006
| clubs8 = [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]
| caps8 = 33
| goals8 = 7
| years9 = 2006–2011
| clubs9 = [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]]
| caps9 = 112
| goals9 = 54
| years10 = 2011–2012
| clubs10 = [[AC Cesena|Cesena]]
| caps10 = 28
| goals10 = 8
| years11 = 2012–2014
| clubs11 = [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]]
| caps11 = 37
| goals11 = 11
| years12 = 2014
| clubs12 = [[FC Petrolul Ploiești|Petrolul Ploiești]]
| caps12 = 14
| goals12 = 4
| years13 = 2015
| clubs13 = [[FC Pune City|Pune City]]
| caps13 = 10
| goals13 = 4
| years14 = 2016
| clubs14 = [[ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș|ASA Târgu Mureș]]
| caps14 = 4
| goals14 = 0
| totalcaps = 437
| totalgoals = 161
| nationalyears1 = 1995
| nationalteam1 = [[Romania national under-16 football team|Romania U16]]
| nationalcaps1 = 2
| nationalgoals1 = 1
| nationalyears2 = 1996–1997
| nationalteam2 = [[Romania national under-19 football team|Romania U18]]
| nationalcaps2 = 14
| nationalgoals2 = 8
| nationalyears3 = 1998–2000
| nationalteam3 = [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania U21]]
| nationalcaps3 = 12
| nationalgoals3 = 6
| nationalyears4 = 2000–2013
| nationalteam4 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
| nationalcaps4 = 77
| nationalgoals4 = 35
| manageryears1 = 2016
| managerclubs1 = [[ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș|ASA Târgu Mureș]] (player/assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs2 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]] (general manager)
| manageryears3 = 2017–2018
| managerclubs3 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]] (sporting director)
| manageryears4 = 2018
| managerclubs4 = [[FC Voluntari|Voluntari]]
| manageryears5 = 2018–2019
| managerclubs5 = [[Al Wahda FC|Al Wahda U21]]
| manageryears6 = 2020–2021
| managerclubs6 = [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania U21]]
| manageryears7 = 2021
| managerclubs7 = [[FC U Craiova 1948|FC U Craiova]]
| manageryears8 = 2022–2023
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Rapid București|Rapid București]]
| manageryears9 = 2023
| managerclubs9 = [[Neftçi PFK|Neftchi Baku]]
| manageryears10 = 2024
| managerclubs10 = [[CFR Cluj]]
| manageryears11 = 2024–2025
| managerclubs11 = [[FC Petrolul Ploiești|Petrolul Ploiești]]
}}

'''Adrian Mutu''' ({{IPA|ro|adriˈan ˈmutu|-|Ro-Adrian Mutu.ogg}}; born 8 January 1979) is a Romanian professional [[Manager (association football)|football manager]] and former [[Football player|player]]. During his playing career, he was deployed as a [[Forward (association football)|forward]] or an [[attacking midfielder]].

Mutu started his career playing two years for [[FC Argeș Pitești|Argeș Pitești]] and half a season for [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]], before joining [[Inter Milan]] in Italy midway through the [[1999–2000 Serie A]]. After only ten games with the ''Nerazzurri'', he left for [[Hellas Verona F.C.|Hellas Verona]] and then [[Parma AC|Parma]], for which he scored 39 goals in the next three years. His excellent form brought him a €22.5 million transfer to [[Chelsea F.C.|Chelsea]] and a nomination for the [[Ballon d'Or]] in 2003.<ref name=RSSF>{{Cite web|url= https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy03.html|title= European Footballer of the Year ("Ballon d'Or") 2003|first= José Luis|last= Pierrend|publisher= [[Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation|RSSSF]]|date= 1 February 2006|access-date= 15 December 2020|archive-date= 7 September 2022|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20220907075917/https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/europa-poy03.html|url-status= live}}</ref><ref name=fanatik>{{cite web| url=https://www.fanatik.ro/dumitru-macri-primul-fotbalist-roman-nominalizat-la-balonul-de-aur-gica-hagi-aproape-de-succes-in-1994-18552803| title=Dumitru Macri, primul fotbalist român nominalizat la Balonul de Aur! Gică Hagi, aproape de succes în 1994| publisher=Fanatik.ro| language=ro| trans-title=Dumitru Macri, the first Romanian footballer nominated for the Golden Ball! Gica Hagi, almost successful in 1994| date=30 November 2018| access-date=15 December 2020| archive-date=28 November 2021| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128123010/https://www.fanatik.ro/dumitru-macri-primul-fotbalist-roman-nominalizat-la-balonul-de-aur-gica-hagi-aproape-de-succes-in-1994-18552803| url-status=live}}</ref> Following a failed drug test, he was released and returned to Serie A to join [[Juventus FC|Juventus]]. After the [[2006 Italian football scandal]] and the relegation of Juventus to [[Serie B]], Mutu decided to join [[ACF Fiorentina|Fiorentina]], where he played consistently for the next five years. He then had a season at [[AC Cesena|Cesena]] and French club [[AC Ajaccio|Ajaccio]], before returning to his native country with [[FC Petrolul Ploiești|Petrolul Ploiești]] in 2014. After two more brief spells with [[FC Pune City|Pune City]] and [[ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș|ASA Târgu Mureș]], Mutu retired from professional football in 2016.

A controversial figure off the field, Mutu received widespread attention following a positive test for [[cocaine]] while playing for Chelsea in 2005, which resulted in his immediate release from the club, a subsequent seven-month ban from the [[Football Association]], and Mutu later being ordered to pay £15.2 million in damages to his former employers, the largest financial penalty in [[FIFA]] history.<ref>{{Cite news|url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8178248.stm|title = Mutu loses Chelsea damages appeal|date = 31 July 2009|access-date = 1 August 2009|archive-date = 28 November 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211128123007/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/football/teams/c/chelsea/8178248.stm|url-status = live}}</ref> He has unsuccessfully tried to appeal the fine numerous times, and was banned for a second time in 2010 following a positive test for [[sibutramine]] while at Fiorentina.

From his international debut in 2000, Mutu played 77 matches for the [[Romania national football team|Romania national team]] and scored 35 goals, a joint record alongside [[Gheorghe Hagi]]. He was included in the country's squads at the [[UEFA European Championship]] in [[Euro 2000|2000]] and [[Euro 2008|2008]]. A four-time winner of the [[Romanian Footballer of the Year]] award, only [[Gheorghe Popescu (footballer, born 1967)|Gheorghe Popescu]] and Gheorghe Hagi have received the award more times, with six and seven wins, respectively.