| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dan Ion Potocianu | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Reșița, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CSM Reșița (youth manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1991 | CSM Reșița | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1991–1993 | CSM Reșița | 28 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Național București | 118 | (6) |
| 1997–2000 | Servette | 54 | (2) |
| 1999 | → Basel (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Național București | 40 | (1) |
| Total | 250 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1990–1991 | Romania U18 | 6 | (0) |
| 1992–1995 | Romania U21 | 24 | (1) |
| 1997 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2009 | FCM Reșița | ||
| 2009–2010 | CFR Timișoara | ||
| 2014–2016 | CSMȘ Reșița | ||
| 2016–2022 | CSMȘ Reșița (youth) | ||
| 2017 | CSM Reșița (assistant) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dan Ion Potocianu (born 5 March 1974) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a defender.
Potocianu was born on 5 March 1974 in Reșița, Romania. [1] [2] He began playing football in 1990 at Divizia B club CSM Reșița. [1] [3] In the 1991–92 season, the team earned promotion to the first league. [1] Subsequently, he made his Divizia A debut on 16 August 1992 under coach Ion Copăceanu in a 3–2 home win over Inter Sibiu. [1] [4]
In 1993, Potocianu went to Național București. [1] [2] [3] He played four games in the 1996–97 UEFA Cup edition, eliminating Partizan Belgrade and Chornomorets Odesa in the first rounds, the campaign ending after a 3–1 aggregate loss to Club Brugge. [1] [5] During his four-season spell with The Bankers, he helped the team finish twice runner-up in the league. [1] The team also reached the 1997 Cupa României final, but coach Florin Halagian did not use him in the 4–2 loss to Steaua București. [6]
Subsequently, Potocianu joined Servette, making his Nationalliga A debut on 5 July 1997 under coach Gérard Castella in a 2–2 draw against St. Gallen. [1] [2] [3] The team finished in second place at the end of the season. [1] In the first half of the 1998–99 season, he played 10 matches and scored once. [1] Afterwards he went to Basel for the second half, but Servette won the title without him. [1] [2] [3] At Basel, Potocianu played his first match under coach Guy Mathez in a 2–1 defeat to Servette. [1] [7] [8] During his short period with the club, Potocianu played 10 league games for Basel without scoring a goal. [1] [2] [9] He returned to Servette for the 1999–2000 season, totaling 64 matches with two goals in the Swiss league. [1]
Potocianu came back to Național, where in the 2001–02 season he helped the team earn a runner-up position in the league. [1] [2] [3] An injury forced him to retire in 2002 at the age of 28. [2] [10] [11] He has a total of 186 matches with seven goals in Divizia A, also totaling eight matches in European competitions. [1] [3] [12]
From 1990 to 1995, Potocianu was consistently featured for Romania's under-18 and under-21 sides. [13]
He made one appearance for Romania, when on 6 September 1997, coach Anghel Iordănescu sent him in the 46th minute to replace Anton Doboș in a 8–1 away win against Liechtenstein in the 1998 World Cup qualifiers. [14]
After ending his career, Potocianu coached teams such as FCM Reșița and CFR Timișoara in the Romanian lower leagues. [10] [15] He also coached juniors at Reșița. [16]
CSM Reșița
Național București
Servette