Florin Tene

Florin Tene

Personal information
Full name	Florin Alexandru Tene
Date of birth	(1968-11-10) 10 November 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Youth career
1975–1987	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1986–1987	Dinamo București	1	(0)
1987–1988	Autobuzul București
1988–1990	Flacăra Moreni	45	(0)
1990–1991	Gloria Bistrița	44	(0)
1991–1992	Dinamo București	30	(0)
1992–1994	Gloria Bistrița	49	(1)
1994–1995	Dinamo București	21	(0)
1995–1997	Rapid București	44	(0)
1997–1998	Karabükspor	10	(0)
1998–1999	Steaua București	13	(0)
1999	Rocar București	10	(0)
2000	Argeș Pitești	13	(0)
2000–2001	Dinamo București	5	(0)
Total		285	(1)
International career
1992–1996	Romania	6	(0)
Managerial career
2001–2002	Sportul Studențesc (GK coach)
2002–2012	Romania U–21 (GK coach)
2005–2006	Dinamo II București (GK coach)
2007–2009	Progresul București (GK coach)
2009–2010	CS Otopeni
2010–2011	Sportul Studențesc
2012–2013	Petrolul Ploiești (GK coach)
2013	Dinamo București (GK coach)
2013–2014	Steaua București (GK coach)
2014–2015	Al Hilal (GK coach)
2015	Litex Lovech (GK coach)
2015–2017	Steaua București (GK coach)
2017–2018	Al Wahda (GK coach)
2019–2020	Al-Wasl (GK coach)
2021	Al Ahli (GK coach)
2021–2022	Universitatea Craiova (GK coach)
2022–2023	Neftchi Baku (GK coach)
2023–2024	Gaziantep (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florin Alexandru Tene (born 10 November 1968) is a retired Romanian footballer and currently goalkeeping coach.

Club career

Florin Tene was born on 10 November 1968 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play junior level football at local club, Dinamo under the guidance of coaches Ioan Timar, Iosif Varga and Ilie Balaci, also until his youth period ended in 1987 he was teammate with fellow goalkeepers Bogdan Stelea, Florin Prunea and Răzvan Lucescu. ^{[1] [2] [3] [4]} He made his Divizia A debut, playing for The Red Dogs on 18 June 1987 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 5–4 loss in front of Sportul Studențesc București which would remain his only appearance for the team, afterwards leaving to play for Autobuzul București in Divizia B. ^{[1] [2] [3] [5]} After one season spent at Autobuzul, Tene returned back to Divizia A football at Flacăra Moreni where he spent two seasons, earning a 4th place in the first one that granted the team the qualification to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup, a occasion which gave him the opportunity to make his debut in European competitions, appearing in both legs of the 4–1 loss on aggregate in front FC Porto in the first round. ^{[2] [3] [5] [6]} In 1990 he went to play for Gloria Bistrița and during the 1991–92 season he was transferred back at Dinamo, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 21 league games until the end of the season as the team won the title undefeated. ^{[2] [3] [5] [7] [8]} In the following season he played all the four games in the 1992–93 Champions League campaign, helping The Red Dogs eliminate Kuusysi Lahti in the preliminary round, being eliminated by Olympique Marseille in the first round and in the middle of the season he returned to play for Gloria where in the following season he helped the club win the 1993–94 Cupa României by playing five games in the campaign, including keeping a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova from the final, also in the same season he scored the only goal of his career from a penalty kick in a 5–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc. ^{[2] [3] [5] [9] [10] [11]} In 1994, Tene went to play for a third spell at Dinamo, then in the middle of the 1995–96 season he switched teams again, this time going for one year and a half at Rapid București and afterwards he had his only experience outside Romania, playing 10 games in the 1997–98 1.Lig for Karabükspor in Turkey. ^{[2] [3] [5]} He returned in Romania at Steaua București with whom in one season he won two trophies by keeping a clean sheet in the 4–0 victory against Rapid in the 1998 Supercupa României and made two appearances in the victorious 1998–99 Cupa României campaign but without being used in the final. ^{[2] [3] [5] [12] [13]} He played the first half of the 1999–2000 Divizia A season at Rocar București and the second at Argeș Pitești and in the following season he went for a fourth spell at Dinamo where he made his last five Divizia A appearances, having a total of 275 matches and one goal scored in the competition and a total of 15 games in European competitions. ^{[3] [5] [14]}

International career

Florin Tene played 6 friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Cornel Dinu on 26 August 1992 in a 2–0 victory against Mexico. ^{[15] [16]} He was selected by coach Anghel Iordănescu to be part of Romania's squad at the Euro 1996 final tournament, however he was not used in any games, the same year he played his last international match on 14 August in a 2–0 victory against Israel. ^{[2] [15]}

For representing his country at Euro 1996, Tene was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III. ^[17]

International stats

Romania [15]
Year	Apps	Goals
1992	1	0
1993	2	0
1994	0	0
1995	0	0
1996	3	0
Total	6	0

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Florin Tene worked mostly as a goalkeeper coach at various teams, having only two spells as head coach at CS Otopeni and Sportul Studențesc and since 2013 he became a part of Laurențiu Reghecampf's staff at the teams he coached which include Steaua București, Al Hilal, Litex Lovech, Al Wahda or Neftchi Baku. ^{[2] [18] [19]}

Honours

Dinamo București

• Divizia A: 1991–92 ^[7]

Gloria Bistriţa

• Cupa României: 1993–94 ^[10]

Steaua București

• Cupa României: 1998–99 ^[3]
• Supercupa României: 1998 ^[12]

References

1. "Florin Tene, din Dubai. "Avem voie doar la cumpărături sau la medic". Mesajul la poliție, "Retro Dinamo" + Top 3 portari ai lumii" [Florin Tene, from Dubai. "We are only allowed to go shopping or to the doctor." The message to the police, "Retro Dinamo" + Top 3 goalkeepers in the world] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
2. "Viziunea lui Florin Tene despre rolul antrenorilor de portari într-un staff. "Sunt unul dintre puținii norocoși"" [Florin Tene's view on the role of goalkeeper coaches in a staff. "I'm one of the few lucky ones"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
3. "Florin Tene analizează portarii naționalei. "E un act de curaj, dar și un risc". România - Slovenia e de la 18:30, în direct pe Pro Arena și VOYO" [Florin Tene analyzes the goalkeepers of the national team. "It's an act of courage, but also a risk." Romania - Slovenia is from 18:30, live on Pro Arena and VOYO] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
4. "Povestea boemilor din fotbalul românesc. "Flencea" şi cu Varga erau "academicieni profesori doctori în ştiinţe alcoolice"" [The story of the bohemians in Romanian football. "Flencea" and Varga were "academic doctoral professors in alcoholic sciences"] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
5. Florin Tene at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
6. "Florin Tene. UEFA Cup 1989/1990". WorldFootball. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
7. "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
8. "Dinamo Bucuresti in 1991–92". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 12 September 2024.
9. "Florin Tene. Champions League 1992/1993". WorldFootball. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
10. "Cupa României – Season 1993/94". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
11. "Florin Tene:"Pădureanu a fost ca un tată pentru mine. Aveam bani în toate buzunarele!"" [Florin Tene:"Pădureanu was like a father to me. I had money in all my pockets!"] (in Romanian). Sportulbistritean.ro. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
12. "Superupa României – Season 1998". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
13. "Cupa României – Season 1998/99". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
14. Florin Tene at WorldFootball.net
15. "Florin Tene profile". European Football. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
16. "Romania 2-0 Mexico". European Football. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
17. "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
18. ""Am sărit cu umbrela de la etaj și mi-am dat seama că trebuie să fiu portar!". Așa a început cariera unui fost internațional" ["I jumped with the umbrella from the first floor and I realized that I must be a goalkeeper!". This is how the career of a former international began] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
19. "Florin Tene managerial statistics". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 30 June 2018)(in Romanian)
• Florin Tene at National-Football-Teams.com