Valentin Velcea

Last updated

Valentin Velcea
Personal information
Full name Valentin Adrian Velcea
Date of birth (1973-09-05) 5 September 1973 (age 51)
Place of birth Sadova, Romania
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Viitorul Timișoara
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1990–1999 Politehnica Timișoara 166 (12)
1991–1992UM Timișoara (loan)
1992–1993CFR Timișoara (loan)
1994–1995UTA Arad (loan) 3 (0)
1999–2004 Gloria Bistriţa 117 (3)
2004–2006 Politehnica Timișoara 14 (0)
Total300(15)
Managerial career
2007 Politehnica Timișoara (caretaker)
2009 Politehnica Timișoara (caretaker)
2009–2010 Politehnica II Timișoara
2010–2011 Politehnica Timișoara (assistant)
2011–2012 Politehnica Timișoara
2012–2013 ACS Poli Timișoara
2013 ACS Poli Timișoara (sporting director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 19 August 2011
‡ National team caps and goals, correct as of 25 November 2009

Valentin Adrian Velcea (born 5 September 1973 in Sadova) is a retired Romanian football midfielder and manager.

Contents

Club career

Politehnica Timișoara

Velcea started football in Timișoara and made a name for himself while at Politehnica. He was a very technical midfielder with good passing and long shots.

He stayed at the club most of his career, swapping to Gloria Bistriţa in 1999 where he scored three goals, before returning to the Politehnica Timișoara in 2004. He retired after being deemed a surplus to the team requirements by Gheorghe Hagi in 2006.

Coaching career

Politehnica Timișoara

Velcea was assistant manager from 2006 to 2009 when he was promoted to Politehnica II Timișoara before he returned as assistant in 2010 after poor results.

He also was two times caretaker manager and plays two Cupa României finals after Alin Artimon resigned and Gabi Balint was sacked just one week before the final. However, Velcea loses both finals, first 0–2 at home against Rapid București in 2007 and the other one in 2009 at Tudor Vladimirescu stadium 3–0 against CFR Cluj.

Although Politehnica Timișoara finished on the second place in the 2010–11 Liga I, the team was relegated to Liga II after the license necessary to play in the first division was denied by Romanian Football Federation [1] and Dušan Uhrin, Jr. left the team in July, and Velcea was appointed the new manager of the team on 4 August 2011. [2]

Coaching stats

As of 5 August 2013
TeamFromToRecord
GWDLGFGAWin %
Politehnica Timișoara 19 March 200711 June 2007137151616053.85
Politehnica Timișoara 1 June 200930 June 2009200204000.00
Politehnica II Timișoara 1 July 200930 June 201030116133236036.67
Politehnica Timișoara 27 July 201130 June 20123321845820063.64
ACS Poli Timișoara 15 August 201210 October 201335161274927045.71
Total113552731155103048.67

Honours

Player

Politehnica Timișoara

Coach

FC Politehnica Timișoara
ACS Poli Timișoara

References

  1. "13 cluburi din Liga I au primit licenţa pentru sezonul 2011–2012". FRF. 31 May 2011. Archived from the original on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2012.
  2. "Velcea appointed new Politehnica manager". politimisoara.com. Retrieved 4 August 2011.