Valentin Velcea

Valentin Velcea
Personal information
Full name Valentin Adrian Velcea
Date of birth (1973-09-05) 5 September 1973
Place of birth Sadova, Romania
Height 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Playing position Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1999 Politehnica Timişoara 166 (10)
1994–1995UTA Arad (loan) 3 (0)
1999–2004 Gloria Bistriţa 117 (3)
2004–2006 Politehnica Timişoara 14 (0)
Total 300 (15)
Teams managed
2007 Politehnica Timişoara (Caretaker)
2009 Politehnica Timişoara (Caretaker)
2011–2012 Politehnica Timişoara
2012–2013 ACS Poli Timișoara

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 19 August 2011.
† Appearances (goals)

‡ 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. He is the manager of FC Politehnica Timișoara.

Club career

Politehnica Timișoara

Velcea started football in Timişoara 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 Timişoara before he returned as assistant in 2010 after poor results.

He also was two times cartaker manager and plays two Romanian Cup 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 Bucureşti 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
Team Nat From To Record
G W D L GF GA Win %
Politehnica Timişoara Romania 19 March 2007 11 June 2007 11 6 1 4 15 14 54.55
Politehnica Timişoara Romania 10 June 2009 30 June 2009 1 0 0 1 0 1 00.00
Politehnica Timişoara Romania 27 July 2011 30 June 2012 29 18 8 3 51 19 62.07
Poli Timișoara Romania 15 August 2012 10 Octombrie 2013 33 16 13 4 51 33 48.48
Total 74 40 22 12 117 67 54.05

Honours

ACS Poli Timișoara

References

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