Dan Alexa

Dan Alexa (born 28 October 1979) is a Romanian professional football coach and former player, currently in charge of Liga I club Botoșani.

Dan Alexa
Dan Alexa, 2004
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-10-28) 28 October 1979
Place of birth Caransebeș, Romania
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Botoșani (head coach)
Youth career
CSȘ Caransebeș
LPS Banatul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998 UM Timișoara 10 (2)
1999–2001 Rocar București 45 (2)
2001 Fulgerul Bragadiru 4 (0)
2002 Universitatea Craiova 15 (0)
2002–2004 Dinamo București 47 (1)
2004–2005 Beijing Hyundai 40 (0)
2006 Dinamo București 13 (1)
2006–2011 Politehnica Timișoara 126 (5)
2011–2012 Rapid București 25 (3)
2012–2014 Anorthosis Famagusta 40 (4)
2017 Viitorul Caransebeș 1 (0)
Total 366 (18)
International career
2000 Romania U21 1 (0)
2004–2011 Romania 6 (2)
Managerial career
2014–2015 ACS Poli Timișoara
2015–2016 Rapid București
2016 ASA Târgu Mureș
2016–2017 Concordia Chiajna
2017–2019 Dunărea Călărași
2019 Astra Giurgiu
2020 Rapid București
2020–2021 ASU Politehnica Timișoara
2021–2022 CSM Reșița
2022–2023 FC Brașov
2023– Botoșani
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Early career

Although born in Banat, Alexa was considered disposable while at UM Timișoara in 1998, and he moved to Rocar București where he helped his side reach the 2000–01 Romanian Cup final.

Dinamo București

After several years with short spells at FC Timișoara and Universitatea Craiova, Alexa got his big chance as Dinamo București decided to transfer him. His performances were of a high caliber throughout the two seasons he spent there, but he also got a reputation for being an extremely aggressive player. In two years, he scored 1 goal in 47 appearances.

Beijing Hyundai

His consequent move to Beijing Hyundai saw him leave Romania for two years. In a friendly match against Real Madrid he was selected man of the match.[1]

Dinamo București

He returned to Dinamo in 2006 just for a few months playing 13 matches, scoring one goal.

Politehnica Timișoara

In the summer of the same year, Politehnica boss Marian Iancu decided to bring Alexa – by then, a real "persona non-grata" in Timișoara, due to his pledge of loyalty to Dinamo – back to the city where he started his career, together with teammate Ştefan Grigorie.[2] The fans protested at Alexa's arrival in Timișoara through several banners and chants, but the club's management remained unimpressed. Alexa himself stated that he had made those statements out of necessity and that he will do all he can to prove to the fans that he is a real professional. A few months after his arrival, Alexa became the captain of Poli. He is nicknamed "the surgeon" because he inflicted many injuries requiring surgery to opposing players. On 19 April 2010, he scored the equaliser goal in the 98th minute against CFR Cluj and kept Poli in the battle for the title, however Poli finished 5th, losing their last three matches.

Rapid București

On 4 June 2011, the former captain of Politehnica Timișoara signed a two-year contract with Rapid București following the relegation of Poli.[3]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 24 June 2012, Dan Alexa signed with the Cyprus First Division football club, Anorthosis Famagusta, on a free transfer. He signed a reported €250,000/yr contract with the club.[4]

International career

Alexa was first called up by the national team in 2004. Later in 2010, he was called up for a friendly match against Italy after a six-year absence.[5] Alexa scored his first goals for Romania in a 2–2 draw against Ukraine at Cyprus International Cup 2011.[6] However, Romania were eliminated from the tournament, after losing on penalty kicks 4–2.

International stats
Romania national team
YearAppsGoals
200410
200500
200600
200700
200800
200900
201010
201142
Total62

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 February 2011Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus Ukraine1–22–2Friendly
28 February 2011Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus Ukraine2–22–2Friendly

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Alexa became a manager. His first job was at ACS Poli Timișoara, in March 2014. Since 23 August 2017 he was manager of Dunărea Călărași until summer of 2019. Then he was named manager of Astra Giurgiu.

Managerial statistics
As of 23 October 2023[7]
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Romania ACS Poli Timișoara 17 March 2014 22 August 2015 48 21 14 13 57 41 +16 043.75
Romania Rapid București 27 August 2015 20 July 2016 34 22 7 5 55 21 +34 064.71
Romania ASA Târgu Mureș 07 August 2016 22 December 2016 23 8 3 12 32 38 −6 034.78
Romania Concordia Chiajna 23 December 2016 18 July 2017 20 6 6 8 20 25 −5 030.00
Romania Dunărea Călărași 22 August 2017 12 June 2019 76 36 21 19 95 63 +32 047.37
Romania Astra Giurgiu 13 June 2019 10 October 2019 13 5 4 4 16 14 +2 038.46
Romania Rapid București 11 March 2020 06 August 2020 5 1 3 1 4 4 +0 020.00
Romania ASU Politehnica Timișoara 11 November 2020 17 June 2021 19 6 6 7 20 24 −4 031.58
Romania CSM Reșița 30 June 2021 10 June 2022 32 25 6 1 91 16 +75 078.13
Romania FC Brașov 23 June 2022 8 August 2023 27 13 7 7 58 31 +27 048.15
Romania Botoșani 1 September 2023 present 7 0 3 4 9 19 −10 000.00
Total 304 143 80 81 457 296 +161 047.04

Honours

Player

UM Timișoara

Rocar București

Dinamo București

Coach

ACS Poli Timișoara

Rapid București

Dunărea Călărași

CSM Reșița

References
  1. "Comentand la rece etapa a 27-a: Cine sunt premiantii, cine sunt perdantii". Cronica Română. 17 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  2. "Pe minus" [On minus] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 22 August 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  3. "Alexa and Surdu signed with Rapid". Gazeta Sporturilor. 4 June 2011.
  4. "Rapid a pierdut un super jucator". Sport.ro. 24 June 2012.
  5. "Alexa returns to national team". Analog TV. 18 November 2010.
  6. "Romania – Ukraine 2–2". Gazeta Sporturilor. 8 February 2011.
  7. "Nou antrenor la Dunărea. Dan Alexa a semnat contract pe un an cu gruparea de pe malul Borcei" (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. 12 November 2020. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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