Valentin Velcea

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

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)
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Viitorul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1999 Politehnica Timișoara 166 (12)
1991–1992 → UM Timișoara (loan)
1992–1993 → CFR Timișoara (loan)
1994–1995 → UTA Arad (loan) 3 (0)
1999–2004 Gloria Bistriţa 117 (3)
2004–2006 Politehnica Timișoara 14 (0)
Total 300 (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

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
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGAWin %
Politehnica Timișoara 19 March 2007 11 June 2007 13 7 1 5 16 16 053.85
Politehnica Timișoara 1 June 2009 30 June 2009 2 0 0 2 0 4 000.00
Politehnica II Timișoara 1 July 2009 30 June 2010 30 11 6 13 32 36 036.67
Politehnica Timișoara 27 July 2011 30 June 2012 33 21 8 4 58 20 063.64
ACS Poli Timișoara 15 August 2012 10 October 2013 35 16 12 7 49 27 045.71
Total 113 55 27 31 155 103 048.67

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.
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