Adrian Mihalcea
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Adrian Dumitru Mihalcea | ||
| Date of birth | 24 May 1976 | ||
| Place of birth | Slobozia, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Unirea Slobozia (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1993 | CSȘ Slobozia | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1993–1995 |
Unirea Slobozia | ||
| 1995–1996 | Dunărea Călărași | 34 | (4) |
| 1996–2001 | Dinamo București | 164 | (67) |
| 2002–2003 |
Genoa | 40 | (11) |
| 2003–2004 |
Hellas Verona | 20 | (5) |
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo București | 17 | (1) |
| 2005 |
Chunnam Dragons | 3 | (0) |
| 2006 |
FC Vaslui | 13 | (1) |
| 2006–2010 |
Aris Limassol | 76 | (35) |
| 2008–2009 | → AEL Limassol (loan) | 23 | (5) |
| 2010 |
Astra Ploiești | 8 | (1) |
| 2011 | Unirea Urziceni | 15 | (3) |
| 2011–2012 | Concordia Chiajna | 18 | (1) |
| 2012–2013 |
Unirea Slobozia | 17 | (5) |
| Total | 448 | (139) | |
| International career | |||
| 1995–1997 | Romania U21 | 10 | (3) |
| 1998–2003 | Romania | 16 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2013–2015 |
Unirea Slobozia | ||
| 2015 | ACS Berceni | ||
| 2016–2017 | Dunărea Călărași | ||
| 2017 | UTA Arad | ||
| 2017 | Mioveni | ||
| 2017–2019 | Romania (assistant) | ||
| 2020 | Dinamo București | ||
| 2020–2022 | Unirea Slobozia | ||
| 2022 | Chindia Târgoviște | ||
| 2022–2023 | Gloria Buzău | ||
| 2023– | Unirea Slobozia | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Adrian Dumitru Mihalcea (born 24 May 1976) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga II club Unirea Slobozia.
Career
Mihalcea spent many years playing with one of the top Romanian teams,
Mihalcea started the 2001 season for Dinamo in excellent form, scoring 11 goals in 14 league matches, and earned 5th place in the competition for the 2001
After the experience in Italy, a return to Dinamo Bucharest in 2004 was disappointing, with Mihalcea struggling for goals as the team narrowly missed out on the Romanian championship. They saved the season and managed, with Mihalcea one of the team's captains, to win the
Mihalcea was sold again at the end of that season, in the summer of 2005, this time to South-Korean club
In the summer of 2006, Mihalcea moved to Cypriot side
In the summer of 2010 he signed with
He ended his career at
International career
Mihalcea's international career with
International stats
| Romania national team | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1998 | 4 | 0 |
| 1999 | 2 | 0 |
| 2000 | 4 | 0 |
| 2001 | 5 | 0 |
| 2002 | 0 | 0 |
| 2003 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 16 | 0 |
Manager career
Mihalcea started his manager career in 2013, at Unirea Slobozia, in his hometown. In 2017, he became assistant manager at the Romania national team, working alongside Cosmin Contra.
He was named head coach at Dinamo București in March 2020.[3] After only seven games in charge, he was sacked. Dinamo won only one of the seven games and fell into the relegation zone in Liga I.
On 7 June 2022, Mihalcea was appointed head coach at Chindia Târgoviște on a one-year deal, with an option to extend for a further year .[4] On 20 September, after three months in charge, he was sacked.[5]
Honours
Club
Dinamo București
- 1999–2000
- Cupa României: 1999–00, 2000–01, 2004–05
AEL Limassol
- Cypriot Cup runner-up: 2008–09
References
- ^ "Mihalcea şi Bălaşa au semnat". FC Astra official site. 4 July 2010. Archived from the original on 8 October 2011.
- ^ "Adrian Mihalcea spune adio carierei de jucător: "Am pus punct. Sunt pregătit pentru cea de antrenor"". Daniel Gheorghe. 5 June 2013.
- ^ Mihai Țenea (11 March 2020). "Adrian Mihalcea, noul antrenor al echipei Dinamo". Agerpres. Archived from the original on 7 May 2022. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
- ^ Mihaitalazarica (7 June 2022). "Bun venit, Adrian Mihalcea!" (in Romanian). Chindia Târgoviște. Retrieved 7 June 2022.
- ^ Mihaitalazarica (20 September 2022). "Mulțumim, Adrian Mihalcea!" (in Romanian). Chindia Târgoviște. Retrieved 20 September 2022.
External links
- Adrian Mihalcea at National-Football-Teams.com
- Adrian Mihalcea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Adrian Mihalcea at Soccerway
- Adrian Mihalcea at Playerhistory.com
- Adrian Mihalcea – K League stats at kleague.com (in Korean)
