Viorel Ion

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Viorel Ion
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-11-02) 2 November 1967 (age 56)
Place of birth Mărăcineni, Buzău, Romania
Height 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s)
Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1991 Gloria Buzău12 4 (4)
1991–1992
Oțelul Galați
33 (11)
1992–1995
Steaua București
73 (9)
1995–1998
Oțelul Galați
100 (28)
1998–1999 VfL Bochum 12 (1)
1999–2000
Oțelul Galați
36 (5)
2000–2001 Rapid București 14 (0)
2001–2003 Gloria Buzău3 18 (3)
2003–2004
Rulmentul Alexandria
8 (0)
2004–2005
Dunărea Galați
20 (4)
2005–2008 Gloria Buzău 56 (8)
Total 374 (73)
International career
1991–1997 Romania 4 (0)
Managerial career
2001-2003 Gloria Buzău (player-coach)
2003-2004
R. Alexandria
(player-coach)
2004-2005 Dunărea Galați (player-coach)
2005–2008 Gloria Buzău (player-coach)
2008-2009 Petrolul Berca (president)
2010
FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin
2011–2012
CF Brăila
2012–2013 CS Otopeni
2013–2016 Gloria Buzău
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viorel Ion (born 2 November 1967) is a Romanian

player-manager of Gloria Buzău, which he helped promote to Liga I
during the 2006–07 season.

Playing career

Ion was born in

Oțelul Galați
again.

Ion made four appearances for the Romania national football team.[1]

Manager career

In 2001, he returned to Buzău, to find his old team, Gloria, relegated to the Romanian third division. He took over as

.

In 2003-2004 season he was player-manager of

2004-05 Divizia B
.

Viorel Ion succeeded to promote Gloria Buzău to Liga I during the 2006–07 season, after finishing second. After losing the first two games of the 2007–08 season, Ion resigned his position as player-manager in favor of his colleague Ilie Stan and took on other management position with Gloria Buzău.[2]

In 2008-2009 season he went on to be a shareholder and president of 2008-09 Liga III Petrolul Berca, the club that transformed intoFC Voluntari in 2010.[3]

From September 2010 until November 2010 he was the manager of

FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin.[4]

In 2011-2012 season he went to manage

AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila and in 2011-2012 season he managed CS Otopeni
.

In 2013 he returned to FC Gloria Buzău. In 2016 Viorel Ion, alongside most of the players and coaches, was suspended for match fixing by the football federation.[5]

Honours

Club

Steaua Bucharest

Notes

^1 The 1987–1988, 1989–1991 appearances and goals made for Gloria Buzău are unavailable.
^2 The 1988–1989 appearances made for Gloria Buzău are unavailable.
^3 The 2001–2002 appearances and goals made for Gloria Buzău are unavailable.

References

  1. ^ Siminiceanu, Radu (6 April 2003). "Romania National Team 1990–1999 – Details". RSSSF. Retrieved 11 February 2012.
  2. ^ "Prima demisie a sezonului - Viorel Ion renunta la banca Buzaului". Hotnews.ro. Hotnews.ro. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  3. ^ "Bunică mai are nevoie de voluntari serioși". liga2.prosport.ro. Liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  4. ^ "Viorel Ion a debutat cu dreptul la FC Drobeta". liga2.prosport.ro. Liga2.prosport.ro. Retrieved 11 April 2023.
  5. ^ "Sancțiuni fără precedent în fotbalul românesc: 174 de luni de suspendare pentru pariuri!". digisport.ro. Digisport. Retrieved 11 April 2023.

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