Viorel Moldovan

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Viorel Moldovan
Personal information
Full name Viorel Dinu Moldovan
Date of birth (1972-07-08) 8 July 1972 (age 49)
Place of birth Bistrița, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
1984–1990 Gloria Bistrița
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1990–1993 Gloria Bistrița 86 (15)
1993–1995 Dinamo București 60 (19)
1995–1996 Neuchâtel Xamax 32 (19)
1996–1997 Grasshoppers 51 (44)
1998 Coventry City 10 (1)
1998–2000 Fenerbahçe 53 (33)
2000–2004 Nantes 69 (31)
2003 → Al-Wahda (loan) 1 (0)
2004 Servette 13 (3)
2005 Politehnica Timișoara 23 (8)
2006–2007 Rapid București 41 (15)
Total 439 (188)
National team
1991–1993[1] Romania U-21 16 (3)
1993–2005[2] Romania 70 (25)
Teams managed
2008–2009 Vaslui
2009–2010 Brașov
2010 Sportul Studențesc
2013–2014 Rapid București
2014 Romania U-21
2014–2016 Romania (assistant)
2016 Auxerre
2018–2020 Chindia Târgoviște
2020–2021 Petrolul Ploiești
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Viorel Dinu Moldovan (born 8 July 1972) is a Romanian former professional football forward and currently the manager. He was an important player for the Romanian national team in the 1990s. He was recently the manager of AJ Auxerre in the French Ligue 2.

Career[]

Moldovan was born in Bistrița.

At club level, Moldovan played for Gloria Bistrița (1990–93), Dinamo București (1993–95), Neuchâtel Xamax (1995–96), Grasshoppers (1996–97), Coventry City (1998), Fenerbahçe (1998–2000), Nantes (2000–04), Servette (2004), FCU Politehnica Timișoara (2005), and Rapid București (2006–2007).

The most successful years of his career were playing for Neuchâtel Xamax and Grasshoppers between 1996 and 1998 in Switzerland (he was the Swiss Super League top scorer in 1996 and 1997), for Fenerbahçe between 1998 and 2000 and for Nantes between 2000 and 2004. He was a key player when Nantes won the French Ligue 1 in 2001. During his brief spell in England with Coventry City he scored twice, once in the FA Cup, scoring the winner against local rivals Aston Villa,[3] and once in the league against Crystal Palace.[4]

International career[]

Moldovan was capped 70 times for Romania, scoring 25 goals. He represented his country at Euro 96, the 1998 FIFA World Cup, during which he scored goals against England and Tunisia in the first round, and Euro 2000.[5]

Coaching career[]

Moldovan worked as the sporting director of FC Unirea Valahorum Urziceni and was the coach of FC Vaslui. On 26 May 2009, the coach quit FC Vaslui after just seven months for failing to guide the team to European qualification. The squad was then managed by coaching assistant Cristian Dulca on a temporary basis until a new coach was hired.[6] On 28 July 2009, the Italian coach Nicolò Napoli quit FC Brașov and was replaced by Moldovan, who signed a two-year deal.[7]

Career statistics[]

Sources:[8][5]

Club[]

Club Season League National Cup League Cup Continental Total
Division Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
Neuchâtel Xamax 1995–96 Nationalliga A 31 19 — 2 0 33 19
Grasshopper 1996–97 Nationalliga A 32 27 — 7 3 39 30
1997–98 19 17 — 4 2 23 19
Total 51 44 — 11 5 62 49
Coventry City 1997–98 Premier League 10 1 4 1 — 14 2
Fenerbahçe 1998–99 1.Lig 27 15 — 4 1 31 16
1999–2000 26 18 — 2 0 28 18
Total 53 33 — 6 1 59 34
Nantes Atlantique 2000–01 Division 1 23 11 3 4 2 2 5 5 33 22
2001–02 17 5 1 0 1 1 3 2 23[a] 8
2002–03 Ligue 1 17 4 2 0 1 0 — 20 4
2003–04 12 11 0 0 3 1 — 15 12
Total 69 31 6 4 7 4 8 7 91 46
Career total 214 128 10 5 7 4 27 13 259 150
  1. ^ Includes appearance in Trophée des Champions

International stats[]

Romania
Year Apps Goals
1993 1 0
1994 3 0
1995 1 0
1996 9 4
1997 7 5
1998 13 8
1999 10 2
2000 11 2
2001 8 2
2002 4 2
2003 1 0
2004 0 0
2005 2 0
Total 70 25

International goals[]

Scores and results table. Romania's goal tally first:[5]

List of international goals scored
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 24 April 1996 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Georgia 1–0 5–0 Friendly
2 24 April 1996 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Georgia 2–0 5–0 Friendly
3 24 April 1996 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Georgia 3–0 5–0 Friendly
4 31 August 1996 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Lithuania 1–0 3–0 World Cup 1998 Qual.
5 29 March 1997 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Liechtenstein 1–0 8–0 World Cup 1998 Qual.
6 2 April 1997 Žalgiris Stadium, Vilnius, Lithuania  Lithuania 1–0 1–0 World Cup 1998 Qual.
7 20 August 1997 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  North Macedonia 1–0 4–2 World Cup 1998 Qual.
8 20 August 1997 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Hungary 3–1 4–2 World Cup 1998 Qual.
9 6 September 1997 , Eschen, Liechtenstein  Liechtenstein 1–0 8–1 World Cup 1998 Qual.
10 8 April 1998 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Greece 1–0 2–1 Friendly
11 22 April 1998 King Baudouin Stadium, Brussels, Belgium  Belgium 1–0 1–1 Friendly
12 6 June 1998 Stadionul Ilie Oană, Ploiești, Romania  Moldova 4–0 5–1 Friendly
13 22 June 1998 Stadium Municipal, Toulouse, France  England 1–0 2–1 World Cup 1998 Group G
14 26 June 1998 Stade de France, Saint Denis, France  Tunisia 1–1 1–1 World Cup 1998 Group G
15 2 September 1998 Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania  Liechtenstein 6–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
16 5 September 1998 Ta' Qali Stadium, Attard, Malta  Germany 1–0 1–1 Friendly
17 14 October 1998 Népstadion, Budapest, Hungary  Hungary 1–0 1–1 UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
18 4 September 1999 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Slovakia 4–1 5–1 UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
19 4 September 1999 Tehelné pole, Bratislava, Slovakia  Slovakia 5–1 5–1 UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.
20 27 May 2000 Amsterdam ArenA, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Netherlands 1–2 1–2 Friendly
21 12 June 2000 Stade de Sclessin, Liège, Belgium  Germany 1–0 1–1 UEFA EURO 2000 Group A
22 6 June 2001 S. Darius and S. Girėnas Stadium, Kaunas, Lithuania  Lithuania 2–0 2–1 World Cup 2002 Qual.
23 15 August 2001 Bežigrad Stadium, Ljubljana, Slovenia  Slovenia 2–1 2–2 Friendly
24 16 October 2002 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 1–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.
25 16 October 2002 Stade Josy Barthel, Luxembourg, Luxembourg  Luxembourg 2–0 7–0 UEFA Euro 2004 Qual.

Honours[]

Sources:[5][9][10]

Player[]

Gloria Bistrița

Grasshoppers

Nantes

Rapid București

Individual[]

  • Swiss League top scorer: 1995–96, 1996–97
  • Swiss Foreign Footballer of the Year: 1995–96, 1996–97

Manager[]

Rapid București

Chindia Târgoviște

References[]

  1. ^ "Viorel Dinu MOLDOVAN". .
  2. ^ "Dinu Viorel Moldovan – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  3. ^ Shaw, Phil (14 February 1998). "Moldovan the destroyer of myths". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  4. ^ Callow, Nick (28 February 1998). "Coppell deep in the doldrums". The Independent. London. Retrieved 25 November 2009.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b c d Viorel Moldovan at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com
  6. ^ Porumboiu: "Despărţirea de Viorel Moldovan s-a făcut pe cale amiabilă"
  7. ^ FC Braşov: Napoli înlocuit de Viorel Moldovan în scaunul de antrenor Archived 30 July 2009 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Viorel Moldovan at WorldFootball.net
  9. ^ Viorel Moldovan at Soccerway
  10. ^ Viorel Moldovan at National-Football-Teams.com
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