Cristian Bălașa

Cristian Bălașa
Personal information
Date of birth	27 December 1972 (age 51)
Place of birth	Pucioasa, Romania
Height	1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Team information
Current team	Concordia Chiajna (sporting director)
Senior career*
Years	Team
1995–1997	Chindia Târgoviște
1998–2003	Argeș Pitești
2003–2004	Farul Constanța
2004	FC Oradea
2005–2006	FCM Târgoviște
2006–2010	Concordia Chiajna
2018	Aninoasa
Total
Managerial career
2012	AS Doiceşti
2012–2013	Concordia II Chiajna
2013–2015	Viitorul Constanța (assistant)
2015–2016	Chindia Târgoviște (sporting director)
2016–2019	Aninoasa
2019–	Concordia Chiajna (sporting director)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Cristian Bălașa (born 27 December 1972) is a Romanian professional football manager and former football player. He is currently the sporting director of Liga II club Concordia Chiajna.^[1]

Club career

Bălașa made his Liga I debut on 31 July 1996, for Chindia Târgoviște, in a 1–0 win against Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. He also played for Argeș Pitești, Farul Constanța, FC Oradea and Concordia Chiajna before retiring in 2010.

In February 2018, Bălașa decided to play again for the team that he also managed, FC Aninoasa.^[2]

Managerial career

In 2012, Bălașa started his coaching career, managing lower league clubs such as AS Doiceşti, Concordia II Chiajna and Aninoasa, and was also Gheorghe Hagi's assistant coach at Viitorul Constanța for two seasons.^[3] From 2015 to 2016 he was the sporting director of Chindia Târgoviște.^[4]

Personal life

His son, Mihai Bălașa, is also a football player.^[5]

Honours

Player

Chindia Târgoviște

Divizia B: 1995–96

Concordia Chiajna

Liga III: 2006–07

References

^ "Laurențiu Diniță s-a înțeles cu Concordia Chiajna" [Laurențiu Diniță comes to an understanding with Concordia Chiajna]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
^ Ultimele noutăți la FC Aninoasa! Cristi Bălașa și Cosmin Lunescu revin în iarbă^{[permanent dead link]}. fcaninoasa.ro (in Romanian)
^ Revine pe bancă! Cristian Bălaşa, foarte aproape de a prelua conducerea tehnică a Aninoasei. gazetadambovitei.ro (in Romanian)
^ Cristi Bălaşa, director sportiv la Chindia. jurnaldedambovita.ro (in Romanian)
^ Cristi Bălaşa, despre fiul său: "Sper să mă depăşească" Archived 19 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. evz.ro (in Romanian)

External links

Cristian Bălașa at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)

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[1] "Laurențiu Diniță s-a înțeles cu Concordia Chiajna" [Laurențiu Diniță comes to an understanding with Concordia Chiajna]. Gazeta Sporturilor (in Romanian). 6 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019.

[2] Ultimele noutăți la FC Aninoasa! Cristi Bălașa și Cosmin Lunescu revin în iarbă^{[permanent dead link]}. fcaninoasa.ro (in Romanian)

[3] Revine pe bancă! Cristian Bălaşa, foarte aproape de a prelua conducerea tehnică a Aninoasei. gazetadambovitei.ro (in Romanian)

[4] Cristi Bălaşa, director sportiv la Chindia. jurnaldedambovita.ro (in Romanian)

[5] Cristi Bălaşa, despre fiul său: "Sper să mă depăşească" Archived 19 December 2017 at the Wayback Machine. evz.ro (in Romanian)

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