Dennis Șerban

Dennis Şerban

Personal information
Full name	Dennis Georgian Şerban
Date of birth	(1976-01-05) 5 January 1976
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1993–1996	Farul Constanţa	44	(6)
1994–1995	→ Portul Constanţa (loan)	7	(1)
1996–1998	Steaua București	62	(15)
1998–2002	Valencia	14	(1)
1999–2000	→ Villarreal (loan)	13	(4)
2000–2001	→ Elche (loan)	35	(11)
2001–2002	→ Rapid București (loan)	12	(2)
2002–2003	Córdoba	21	(4)
2003	Polideportivo Ejido	10	(1)
2004	Petrolul Ploieşti	8	(1)
2004	Dinamo București	3	(0)
2005–2006	Larissa	37	(1)
2006–2007	Dinamo București	7	(2)
Total		273	(49)
International career
1996–2001	Romania	13	(1)
Managerial career
2007	Astra Ploieşti
2007	Progresul București
2010	Farul Constanţa (technical director)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Şerban (born 5 January 1976 in Bucharest) is a Romanian retired football player.

Playing career

Şerban played for FC Farul Constanţa and Portul Constanţa (on loan) before joining the squad of Steaua București in 1996. A very talented playmaker, Şerban immediately became a very important part of the team which won the Romanian championship in 1997 and 1998 and played in the UEFA Champions League.

In 1999, he was signed by La Liga side Valencia CF. It normal conditions such a move would have been given wings to any player, however it was not Şerban's case, unfortunately. From a man used game after game by Steaua București he became an unused substitute at Valencia and that damaged his career.

After two years at Valencia in which he only played 11 games, Şerban is loaned to Villarreal CF, in Spain's La Liga, and from there to Elche CF. At Elche he had a good period, playing 35 games and scoring 11 goals during the full season, and as a result he is called back by Valencia CF only to be released after few weeks and sent to Rapid Bucharest.

In 2002, he returned to Spain to play for Córdoba CF and then Polideportivo Ejido but as soon as he was released by Valencia CF from his contract, he returned to Romania to join Petrolul Ploieşti and then Dinamo Bucharest.

January 2005 found Şerban playing for Larissa in the Greek second division. His club won promotion and, in 2006, he continued playing for Larissa, in the Greek first division, having a productive year with 27 appearances and 1 goal.

In August 2006, Şerban was signed again by Dinamo Bucharest. He was dismissed by coach Mircea Rednic in the early days of February 2007. Shortly after this, he started coaching Astra Ploiești and later Farul Constanţa.

International career

Şerban won 13 caps for the Romania national side, scoring once in a 2–1 win over Yugoslavia.

International goals

Goal	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	15 November 2000	Stadionul Ghencea, Bucharest, Romania	Yugoslavia	1–0	2–1	Friendly

Honours

Club

Steaua București

• Romanian League (2): 1996–97, 1997–98
• Romanian Cup (1): 1996–97
• Romanian Supercup (1): 1998

Valencia

• Spanish Cup (1): 1998–99

Rapid București

• Romanian Cup (1): 2001–02

External links

• Dennis Șerban at National-Football-Teams.com
• Dennis Șerban at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
• Dennis Șerban at BDFutbol