Dan Alexa
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 28 October 1979 | ||
Place of birth | Timișoara, Romania | ||
Height | 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
Position(s) | Defensive midfielder | ||
Team information | |||
Current team | Rapid București (manager) | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1998–1999 | UM Timișoara | 10 | (2) |
1999–2001 | Rocar Bucureşti | 44 | (2) |
2001 | Politehnica Timișoara | 4 | (0) |
2002 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | (0) |
2002–2004 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 47 | (1) |
2004–2005 | Beijing Guoan | 40 | (0) |
2006 | Dinamo Bucureşti | 13 | (1) |
2006–2011 | Politehnica Timișoara | 126 | (5) |
2011–2012 | Rapid Bucureşti | 25 | (3) |
2012–2014 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 40 | (4) |
Total | 364 | (19) | |
International career | |||
2000 | Romania U-21 | 1 | (0) |
2004–2011 | Romania | 6 | (2) |
Managerial career | |||
2014–2015 | Poli Timișoara | ||
2015–2016 | Rapid București | ||
2016–2017 | ASA Târgu Mureș | ||
2017 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
2017–2019 | Dunărea Călărași | ||
2019 | Astra Giurgiu | ||
2020– | Rapid București | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Dan Alexa (born 28 October 1979 in Timișoara) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.
As a defensive midfielder,[1] he spent 16 years as a professional player.
After he ended his playing career, Alexa became a manager. His first job was at Poli Timișoara, in March 2014. Since August 23, 2017 he was manager of Dunărea Călărași until summer of 2019. Then he was named manager of Astra Giurgiu.
Club career
Early career
Although born in Banat, Alexa was considered disposable while at UM Timișoara in 1998, and he moved to Rocar Bucureşti where he helped his side reach the 2000–01 Romanian Cup final.
Dinamo București
After several years with short spells at FC Timișoara and Universitatea Craiova, Alexa got his big chance as Dinamo Bucureşti decided to transfer him. His performances were of a high caliber throughout the two seasons he spent there, but he also got a reputation for being an extremely aggressive player. In two years, he scored 1 goal in 47 appearances.
Beijing Hyundai
His consequent move to Beijing Hyundai saw him leave Romania for two years. In a friendly match against Real Madrid he was selected man of the match.[2]
Dinamo București
He returned to Dinamo in 2006 just for a few months playing 13 matches, scoring one goal.
Politehnica Timișoara
In the summer of the same year, Politehnica boss Marian Iancu decided to bring Alexa - by then, a real "persona non grata" in Timișoara, due to his pledge of loyalty to Dinamo - back to the city where he started his career, together with teammate Ştefan Grigorie. The fans protested at Alexa's arrival in Timișoara through several banners and chants, but the club's management remained unimpressed. Alexa himself stated that he had made those statements out of necessity and that he will do all he can to prove to the fans that he is a real professional. A few months after his arrival, Alexa became the captain of Poli. He is nicknamed "the surgeon" because he inflicted many injuries requiring surgery to opposing players. On 19 April 2010, he scored the equaliser goal in the 98th minute against CFR Cluj and kept Poli in the battle for the title, however Poli finished 5th, losing their last three matches.
Rapid București
On 4 June 2011, the former captain of Politehnica Timișoara signed a two-year contract with Rapid Bucureşti following the relegation of Poli.[3]
Anorthosis Famagusta
On 24 June 2012, Dan Alexa signed with the Cyprus First Division football club, Anorthosis Famagusta, on a free transfer. He signed a reported €250,000/yr contract with the club.[4]
International career
Alexa was first called up by the national team in 2004. Later in 2010, he was called up for a friendly match against Italy after a six-year absence.[5] Alexa scored his first goals for Romania in a 2–2 draw against Ukraine at Cyprus International Cup 2011.[6] However, Romania were eliminated from the tournament, after losing on penalty kicks 4–2.
International stats
Romania national team | ||
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Year | Apps | Goals |
2004 | 1 | 0 |
2005 | 0 | 0 |
2006 | 0 | 0 |
2007 | 0 | 0 |
2008 | 0 | 0 |
2009 | 0 | 0 |
2010 | 1 | 0 |
2011 | 4 | 2 |
Total | 6 | 2 |
International goals
# | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 8 February 2011 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus | Ukraine | 1–2 | 2-2 | Friendly |
2 | 8 February 2011 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus | Ukraine | 2–2 | 2-2 | Friendly |
Honours
Player
- UM Timișoara
- Liga III: 1998–99
- Dinamo Bucureşti
Coach
- Poli Timișoara
- Rapid Bucureşti
- Dunărea Călărași
Managerial statistics
- As of 10 October 2019[7]
Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
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G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
Poli Timișoara | 24 June 2014 | 4 March 2015 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 42 | 25 | +17 | 52.17 |
Rapid București | 28 August 2015 | 30 June 2016 | 29 | 18 | 5 | 6 | 52 | 32 | +20 | 62.07 |
ASA Târgu Mureș | 11 August 2016 | 22 December 2016 | 36 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 50 | 37 | +13 | 47.22 |
Concordia Chiajna | 3 March 2017 | 1 August 2017 | 27 | 13 | 4 | 10 | 34 | 21 | +13 | 48.15 |
Dunărea Călărași | 23 August 2017 | 12 June 2019 | 78 | 38 | 21 | 19 | 104 | 64 | +40 | 48.72 |
Astra Giurgiu | 13 June 2019 | 10 October 2019 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 38.46 |
Total | 206 | 104 | 48 | 54 | 298 | 193 | +105 | 50.49 |
References
- ^ Dan Alexa at National-Football-Teams.com
- ^ "Comentand la rece etapa a 27-a: Cine sunt premiantii, cine sunt perdantii". Cronica Română. 17 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
- ^ "Alexa and Surdu signed with Rapid". Gazeta Sporturilor. 4 June 2011.
- ^ "Rapid a pierdut un super jucator". Sport.ro. 24 June 2012.
- ^ "Alexa returns to national team". Analog TV. 18 November 2010.
- ^ "Romania - Ukraine 2-2". Gazeta Sporturilor. 8 February 2011.
- ^ "Nou antrenor la Dunărea. Dan Alexa a semnat contract pe un an cu gruparea de pe malul Borcei" [New coach at Dunărea. Dan Alexa signed a one-year contract with the group on the Borcei shore] (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
External links
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- 1979 births
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- Living people
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- FC U Craiova 1948 players
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- Liga I players
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