Eugen Trică

Eugen Trică
Personal information
Date of birth	5 August 1976 (age 48)
Place of birth	Teslui, Dolj, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
1988–1994	Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team
1994–1998	Universitatea Craiova
1998–2003	Steaua București
2003–2005	Litex Lovech
2005–2006	Maccabi Tel Aviv
2006–2007	CSKA Sofia
2007–2009	CFR Cluj
2009	Anorthosis
2009	CFR Cluj
2009–2010	Universitatea Craiova
2010–2011	Concordia Chiajna
Total
International career
1999–2007	Romania
Managerial career
2012–2013	Juventus București
2013	CFR Cluj
2013–2014	UTA Arad
2014	Juventus București
2015	CFR Cluj
2015	Metalul Reșița
2015–2016	Ittihad (assistant)
2017–2018	Politehnica Iași (assistant)
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eugen Trică (born 5 August 1976) is a Romanian football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Trică started his career at Universitatea Craiova as a youth, being promoted in the first team in 1995.

He then joined Steaua Bucureşti in 1998, winning the championship in 2001.

Litex Lovech was the third club Trică played for, after being transferred in 2003, then after two years he joined the squad of Maccabi Tel Aviv but after only few months he returned to Bulgaria, this time at PFC CSKA Sofia. Trică is one of the highest scoring foreign players in the A PFG with 39 goals to his name.^[1]

In May 2007, Trică returned to Romania after he could not agree on a contract with CSKA, signing with CFR Cluj. At Cluj he was part of the team that won for the first time in the club's history the championship and the cup in 2008, playing in Champions League.

He moved in 2009 to Cyprus first division at Anorthosis Famagusta FC, just after the team was eliminated from Champions League group stage. However, after the end of the season, he returned to Cluj.

On 25 August 2009, Eugen Trică signed to the first love Universitatea Craiova.

After a year, in August 2010, he joined Concordia Chiajna, a team from the second Romanian division. Trică helped the group promote to Liga I for the first time in history. After a few games in the first division for Concordia, in October 2011, Trică decided to quit.

International career

He was one of the best players of the national U21 team, but has only four caps for Romania.

Personal life

Trică was married to Lorena, daughter of Ilie Balaci, one of the best Romanian football players from the past.^[2]

Honours

Player

Universitatea Craiova:
- Romanian League: Runner-up 1994–95
- Romanian Cup: Runner-up 1997–98
Steaua Bucureşti:
- Romanian League: 2000–01
- Romanian Super Cup: 2001
Litex Lovech:
- Bulgarian Cup: 2003–04
CSKA Sofia:
- Bulgarian League: Runner-up 2005-06,2006–07
- Bulgarian Cup: 2005–06
- Bulgarian Super Cup: 2006
CFR Cluj:

Manager

CFR Cluj:
- Romanian Cup: Runner-up 2012–13

References

^ "Топ 20 за чуждестранни футболисти голмайстори". bgfootball.eu. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
^ "Liana, fata cea mica a lui Ilie Balaci, duce mai departe traditia sportiva a familiei!" [Liana, the little girl of Ilie Balaci, carries on the sporting tradition of the family!] (in Romanian). wowbiz.ro. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

External links

Eugen Trică at Romaniansoccer
Eugen Trică at National-Football-Teams.com

[1] "Топ 20 за чуждестранни футболисти голмайстори". bgfootball.eu. 1 March 2015. Retrieved 31 July 2016.

[2] "Liana, fata cea mica a lui Ilie Balaci, duce mai departe traditia sportiva a familiei!" [Liana, the little girl of Ilie Balaci, carries on the sporting tradition of the family!] (in Romanian). wowbiz.ro. Retrieved 24 October 2017.

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