Ladislau Bölöni
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| László Bölöni | ||
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| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Full name | László Bölöni | |
| Date of birth | March 11, 1953 | |
| Place of birth | Târgu Mureş, Romania | |
| Position | Manager | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | N/A | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1967–1970 | Chimica Târnăveni | |
| Professional clubs* | ||
| Years | Club | Apps (goals) |
| 1970–1984 1984–1987 1987–1988 1988–1989 1989–1992 |
ASA Târgu Mureş Steaua Bucharest Racing Jet Brussels US Creteil US Orleans |
406 (64) 97 (24) 16 (0) 11 (2) 77 (4) |
| National team** | ||
| 1975–1988 | Romania | 108 (25) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1992-2000 2000 2000-2003 2003-2006 2006 |
AS Nancy Romania Sporting Lisbon Stade Rennais AS Monaco |
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* Professional club appearances and goals |
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László (in Hungarian) or Ladislau Bölöni (b. March 11, 1953 in Târgu Mureş (in Hungarian: Marosvásárhely)) is a former Romanian football player coach.
[edit] Career as a football player
Born to an ethnic Hungarian family in Târgu Mureş, Bölöni's first team was Chimica Târnăveni. In 1970 he moved to ASA Târgu Mureş where he stayed until 1984, until he moved to FC Steaua Bucureşti, being part of the team which won the European Champions Cup in 1986 and the European Super Cup the following year. Bölöni remained at Steaua until 1988.
In 1988 he left the country to play in Belgium at Racing JET Bruxelles and then in France at US Creteil. He retired from professional football in 1992.
Playing for the Romanian national team in 1983, he scored one of his most vital goals ever, against Italy in a Euro 84 qualification match which eventually proved invaluable to Romania qualifying for the tournament. At the finals themselves in France, he played in all three of Romania's games, and scored the equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Spain in Saint-Etienne.
In total, Bölöni won 104 caps for Romania, and scored 24 goals.
[edit] Coaching career
As a football coach, Bölöni has also enjoyed a successful career, which started with the French club AS Nancy, where he was head coach for several years. In 2000 he is appointed as manager of Romania but in the summer of 2001 decided to leave the job and join the Portuguese club Sporting Lisbon as manager, with which it won the Portuguese championship.
In 2003 he returned to France as manager of Stade Rennais; in 2005, he managed the team to their best position in the history (4th in the Ligue 1), and qualified them in the UEFA Cup.
In May 2006 he signed a two year contract with AS Monaco FC but was fired on October 23 for lack of results (Monaco being 19th out of 20 in the French League by that date). However his experience has led to him being made favourite for the vacant position at non league London club, Brentford FC.
