Dennis Şerban
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| Dennis Şerban | ||
| Personal information | ||
|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 5, 1976 | |
| Place of birth |  Bucharest, Romania |
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| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |
| Playing position | Attacking Midfielder | |
| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1994-1996 1996-1998 1998-2001 1999-2000 2000-2001 2002 2002-2003 2003 2004 2004 2005-2006 2006-2007 |
Farul Constanţa Steaua Bucureşti Valencia →Villarreal (loan) →Elche CF (loan) Rapid Bucureşti Córdoba Polideportivo Ejido Petrolul Ploieşti Dinamo Bucureşti Larissa Dinamo Bucureşti Career |
44 (6) 62 (15) 12 (1) 13 (4) 32 (10) 12 (2) 21 (4) 10 (1) 8 (1) 3 (0) 37 (1) 7 (2) 261 (47) |
| National team | ||
| 1996-2001 | Romania |
13 (1) |
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1 Senior club appearances and goals |
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Dennis Şerban, (born January 5, 1976 in Bucharest) is a Romanian retired football player, currently coaching Astra Ploieşti.
[edit] Club career
He played for FC Farul Constanţa and Portul Constanţa (on loan) before joining the squad of Steaua Bucharest 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 UEFA Champions League.
In 1999 Şerban is signed by 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 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 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 of 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 and since the 19th of March 2007 he is coach for Astra Ploiesti.
[edit] International career
Şerban won 13 caps for Romania, scoring once.
