Valentin Velcea

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Valentin Adrian Velcea (born 5 September 1973 in Sadova) is a retired Romanian football midfielder. He is currently the interim manager of FCU Politehnica Timişoara.

Velcea started football in Timişoara and made a name for himself while at Politehnica. He stayed at the club most of his career, swapping to Gloria Bistriţa in 1999, before returning to the Timişoara based club in 2004. He retired after being deemed a surplus to the team requirements by Gheorghe Hagi in 2006.

Velcea remained at Poli as an assistant manager to Hagi and then to Sorin Cîrţu, before becoming the club interim manager after Alin Artimon left the club.