Eugen Trică

Eugen Trică
Personal information
Date of birth5 August 1976
Place of birthTeslui, Dolj, Romania
Height1.79 m (5 ft 10 12 in)
Playing positionAttacking midfielder
Youth career
1988–1994Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1994–1998Universitatea Craiova91(14)
1998–2003Steaua București130(21)
2003–2005Litex Lovech54(22)
2005Maccabi Tel Aviv10(1)
2005–2007CSKA Sofia34(17)
2007–2009CFR Cluj46(15)
2009Anorthosis12(2)
2009CFR Cluj1(0)
2009–2010Universitatea Craiova16(2)
2010–2011Concordia Chiajna22(6)
Total416(100)
National team
1999–2007Romania4(0)
Teams managed
2010Universitatea Craiova
2012–2013Juventus București
2013CFR Cluj
2013UTA Arad
2014Juventus București
2015CFR Cluj
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (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.

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.

In 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 is married to Lorena, daughter of Ilie Balaci, one of the best Romanian football players from the past.

Honours

Player

Manager

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