Sorin Vlaicu

Sorin Vlaicu
Personal information
Date of birth3 May 1965
Place of birthŞimian, Romania
Playing positionMidfielder
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1987-1992Politehnica Timişoara77(10)
1992-1993Red Star Belgrade13(0)
1993-1995Politehnica Timişoara71(7)
1995-1996Békéscsaba14(2)
1996-1999Politehnica Timişoara96(8)
1999-2000Drobeta-Turnu Severin37(10)
2000-2001UMT Timişoara0(0)
National team
1991-1992Romania4(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Sorin Vlaicu (born 3 May 1965 in Şimian) is a retired Romanian international football player.

Club career

He started his career in 1987 in Politehnica Timişoara, where he spent most of his career. Soon he began to show himself as a very strong offensive midfielder. After becoming an international player, he accepted in 1992 an invitation made by the 1991 European Champions Red Star Belgrade from Yugoslavia. In 1993 he returned to Timișoara where he continued playing until January 1995, when he moved to Hungary to play with Békéscsaba Elöre, where he played until January 1996. Since then, he has been the pillar of the Politehnica Timişoara team, having, in total, played an impressive 244 games, and scored 25 goals.

International career

After becoming an important Politehnica player, in the years of 1991 and 1992, he got four caps for the Romania national football team. His debut was on 17 April 1991 against Spain which Romania won 2-0.

Honours

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