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Ion Vlădoiu

Ion "Jean" Vlădoiu (born 5 November 1968) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a striker. He was also a manager.[1]

Ion Vlădoiu
Vlădoiu in 1996
Personal information
Date of birth (1968-11-05) 5 November 1968 (age 56)
Place of birth Călinești, Romania
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
–1987 CSȘ Aripi Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1987–1990 Argeș Pitești 75 (13)
1991–1993 Steaua București 77 (24)
1994–1995 Rapid București 43 (22)
1995–1996 Steaua București 33 (25)
1996–1998 1. FC Köln 51 (10)
1998–1999 Dinamo București 36 (26)
2000 Kickers Offenbach 15 (5)
2000–2001 Steaua București 15 (10)
2002 Argeș Pitești 16 (8)
2002 Universitatea Craiova 13 (2)
2003 Argeș Pitești 16 (0)
2004 UTA Arad 3 (1)
Total 393 (146)
International career
1992–2000 Romania 28 (2)
Managerial career
2006 FC Snagov
2006 Național București
2008–2009 Dinamo București (assistant)
2010 Argeș Pitești
2020–2022 Argeș Pitești (general manager)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

He is one of the few who played for the biggest teams of Romania – Steaua București, Rapid București, Dinamo București, Universitatea Craiova, Argeș Pitești and UTA Arad.[1] Internationally, he played for Romania at the 1994 World Cup and Euro 1996.[2]

Club career

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Early career

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Vlădoiu was born on 5 November 1968 in Călinești, Romania, starting to play junior level football at CSȘ Aripi Pitești.[3][4][5] He started his senior career at Argeș Pitești, making his Divizia A debut on 31 October 1987 in a 2–0 win over Oțelul Galați.[3][4][5]

Steaua București

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In the middle of the 1990–91 season, he left Argeș to go at Steaua București.[3][4][5] He started to play in European competitions, making four appearances in the 1991–92 UEFA Cup campaign, helping the team get past Anorthosis Famagusta and Sporting Gijón, scoring two goals against the latter, reaching the round of 16 where the campaign ended at the hands of Genoa.[3][6] He won his first trophy, following a penalty shoot-out against Politehnica Timișoara from the 1992 Cupa României final with Vlădoiu netting his spot kick, as coach Victor Pițurcă sent him on the field in the 54th minute to replace Marian Popa.[3][7]

In the following season he scored 10 times in the 29 league matches coach Anghel Iordănescu used him as Steaua won the title.[3][4][8] In the same season, he made six appearances in the European Cup Winners' Cup campaign, managing to get past Bohemians and Aarhus, scoring once against the first and a brace against the latter, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on the away goal rule after 1–1 on aggregate by Royal Antwerp.[3][9]

Afterwards he participated with The Military Men in the 1993–94 Champions League, netting a double which helped them get past Croatia Zagreb in the first round, being eliminated in the following one by AS Monaco.[3][10] In the first half of the 1993–94 Divizia A season, Vlădoiu was used by coach Emerich Jenei in 14 games in which he netted one goal in a 3–0 away win over rivals Dinamo București, leaving in the middle of the season to go at Rapid București but Steaua managed to win the championship without him.[3][4][8][11]

Rapid București

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With Rapid he reached the 1995 Cupa României final, coach Sorin Cârțu using him all the minutes in the penalty shoot-out loss to Petrolul Ploiești, Vlădoiu netting his spot kick.[3][5][12] With The Railwaymen he participated in the 1994–95 UEFA Cup, scoring a brace as they got past Valletta in the qualifying round, then he netted a goal which helped them eliminate Charleroi in the first round, being defeated in the following round by Eintracht Frankfurt.[3][13]

Return to Steaua

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In 1995 he returned to Steaua, his first performance being the winning of the Supercupa României in which he closed the score in the 2–0 over Petrolul Ploiești.[3][4][5][14] In the 1995–96 season, under the guidance of coach Dumitru Dumitriu he netted a personal record of 25 goals, including a hat-trick in a 4–2 victory against Dinamo, winning the championship and being its top-scorer.[3][4][8][15][16][17][18] Dumitriu also used him the full 90 minutes in the 3–1 win over Gloria Bistrița from the 1996 Cupa României final.[19] In the same season he played six games in the Champions League group stage, receiving a red card in a 0–0 draw with Juventus.[3][20]

1. FC Köln

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In 1996, he was transferred for a fee of 1.5 million deutschmarks to German side 1. FC Köln where he was partner in the offence with Toni Polster, also being teammate with compatriot Dorinel Munteanu.[3][4][5][21] In a few days following his transfer, the club sold 18.000 t-shirts with his name on them.[21] Vlădoiu made his Bundesliga debut on 18 August 1996 under coach Peter Neururer in a 3–0 away victory against Fortuna Düsseldorf.[22][23] He scored his first goal in the following round on 21 August in a 1–0 win over TSV 1860 Munich, until the end of the season netting a total of eight goals, including a brace in a 3–1 home victory against Schalke 04.[22] In the following season he managed another double in a 4–2 home victory against VfB Stuttgart after two assists from Munteanu.[24] On 9 May 1998, he made his last Bundesliga appearance in a 2–2 draw against Bayer Leverkusen, having a total of 51 matches with 10 goals scored in the competition, Köln relegating to 2. Bundesliga.[3][4][25]

During his years spent with The Billy Goats, he also played in the Intertoto Cup, netting a hat-trick in 1995 in a 3–0 against Aarau which helped them reach the semi-finals.[26]

Dinamo București and Kickers Offenbach

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In 1998 he returned to Romania, signing with Dinamo.[3][4][5] During his spell with The Red Dogs, he made his last appearances in European competitions, as the team got past Mondercange in the qualifying round, then got defeated 3–0 on aggregate by Benfica in the first round, Vlădoiu gaining a total of 36 continental matches with 11 goals netted (including five games with three goals in the Intertoto Cup).[1][3][27] In the first half of the 1999–2000 season he scored 12 goals in the 12 games coach Cornel Dinu used him, leaving in the middle of the season to go at 2. Bundesliga club, Kickers Offenbach but Dinamo managed to win The Double without him.[3][4][5][8]

Third spell at Steaua

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After his spell at Kickers Offenbach, he returned again at Steaua.[3][4][5] He won the 2000–01 title, playing 14 games under the guidance of Victor Pițurcă, netting 10 goals, including a hat-trick against Dinamo.[3][4][8][15][16][17][28]

Late career

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During the 2001–02 season, Vlădoiu made a comeback to Argeș Pitești.[3][4][5] In 2003 he went at Universitatea Craiova but shortly afterwards he returned to Argeș.[3][4][5] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 8 November 2003, playing for Argeș in a 1–0 home loss to "U" Craiova, having a total of 324 matches in the competition with 130 goals scored.[3][4] Vlădoiu ended his career by playing a few games for UTA Arad during the 2003–04 Divizia B season.[3][4]

International career

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1994 World Cup

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Vlădoiu won 28 caps for Romania, most of them as a substitute, scoring twice.[2] He made his debut on 14 November 1992 when coach Cornel Dinu sent him on the field in the 67th minute to replace Ovidiu Hanganu in a 1–1 home draw against Czechoslovakia at the 1994 World Cup qualifiers.[2][4][29] He made a total of four appearances at these successful World Cup qualifiers.[2] He was part of Romania's "Golden Generation" that reached the quarter-finals at the 1994 World Cup.[30] However he played briefly at the final tournament when coach Anghel Iordănescu sent him on the field in the 71st minute to replace Ilie Dumitrescu but then he was sent off about three minutes later for a bad foul on Christophe Ohrel in a 4–1 loss to Switzeland from the group stage.[2][4][31]

Euro 1996

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Afterwards he played six games at the successful Euro 1996 qualifiers.[2] At the final tournament, the team lost all three group stage games in favor of France, Bulgaria and Spain.[2][32][33] Iordănescu used Vlădoiu only in the 2–1 defeat to Spain when he sent him to replace goal-scorer Florin Răducioiu in the 89th minute.[2][32][34]

Final years

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In the following years, Vlădoiu played three games at the 1998 World Cup qualifiers and scored once in a 4–0 win over Azerbaijan from the Euro 2000 qualifiers.[2] On 3 September 2000, he made his last appearance for the national team in a 1–0 home win over Lithuania at the 2002 World Cup qualifiers.[2]

For representing his country at two final tournaments, Vlădoiu was decorated by then President of Romania, Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008, with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal of "Sportive Merit") Class III.[4][35]

Managerial career

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Vlădoiu had his first coaching experience in early 2006 at the "Străini de Fotbal" (Football Foreigners) TV show where he had to coach a group of 16 young men who had no experience with football.[36][37]

He started his professional coaching career in 2006 at second league team, FC Snagov.[4][36] In October 2006 he went at first league side Național București which he led in four games, not managing to earn a victory.[1][4][36][38] In the 2008–09 season he was the assistant of Mircea Rednic at Dinamo București.[15][39] In 2010, Vlădoiu was appointed head coach at Argeș Pitești, leaving the team about two weeks later because of the poor conditions that were at the club.[40]

Career statistics

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Romania[2]
Year Apps Goals
1992 2 0
1993 2 0
1994 5 0
1995 6 0
1996 7 1
1997 2 0
1998 0 0
1999 3 1
2000 1 0
Total 28 2
Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Vlădoiu goal.[2]
List of international goals scored by Ion Vlădoiu
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 18 September 1996 Stadionul Cotroceni, Bucharest, Romania   United Arab Emirates 1–1 1–2 Friendly
2 9 June 1999 Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania   Azerbaijan 3–0 4–0 UEFA Euro 2000 Qual.

Honours

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Argeș Pitești

Steaua București

Rapid București

Dinamo București

Individual

References

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