Adrian Gheorghe Anca (born 27 March 1976) is a former

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n football striker and

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Career

Anca began playing football professionally for IS Campia Turzii in the Romanian second league. He later made his debut in the

Romanian first league The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

with

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. During the summer of 2003, Anca was traded to

CFR Cluj Fotbal Club CFR 1907 Cluj, commonly known as CFR Cluj ( or ), is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, which competes in the Liga I. It was founded in 1907 as ''Kolozsvári Vas ...

, where he quickly became the team's top goalscorer, as well as the fan-favorite. In the summer of 2005, Anca helped

reach the 2005 Intertoto Cup final by scoring 5 goals in 10 matches in the campaign. In the summer of 2008, he joined the Romanian club Oţelul Galaţi but after only two months he cancelled his contract and signed with

to be closer to his wife who was about the give birth. In February 2010 he signed with

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, a

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

club. He was an assistant coach besides him playing for the club. In June 2010 he was appointed head coach of Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei, but in October of the same year his contract was terminated. In 2011, Anca was for 11 months coach of Bihorul Beiuş in

Honours

CFR Cluj *

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

: 2007–08 *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

: 2007–08 *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

: 2003–04 *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

runner-up:

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anca, Adrian 1976 births Living people People from Diosig Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Liga I players Liga II players CSM Câmpia Turzii players ACF Gloria Bistrița players CFR Cluj players ASC Oțelul Galați players CS Luceafărul Oradea players Romanian football managers CS Luceafărul Oradea managers Footballers from Bihor County