Alexandru "Alex" Bălțoi (born 21 June 1982) is a

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n former

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who played as a

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. Bălțoi made his

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debut on 4 March 2000 for

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, in a 1–0 victory against

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. In his career Alex played for various

n clubs, among others:

, Farul Constanța, Oțelul Galați, Argeș Pitești,

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or Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. He also played for a short period in

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, for CSCA–Rapid Chișinău. Bălțoi retired in 2017, his last club was

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side Atletico Vaslui, where he was also the assistant manager, for a short time.

Trivia

In July 2017 Bălțoi was suspended by the

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for

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attempt, after he sent a message to coach Alin Pânzaru (

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), suggesting that Brăila should lose at

Academica Clinceni Club Sportiv LPS HD Clinceni, commonly known as Clinceni and formerly known as ''Academica Clinceni'' is a Romanian amateur football club based in Clinceni, Ilfov County, currently playing in the Liga IV - Ilfov County. In the summer of 2022 for ...

. Later, he would say: "That's a stupidity, an aberration. I made an April 1 joke with Alin Pânzaru (coach from

). I told him to do this thing, but it was a joke. He took it seriously and went with the SMS to the Federation. I'm innocent. Anyway, I retired from football. Now I do some kinetotherapist classes."Alexandru Baltoi, dupa suspendarea pentru implicarea in trucare de meciuri: „Era o gluma de 1 aprilie, dar Alin Panzaru s-a dus cu mesajul la FRF!”
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Honours

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* Romanian League Championship: 1999–00, 2001–02 *

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: 1999–00, 2004–05 *

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