Alin Cristinel Pânzaru (born 18 January 1976) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a

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, currently assistant coach at

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club Petrolul Ploiești.

Career

Pânzaru made his

debut on 4 December 1993, for Oțelul Galați in a 1-1 draw against

Inter Sibiu Fotbal Club Inter Stars 2020 Sibiu , commonly known as FC Inter Sibiu or Inter Sibiu (), is a Romanian amateur football team based in the city of Sibiu, Sibiu County, which competes in the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian league system. ...

. In his first 9 years of career Pânzaru played mainly for teams from

Galați Galați (, , ; also known by other alternative names) is the capital city of Galați County in the historical region of Western Moldavia, in eastern Romania. Galați is a port town on the Danube River. It has been the only port for the most par ...

such as: Oțelul Galați, Dunărea Galați or Constant CFR Galați. In 2003 he signed a contract with

FC Vaslui CS Sporting Juniorul Vaslui (), commonly known as Sporting Vaslui, Juniorul Vaslui or simply as Vaslui, is a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and re-founded in 2014. The club is currently playin ...

, then playing for

FC Gloria Buzău FC Gloria Buzău (), commonly known as Gloria Buzău, is a Romanian association football club based in Buzău. The club currently plays in the Liga II. History Establishment FC Gloria Buzău was founded on 16 June 1973, by the Buzău County Loc ...

and the

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n side

Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru is the Romanian word for the European bison. Zimbru may also refer to: * FC Zimbru Chișinău, a football club from Moldova * FC Zimbru-2 Chișinău, the second team of the club mentioned above * Zimbru Stadium, the official stadium of the ...

. In 2007 he moved to Oțelul Galați and Dunărea Galați bitter rival,

Dacia Unirea Brăila Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ...

, named CF Brăila at that time, and played there in more than 100 matches, until his retirement in 2012. In 2012, after retirement, Pânzaru started immediately his football manager career at his last club as a player

Trivia

During the

2017–18 Liga II The 2017–18 Liga II (also known as 2017–18 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 78th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018. A total of 20 teams co ...

season he was the protagonist of a controversial moment, when he accused Gabriel Iosofache and Costel Roșu, two of the club players, of

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. Dacia Unirea was already in the middle of some media speculations at that moment due to some results with frequent score changes, such as: 2-3 ( ASU Politehnica Timișoara), 4-4 ( Știința Miroslava), 4-3 (

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), 2-3 (

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare or simply as Olimpia, is a Romanian professional football club from Satu Mare, Satu Mare County, Romania, founded on 5 May 1921, re-founded in 2010 and 2018. The club play ...

), 3-4 (

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) or 3-3 (

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). The rumors were also relied on the poor financial situation of the team, with some outstanding salaries of almost a year, the big scandal born at

after the match against Brăila, when the owner of the club retired, the coach suspected his players of being involved in the betting mafia and finally the club being close to implosion and also Dacia Unirea's matches started to disappear from the betting offer.Cornel Ţălnar rupe tăcerea şi dezvăluie motivul pentru care Luceafărul a ajuns la un pas de desfiinţare: "S-a pariat prin Singapore. Milioane de euro! Nişte escroci de vagabonzi de fotbalişti"
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Honours

Player

Vaslui *

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 ...

: 2004–05 CF Brăila *

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 ...

: 2009–10

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Panzaru, Alin 1976 births Living people Footballers from Iași Romanian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Liga I players ASC Oțelul Galați players Liga II players FCM Dunărea Galați players CS Sporting Vaslui players FC Gloria Buzău players AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila players Moldovan Super Liga players FC Zimbru Chișinău players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova Romanian football managers Liga II managers AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers CSM Alexandria managers