Cornel Țălnar (born 9 June 1957) is a

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n football manager and former player.

Club career

Cornel Țălnar, nicknamed "Țânțarul" (The Mosquito), was born on 9 June 1957 in Bărăbanț, Alba County and started to play at the junior squads of

Unirea Alba Iulia Clubul Sportiv Municipal Unirea Alba Iulia, commonly known as Unirea Alba Iulia (), is a Romanian professional football club based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, founded in 1924 and currently playing in the Liga III. Among the greatest achievemen ...

. He played his first

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match on 21 August 1977 representing

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in a 0–0 against SC Bacău. He spent a total of 8 seasons playing for Dinamo, winning three consecutive

titles from 1982 until 1984, in the first he contributed with 2 goals scored in 30 matches, in the second he played 23 games and scored 4 goals and in the third he made 30 appearances and scored one goal, he also won two cups and played 27 games and scored 4 goals in European competitions, managing to reach the semi-finals in the

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campaign in which he contributed with one goal scored in 7 matches. After his spell with ''The Red Dogs'' ended, Țălnar went to play for

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and Petrolul Ploiești, earning a total of 297 matches and 33 goals scored in

and 31 matches played and four goals scored in European competitions. He ended his career playing three seasons in his native Alba County for

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team

International career

Cornel Țălnar played six matches for

, making his debut on 1 June 1979 when coach

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sent him on the field in the 74th minute in order to replace

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in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss against

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. His following three games were friendlies and the last two were a 1–0 home victory against

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and a 2–1 away loss against

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at the 1982 World Cup qualifiers.

Managerial career

Cornel Țălnar started his career as manager in 1989, being a player-coach at

team,

. He managed several clubs in

, being coach at Dinamo on five occasions. In 2013, he had his only coaching experience outside of Romania, in

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's second league at

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. Țălnar has a total of 157 games managed in

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consisting of 63 victories, 39 draws and 55 losses.

Personal life

His nephew,

Gheorghe Grozav Gheorghe "Gicu" Teodor Grozav (; born 29 September 1990) is a Romanian professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Liga I club Petrolul Ploiești. Club career Unirea Alba Iulia Grozav started his career at his ...

is also a footballer.

Honours

Player

Dinamo București *

: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 * Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84

Coach

FC Brașov *

: 1998–99

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Talnar, Cornel 1957 births Sportspeople from Alba Iulia Living people Romanian footballers Romania international footballers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia players FC Dinamo București players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Petrolul Ploiești players Liga I players Liga II players Romanian football managers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia managers FC Inter Sibiu managers FC Dinamo București managers FC Universitatea Cluj managers CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț managers FC Brașov (1936) managers CS Concordia Chiajna managers CS Luceafărul Oradea managers Association football wingers