Ionel Tersinio Gane (born 12 October 1971) is a Romanian

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coach and former player.

Playing career

Born in

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, Gane played professionally in Romania for Universitatea Craiova, Electroputere Craiova,

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, and Argeş Piteşti; in Spain for

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; in Switzerland for

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and

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; in China for Tianjin Kangshifu; and in Germany for

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. He also represented Romania at international level.

Coaching career

In July 2009, he started working as assistant coach for FC Brașov. He was also an interim coach for

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, during which time the club played a match against

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. In September 2013, he became head coach of newly promoted in

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Corona Brașov. He became manager of Petrolul Ploiești in March 2016, and

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in June 2016, leaving that position in December 2016. In February 2017, he was appointed assistant coach of

under

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. In September 2017 he took up a similar role with the Romanian national team. In August 2020, he returned to Dinamo, again as assistant coach under Contra. In December 2020 he became head coach after Contra's departure from the club. He resigned on 15 March 2021, after a series of seven games without a win in Liga I.

Trivia

His name is Tersinio because his father was a fan of Brazil's 1970 World Cup winning team and his favourite player from that team was

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, but he wrote the name by the way he used to pronounce it: Jersinio, that is why Ionel's nickname is Jerry. Later when Ionel was 14 years old and had to get an identity card, the people who made the card misspelled the name putting the letter "t " instead of "j", thus resulting Tersinio.

Honours

Universitatea Craiova *

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: 1992–93 *

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: 2005–06 St. Gallen *

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: 1999–2000

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Gane, Ionel 1971 births Living people Romanian footballers Romania international footballers Association football forwards FC Dinamo București players FC U Craiova 1948 players FC Argeș Pitești players FC Rapid București players FC St. Gallen players VfL Bochum players Tianjin Jinmen Tiger F.C. players Grasshopper Club Zürich players CA Osasuna players Swiss Super League players Liga I players Segunda División players 2. Bundesliga players Chinese Super League players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Switzerland Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland Expatriate footballers in China Romanian expatriate sportspeople in China Expatriate footballers in Germany Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Spain Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Spain Romanian football managers CS Universitatea Craiova managers FC Petrolul Ploiești managers CSM Corona Brașov (football) managers FC Dinamo București managers