György László "Gyuszi" Balint (born March 29, 1979) is a Romanian

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and former player, who is currently in charge of

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 ...

club

UTA Arad Uta or UTA may refer to: Universities *University of Texas at Arlington, in the United States * University of Tarapacá, in Chile *University of Tampere, in Finland Sports * FC UTA Arad, a Romanian football club based in the town of Arad * A ...

Career

Balint was born in

Brașov Brașov (, , ; german: Kronstadt; hu, Brassó; la, Corona; Transylvanian Saxon: ''Kruhnen'') is a city in Transylvania, Romania and the administrative centre of Brașov County. According to the latest Romanian census (2011), Brașov has a popu ...

, Romania, into an ethnic Hungarian family. In his early career as a footballer, he played for Rapid Energia Braşov, Romradiatoare Braşov, before joining FC Brașov in 2001, where he played for four seasons in

. After the club's

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he moved 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 ...

, under player-coach

Dorinel Munteanu Dorinel Ionel Munteanu (; born 25 June 1968) is a Romanian retired professional footballer and manager. A former midfielder, Munteanu is the most capped Romanian player of all time, with a total of 134 appearances and 16 goals. He played in tw ...

, reaching with his new club into the

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finals of 2005. The following season, he transferred to another Liga I club,

. In 2007, he is brought by

Dan Petrescu Daniel Vasile Petrescu (; born 22 December 1967) is a Romanian football manager and former player, who is currently in charge of Liga I club CFR Cluj. As a player, Petrescu was deployed as a full-back or a winger and represented Premier Lea ...

into the squad of

Unirea Urziceni Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Urziceni, commonly known as FC Urziceni (), is a Romanian professional Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Urziceni, Ialomița County which currently plays in fourth division, Ialomi ...

, a team that would gain its first championship title in history two years later. After that, followed a short spell at

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in the Hungarian First Division, before signing as a player-manager for

Unirea Tărlungeni Unirea may refer to: Places in Romania * Unirea, Alba, a commune * Unirea, Brăila, a commune * Unirea, Călărași, a commune * Unirea, Dolj, a commune and village * General Berthelot, a commune in Hunedoara, called ''Unirea'' from 1965 to ...

in the Romanian

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 ...

, a club near his hometown of Braşov. Under his management,

promoted for the first time in history in the Romanian

Liga II 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 ...

. After coaching

for a year in Romanian

în January 2015 was employed by FC Brașov as assistant coach for the second part of the 2014-2015 Romanian

, followed by an employment as head-coach 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 ...

in the Romanian

. In June 2017, he was appointed as head-coach at

Târgu Mureș Târgu Mureș (, ; hu, Marosvásárhely ) is the seat of Mureș County in the historical region of Transylvania, Romania. It is the List of cities and towns in Romania, 16th largest Romanian city, with 134,290 inhabitants as of the 2011 Romania ...

, team that has relegated from the Romanian

to the Romanian

, where he spent only 3 months, resigning after the 6th match in the league, when

ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș Asociația Sportivă Ardealul 2013 Târgu Mureș, commonly known as ASA Târgu Mureș or simply as Târgu Mureș, was a Romanian professional football club based in Târgu Mureș, Mureș County, which last played in the Liga II. During its short ...

was sitting 3rd in the table. After his short spell at

he took over the management of

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, finishing second at the end of the 2017–2018 season of

, highest ranking in the club history. In June 2018, he accepted the offer from

Sportul Snagov Club Sportiv Sportul Snagov, commonly known as Sportul Snagov or simply as Snagov, was a Romanian professional football club from Snagov, Ilfov County founded in 2007 as Damila Măciuca and dissolved in 2020. Last time the club played in the Lig ...

, team that finished 10th in the 2017–2018 season of

, and under his command, the team becomes the biggest surprise of the competition, finishing the first part of the 2018–2019 season at the top of the table. Because of the financial problems that

is struggling with, Gyuszi decides to leave the club in January 2019, along with many important players. Currently, he is in charge of

. He arrived at Arad in 2019, with great ambitions and a long-term project. Under his command, UTA won the

at the end of 2019/2020 season and now is playing in

Honours

Player

CFR Cluj *

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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Unirea Urziceni *

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runner-up: 2007–08

Manager

Unirea Tărlungeni *

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UTA Arad *

: 2019–20

Career statistics

Managerial

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Balint, Laszlo 1979 births Living people Romanian sportspeople of Hungarian descent Sportspeople from Brașov Romanian footballers Association football defenders Liga I players Liga II players Liga III players FC Brașov (1936) players CFR Cluj players FC UTA Arad players FC Unirea Urziceni players ACF Gloria Bistrița players Nemzeti Bajnokság I players Diósgyőri VTK players CS Unirea Tărlungeni players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in Hungary Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Hungary Romanian football managers LPS HD Clinceni managers ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș managers FK Csíkszereda Miercurea Ciuc managers CS Sportul Snagov managers FC Metaloglobus București managers FC UTA Arad managers CS Universitatea Craiova managers Liga I managers Liga II managers