Marius Achim Baciu (born 1 May 1975) is a Romanian former player and current

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of Saudi Arabian club

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Club career

Baciu started his career playing as a youth for Gaz Metan Mediaș, before joining the squad of FC Inter Sibiu as a professional player in 1992. One year later he was loaned to his former team Gaz Metan Mediaș, rejoining FC Inter Sibiu in 1994. In 1996, FC Inter Sibiu was relegated from

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, but Baciu, then 21, was signed by Steaua București winning the championship in 1997 and 1998 and the

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in 1999. After a new championship in 2001, Baciu refused to renew his contract with Steaua and as a result, he was sent to play for the reserves team. During his years at Steaua, Baciu was also the team's captain. In 2002, he left Steaua to play in

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for

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but after two mediocre seasons he was released from his contract and signed with the German squad

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as a free agent. Between 2005 and 2007 he was part of the Oțelul Galați squad. In 2007, Baciu signed a contract with the new promoted

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Coaching career

Politehnica Iași

In summer 2011, Baciu signed a two-year contract with Romanian side Politehnica Iași. In August 2011, he was released from his contract. Since he started his coaching career Baciu has achieved great praise for his consistent results specially when taking Vointa Sibiu from second Romanian Division to First Romanian League and keeping the team in the first places in the championship. While at Concordia Chiajna in 2015, Baciu successfully managed to keep the team away from the relegation in his last season in charge with the team.

Honours

Player

;Steaua București *

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: 1996–97, 1997–98, 2000–01 *

: 1996–97, 1998–99 *

Supercupa României The Supercupa României ( en, Romanian Supercup) is a Romanian football championship contested by the winners of the Liga I and the Cupa României. It is usually played at the Arena Națională in Bucharest. The competition started off in 1994, ...

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;Gaz Metan Mediaș *

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: 2007–08,

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Baciu, Marius 1975 births Living people People from Mediaș Romanian footballers Men's association football central defenders Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romania men's international footballers Liga I players Liga II players Ligue 1 players 2. Bundesliga players Super League Greece players FC Inter Sibiu players CS Gaz Metan Mediaș players FC Steaua București players Lille OSC players Rot-Weiß Oberhausen players Panserraikos F.C. players ASC Oțelul Galați players FC Universitatea Cluj players Romanian expatriate footballers Expatriate footballers in France Romanian expatriate sportspeople in France Expatriate footballers in Germany Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate footballers in Greece Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Greece Romanian football managers CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu managers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia managers FC Politehnica Iași (2010) managers LPS HD Clinceni managers CS Concordia Chiajna managers ASC Daco-Getica București managers AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele managers Oman Professional League managers Sohar SC managers Al-Nahda Club (Saudi Arabia) managers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Romanian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Oman Expatriate football managers in Oman Sportspeople from Sibiu County