Mihai Răzvan Teja (born 22 September 1978) is a Romanian professional

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and former player.

Club career

After Teja finished his youth years at Steaua București and was starting to be integrated into the first team squad, he was diagnosed with

Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome (WPWS) is a disorder due to a specific type of problem with the electrical system of the heart. About 60% of people with the electrical problem developed symptoms, which may include an abnormally fast heartbeat, ...

, a heart disorder that did not allow him to play professional sports, thus he had to put and end to his playing career without making a single appearance.

Coaching career

Teja decided to finish his studies and got a

master's degree A master's degree (from Latin ) is an academic degree awarded by universities or colleges upon completion of a course of study demonstrating mastery or a high-order overview of a specific field of study or area of professional practice.

and a

doctorate A doctorate (from Latin ''docere'', "to teach"), doctor's degree (from Latin ''doctor'', "teacher"), or doctoral degree is an academic degree awarded by universities and some other educational institutions, derived from the ancient formalism ''l ...

at the

National University of Physical Education and Sport The Universitatea Națională de Educație Fizică și Sport (UNEFS), is one of the highest-profile higher education institutions in Romania, and was founded on 1 December 1922, in Bucharest. It was the tenth institution of its kind in the worl ...

. While at college, he returned to football and joined

Dinamo București A dynamo is a magnetic device originally used as an electric generator. Dynamo or Dinamo may also refer to: Places * Dinamo (Moscow Metro), a station of the Moscow Metro, Moscow, Russia * Dinamo (Yekaterinburg Metro), a station of the Yekaterin ...

, where he became youth coach at the club's academy. While there, he met

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, who recommended him to Coverciano, where he got degrees as a football manager and a fitness coach. After Coverciano, he returned to Dinamo, where he was assistant manager at the second team of the club. In 2006, Teja began a collaboration with

Mircea Rednic Mircea Rednic (born 9 April 1962) is a Romanian football coach and former player who played as a defender. Club career Mircea Rednic, nicknamed "Puriul" was born on 9 April 1962 in Hunedoara and until he was 14 years old he played table tenn ...

, helping him as assistant and fitness coach at

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 pla ...

and

. After that he moved to Steaua București, where he was the assistant coach of

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and Cristiano Bergodi. In 2010, after

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was named the head coach of Steaua and came with his own technical staff, Teja left the club and was reunited with Mircea Rednic, at

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. They returned to Romania in 2012, at Petrolul Ploiești, and then they moved to Belgium, at

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. In 2013, Teja separated from Rednic and joined

Astra Giurgiu Asociația Fotbal Club Astra Giurgiu (), commonly known as Astra Giurgiu or simply Astra, was a Romanian football club based in the city of Giurgiu, Giurgiu County. Founded in 1921 in Ploiești as ''Clubul Sportiv Astra-Română'', it spent th ...

, under the management of

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Managerial career

He made his debut as head coach at the

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side

Universitatea Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional association football, football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first ...

in October 2013. He ended his contract in September 2014. In November 2014, Teja was appointed head coach of the Romania national under-21 team. He managed the team for a friendly game against Serbia U21, in Belgrade, won by Romania 1–0. After only one game in charge, he ended his contract with the

Romanian Football Federation Romanian Football Federation (), also known by its acronym FRF, is the sports governing body, governing body of association football, football in Romania. They are headquartered in the capital city of Bucharest and affiliated to FIFA and UEFA sinc ...

. In January 2015, Teja signed a contract with Dinamo București, but was sacked only two months later. In December 2018, after a good first half of the season with Gaz Metan Mediaș, Teja accepted a one and a half year contract offer from

FCSB Fotbal Club FCSB (), commonly known as FCSB, is a Romanian professional Association football, football club based in Bucharest. It has spent its entire history in the top flight of the Romanian football league system, Romanian league system, t ...

, following the departure of former coach

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. On 9 January 2020, Teja replaced Bergodi as the head coach of

side

Voluntari Voluntari () is a town in Ilfov County, Muntenia, Romania. It is located at a distance of 1 km from the northern border of Bucharest (on the DN2 road towards Urziceni) and is thus frequently viewed as a suburb of Bucharest. The population ...

Managerial statistics

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Teja, Mihai 1978 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian footballers Association football midfielders Romanian football managers FC Universitatea Cluj managers FC Dinamo București managers CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu managers CS Gaz Metan Mediaș managers FC Steaua București managers FC Politehnica Iași (2010) managers FC Voluntari managers FC Botoșani managers Liga I managers Liga II managers