Sorin Vlaicu (born 3 May 1965) is a retired

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Club career

He started his career in 1987 in Politehnica Timișoara, where he spent most of his career. Soon he began to show himself as a very strong offensive midfielder. After becoming an international player, he was brought in 1992 by the 1991 European Champions

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. In 1993, he returned to Timișoara where he continued playing until January 1995, when he moved to

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to play with Békéscsaba Elöre, where he played until January 1996. Since then, he has been the pillar of the Politehnica Timișoara team, having, in total, played an impressive 288 games, and scored 29 goals.

International career

After becoming an important Politehnica player, in the years of 1991 and 1992, he got four caps for the

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. His debut was on 17 April 1991 under coach Mircea Rădulescu against

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when he came as a substitute and replaced

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in the 61st minute in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against

Honours

Politehnica Timișoara *

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: 1988–89 *

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runner-up: 1991–92 Red Star Belgrade * FR Yugoslav Cup: 1992–93 UM Timișoara *

: 2000–01

References

External sources

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