Sorin Vlaicu (born 3 May 1965) is a retired
Romania
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n international
football
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er.
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
Red Star Belgrade
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from
Yugoslavia
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. In 1993, he returned to Timișoara where he continued playing until January 1995, when he moved to
Hungary
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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
Romania national football team
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.
His debut was on 17 April 1991 under coach
Mircea Rădulescu against
Spain
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when he came as a substitute and replaced
Gheorghe Hagi
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in the 61st minute in a friendly which ended with a 2–0 victory against
Spain
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, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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Honours
Politehnica Timișoara
*Divizia B
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: 1988–89[
*]Cupa României
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runner-up: 1991–92
Red Star Belgrade
* FR Yugoslav Cup: 1992–93
UM Timișoara
*Divizia B
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: 2000–01[
]
References
External sources
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Living people
1965 births
People from Mehedinți County
Romanian footballers
Romania international footballers
Romanian expatriate footballers
Association football midfielders
FC Politehnica Timișoara players
Red Star Belgrade footballers
Békéscsaba 1912 Előre footballers
FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin players
FC CFR Timișoara players
Liga I players
Liga II players
Liga III players
Nemzeti Bajnokság I players
Expatriate footballers in Serbia and Montenegro
Expatriate footballers in Hungary
Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Serbia and Montenegro
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