Valentin Sinescu (born 16 July 1963) is a Romanian

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and former footballer. As a footballer, Sinescu played for

Astra Ploiești 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 the m ...

in the lower leagues, during the 1980s and 1990s. In parallel with his football career, Sinescu studied petrochemical engineering and then worked as an engineer at the Ploiești Refinery, hence his nickname, "the engineer". Since 1997, he started to work as an assistant manager for

, club for which he was also a caretaker manager, secretary, translator, youth coach and manager in the next 15 years. Sinescu made its debut in the

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as a manager in 1999, when for a short period was the caretaker manager of "The Black Devils", then in 2012 he also debuted as a (full) manager in the top-flight, for the same club. Sinescu also worked for teams such as

FC Argeș Pitești Asociația Clubul Sportiv Campionii Fotbal Club Argeș, commonly known as FC Argeș or Argeș Pitești (), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Pitești, Argeș County, which competes in the Liga I. The team was origi ...

, Oțelul Galați, Petrolul Ploiești or

Unirea Dej Fotbal Club Unirea Dej, commonly known as Unirea Dej, is a Romanian professional football club from Dej, Cluj County, Romania, founded in 1921. They play in the Liga II. History It is one of Romania's oldest football teams, although it never ...

, among others. Valentin Sinescu is well known in the Romanian football for his elevated speech and for the fact that he also speaks several foreign languages fluently. These qualities recommended him for a job as a professor at the Football Managers School of 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 ...

, but also gave him two new nicknames "the philosopher" or "the professor".

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* 1963 births Living people Footballers from Ploiești Romanian men's footballers Liga II players Liga III players FC Astra Giurgiu players Romanian football managers FC Astra Giurgiu managers FC Argeș Pitești managers FC Petrolul Ploiești managers FC Unirea Dej managers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia managers Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Romania-footy-bio-stub