Valeriu Călinoiu (9 October 1928 – 20 December 1990) was a Romanian

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. He competed in the men's tournament at the

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Club career

Valeriu Călinoiu was born on 9 October 1928 in

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and he started playing junior level football in 1942 at Olympia București, after one year moving at Carmen București and started his senior career in 1948 at IMS Hunedoara. He made his

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debut, playing for Petrolul București on 29 May 1949 in a 2–0 away victory against

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. After a short period spent in

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at Dinamo Brașov which he helped promote to the first league, he went to play at

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in 1951 where his first performance with the club was reaching the 1954 Cupa României final where coach Angelo Niculescu used him all the minutes in the eventual 2–0 loss in front of Metalul Reșița. In the following season, Călinoiu helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, scoring one goal in the 22 matches he was used by Niculescu. He played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the

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in the 3–1 victory against

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in which he was also the team's

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, helping '' The Red Dogs'' go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Călinoiu playing in all four games from the campaign. He reached another

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final in

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, this time winning it as he was used the whole match by coach Iuliu Baratky in the 4–0 over CSM Baia Mare. On 19 June 1960, Călinoiu played his last Divizia A match for Dinamo in a 3–1 away loss against Farul Constanța, having a total of 167 matches in which he scored 9 goals in the competition.

International career

Valeriu Călinoiu played 20 games and scored one goal at international level for

, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu I at the

in a 2–1 loss against eventual champions

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. He played four games in which he scored one goal in a 2–1 away victory against

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at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers. His last four games played for the national team were at the 1958 World Cup qualifiers, his last appearance taking place on 17 November 1957 in a 2–0 away loss in front of

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International goals

:''Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Călinoiu goal''.

Managerial career

Valeriu Călinoiu had only one spell as a coach from 1961 until 1963 at

team, Știința Craiova where he gave Ion Oblemenco his debut in senior football.

Death

Valeriu Călinoiu died on 20 December 1990 at age 62.

Honours

Dinamo Brașov *

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Dinamo București *

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: 1958–59, runner-up

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