Vasile Caciureac (born 19 October 1962 in

Sighetu Marmației Sighetu Marmației (, also spelled ''Sighetul Marmației''; german: Marmaroschsiget or ''Siget''; hu, Máramarossziget, ; uk, Сигіт, Syhit; yi, סיגעט, Siget), until 1960 Sighet, is a city (Municipalities of Romania, municipality) in ...

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) is a

n former football striker. He played for several

Divizia A The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

teams, including

Rapid București Rapids are sections of a river where the river bed has a relatively steep gradient, causing an increase in water velocity and turbulence. Rapids are hydrological features between a ''run'' (a smoothly flowing part of a stream) and a '' cascade' ...

, FCM Braşov, Petrolul Ploieşti,

FC Baia Mare CS Minaur Baia Mare, commonly known as Minaur Baia Mare, simply as Baia Mare or unofficially as ''Minerul Baia Mare'', is a Romanian Association football, football Football club, club, based in Baia Mare, Maramureș County, northern Romania, fo ...

and the defunct

Victoria București Victoria București was a Romanian football club, dissolved right after the Romanian Revolution of 1989. History The club was sponsored by the Romanian Ministry of Internal Affairs (the "Miliția", Police). In 1985 Victoria played for the first ...

Career

Born in

, he was raised in Crăciuneşti village,

Maramureș County Maramureș County () is a county (județ) in Romania, in the Maramureș region. The county seat is Baia Mare. Name In Hungarian language, Hungarian it is known as ''Máramaros megye'', in Ukrainian language, Ukrainian as Мараморо́щ� ...

. When he was 18, he made his league debut, playing for

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team

CIL Sighetu Marmației Combinatul de Industrializare a Lemnului Sighetu Marmației, commonly known as CIL Sighetu Marmației, was a Romanian football club based in Sighetu Marmației, being one of the top teams of the Maramureș County during the Communist regime, alon ...

. In 1981, he returned to Baia Mare, where he played football at a youth level for Club Sportiv Şcolar, signing with

. After playing the

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final in

's shirt, lost against

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, he returned to Sighet. After one season, he moved to Steaua CFR Cluj, but his team relegated in the Third League. His third spell at CIL Sighetu Marmației was a good one, and his team won the promotion back to

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. In the second part of the season, he was loaned to

, making his debut in the first league (

), but he returned to play for the fourth time at Sighet. In 1986, he was sold to

, a top-flight team, and he played

football 8 years in a row after that, finishing two times on the third place. After spells at Petrolul Ploieşti and FCM Braşov, he returned to Bucharest, playing for FC Rapid. He soon earned a place in the Rapid starting eleven, playing three seasons and a half for them. After a short period of time spent at Rocar București, he moved to Lebanon, where he played for

Sagesse Beirut Sagesse Sports Club (), known as Hekmeh ( ar, الحكمة) in Arabic, is a multi-sports club in Lebanon. History Hekmeh, or Club Sportif La Sagesse was founded in 1943, under the patronage of the Maronite father Boulos Kike, supported by his e ...

and

Tadamon Sour Tadamon Sour Sporting Club ( ar, نادي التضامن الرياضي صور, lit=Solidarity Sporting Club Tyre), or simply Tadamon, is a football club based in Tyre, Lebanon, that competes in the . They play their home matches at the Tyre ...

. In 2002, he returned to

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 t ...

's Aversa București as manager, and retired as a player.

Personal life

He is married to former

long jumper The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff point. Along with the triple jump, the two events that measure jumping for distance as a gr ...

Vali Ionescu Valeria "Valy" Ionescu (later Constantin, born 31 August 1960) is a retired long jumper from Romania Romania ( ; ro, România ) is a country located at the crossroads of Central Europe, Central, Eastern Europe, Eastern, and Southeast Eu ...

.Interview with Vali Ionescu-Caciureac
/ref> Both of them have represented

. They have two children: a boy, Sergiu, and a girl, Alexandra.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Caciureac, Vasile 1962 births Living people People from Sighetu Marmației Romanian men's footballers Romanian expatriate men's footballers CS Minaur Baia Mare (football) players Men's association football forwards Expatriate men's footballers in Lebanon Liga I players FC Rapid București players AFC Rocar București players Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Lebanon Tadamon Sour SC players Sagesse SC (football) players Lebanese Premier League players Footballers from Maramureș County