Vasile Mănăilă (born 22 November 1962 in

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) is a

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coach and a former player who played as a defender.

Club career

Vasile Mănăilă was born on 22 November 1962 in

, Ialomița County, moving with his parents at age 7 to live in

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. He started playing football as a child at Farul Constanța's youth center, his first coach being

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, afterwards working more with Constantin Tâlvescu. He made his

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debut on 26 September 1981 under coach

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, playing for Farul Constanța in a 3–0 away loss against

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. He played three seasons at Farul including one in

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. In 1984 Mănăilă went to play for Universitatea Craiova, spending 7 seasons and a half there, winning the

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under the guidance of coach

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in which he contributed with 30 appearances and two goals scored, also winning the

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and appearing in 19 matches in European competitions. After his spell at Universitatea Craiova ended, he returned at Farul Constanța for three seasons and a half, having a total of 299

appearances with 24 goals scored. Mănăilă ended his playing career by spending two seasons as a player and an assistant coach at

team, ARO Câmpulung. Afterwards he worked as a coach at junior level at Farul Constanța and Viitorul Constanța, also being an assistant coach of Ștefan Stoica at Farul's senior squad.

International career

Vasile Mănăilă played a single match for

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under coach

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on 28 August 1991 in a friendly against

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which ended with a 2–0 loss.

Honours

Universitatea Craiova *

: 1990–91 *

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: 1990–91

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Manaila, Vasile Living people 1962 births Romanian men's footballers CS Universitatea Craiova players FCV Farul Constanța players Liga I players Liga II players Men's association football defenders Romania men's under-21 international footballers Romania men's international footballers Sportspeople from Ialomița County