Victor Dorin Roșca (born 24 August 1954) is a

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n former professional

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and manager.

Player career

As a footballer, Roșca was the

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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

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' ...

and

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea was a football club based in Râmnicu Vâlcea, Vâlcea County, Romania. It was founded in 1946 and dissolved in 2004. It won one Romanian Cup, in 1973. History In 1946 ''Vâlceana'' appeared in the Third Division. In ...

. Roșca promoted with Chimia in the top-flight in 1978 and is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the club. "Vicky" Roșca played in 126 matches for Chimia and scored a goal, one of the few goalkeepers that scored in the

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Manager career

Roșca retired in the late 1980s and started his manager career at Metalul Bocșa, subsequently managing second tier side Gloria Reșița. Roșca built at Gloria one of the best squads in the history of this club. As a reward for his work, Roșca was promoted in 1996 as the manager of

CSM Reșița Clubul Sportiv Muncitoresc Reșița (), commonly known as CSM Reșița or simply as Reșița, is a professional football club based in Reșița, Romania, currently playing in the Liga III. The club was founded on 25 May 1926 as ''UD (Uzinele � ...

and at the end of the season he promoted "the Milan from Banat" in the

. After this performance, Roșca moved in the next years to Politehnica Timișoara,

Minerul Motru Clubul Sportiv Minerul Motru, commonly known as Minerul Motru is a Romanian amateur football club based in Motru, Gorj County, currently playing in the Liga IV, the fourth tier of the Romanian football league system. The club was founded in 196 ...

and

Corvinul Hunedoara Clubul Sportiv Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara, commonly known as Corvinul Hunedoara or simply as Corvinul, is a Romanian football club based in Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, currently playing in the Liga III. Founded in 1921 under the name of ''Fero Spo ...

, all second tier teams. In 2000 he was signed as the new manager of

club Petrolul Ploiești, then in 2002 moved to Oțelul Galați. After 2002, Roșca never managed again in the top-flight, but was an active manager in the lower divisions and led from the bench, teams such as

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, Arieșul Turda (second tier); AFC Filipeștii de Pădure,

CS Blejoi Clubul Sportiv Blejoi, commonly known as CS Blejoi, is a Romanian professional football (soccer), football football team, club from Blejoi, Prahova County, Romania. The club was founded in 2008 and currently is playing in the Liga III. History ...

CS Hunedoara Clubul Sportiv Corvinul 1921 Hunedoara, commonly known as Corvinul Hunedoara or simply as Corvinul, is a Romanian Football (soccer), football club based in Hunedoara, Hunedoara County, currently playing in the Liga III. Founded in 1921 under the ...

, among others (third and fourth tier). In recent years, Victor Roșca was a match observer for the

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Famous quote

In 2000, when Roșca was coach at Petrolul, at the press conference that was held before a game with

, a journalist kept insisting to ask him to reveal his tactic for the game, so Roșca said to him, ironically:"Short passes and up, you have, you don't have the ball, you shoot at the goal!".

Honours

Player

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07 Liga II, 2006–07. It is currently Sponsor (commercial), sp ...

: Winner (1) 1977–78

Manager

CSM Reșița *

: Winner (1) 1996–97 Blejoi *

Cupa României The Cupa României ( en, Romanian Cup) is a Association football, football cup competition for List of football clubs in Romania, Romanian teams which has been held annually since 1933–34 Cupa României, 1933–34, except during World War II. I ...

–

Prahova County Prahova County () is a county ( județ) of Romania, in the historical region Muntenia, with the capital city at Ploiești. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 762,886 and the population density was 161/km². It is Romania's third mos ...

: Winner (1) 2011–12

References

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Victor Roșca
at labtof.ro {{DEFAULTSORT:Rosca, Victor 1954 births Living people People from Buzău County Romanian footballers Association football goalkeepers Liga I players Liga II players FC Rapid București players Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea players Romanian football managers CSM Reșița managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers CS Minerul Motru managers FC Petrolul Ploiești managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers FC UTA Arad managers CS Corvinul Hunedoara managers