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

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, 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 he spent 9 seasons, in the

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season helping the club win the first

title in its history, being used by coach Angelo Niculescu in 22 matches in which he scored one goal. He also won the

1958–59 Cupa României The 1958–59 Cupa României was the 21st edition of Romania's most prestigious football cup competition. The title was won by Dinamo București against CSM Baia Mare. Format The competition is an annual knockout tournament. In the first ro ...

and 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

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, Călinoiu playing in all four games from the campaign. On 19 June 1960, Călinoiu played his last

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. Valeriu Călinoiu died on 20 December 1990 at age 62.

International career

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

, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu I in a 2–1 loss against

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at the

. 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 against

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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

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his debut in senior football.

Honours

Dinamo Brașov *

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Dinamo București *

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

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: 1958–59

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