Alexandru "Alex" Bălțoi (born 21 June 1982) is a Romanian former

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who played as a

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. Bălțoi made his

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debut on 4 March 2000 for

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, in a 1–0 victory against

Extensiv Craiova Fotbal Club Caracal was a Romanian professional football club from Caracal, Olt County. The club's best period was in the early 90s when Electroputere Craiova, as it was called then, played four consecutive seasons in the Romanian first league. ...

. In his career Alex played for various Romanian clubs, among others:

, Farul Constanța, Oțelul Galați,

Argeș Pitești Arges or Argeș may refer to: Places and jurisdictions Romania * Argeș County, a county in Muntenia, with its capital at Pitești * Argeș Region, an administrative division from 1950 to 1952 * Argeș River, which flows through the Southern ...

UTA Arad Asociația Fotbal Club UTA Arad (), commonly known as UTA Arad or simply UTA (''Uzina Textilă Arad''; ), is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Arad, Arad County that competes in the Liga I. The team was founded in 1945 ...

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or Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț. He also played for a short period in

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, for CSCA–Rapid Chișinău. Bălțoi retired in 2017, his last club was

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side Atletico Vaslui, where he was also the assistant manager, for a short time.

Trivia

In July 2017 Bălțoi was suspended by the

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for

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attempt, after he sent a message to coach Alin Pânzaru (

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), suggesting that Brăila should lose at

Academica Clinceni Club Sportiv LPS HD Clinceni, commonly known as Clinceni and formerly as ''Academica Clinceni'', is a Romanian Association football, football Club (organization), club based in Clinceni, Ilfov County, currently playing in the Liga IV - Ilfov Cou ...

. Later, he would say: "That's a stupidity, an aberration. I made an April 1 joke with Alin Pânzaru (coach from

). I told him to do this thing, but it was a joke. He took it seriously and went with the SMS to the Federation. I'm innocent. Anyway, I retired from football. Now I do some kinetotherapist classes."Alexandru Baltoi, dupa suspendarea pentru implicarea in trucare de meciuri: „Era o gluma de 1 aprilie, dar Alin Panzaru s-a dus cu mesajul la FRF!”
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Honours

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* Romanian League Championship: 1999–00, 2001–02 *

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: 1999–00, 2004–05 * Romanian Super Cup:

2005 2005 was designated as the International Year for Sport and Physical Education and the International Year of Microcredit. The beginning of 2005 also marked the end of the International Decade of the World's Indigenous Peoples, Internationa ...

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* * 1982 births Living people Footballers from Bucharest Romanian men's footballers Men's association football forwards Romania men's under-21 international footballers Liga I players Liga II players FC Dinamo București players FCM Câmpina players FCV Farul Constanța players ASC Oțelul Galați players FC Argeș Pitești players FC UTA Arad players FC Brașov (1936) players CSM Unirea Alba Iulia players CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț players CS Concordia Chiajna players AFC Dacia Unirea Brăila players LPS HD Clinceni players Moldovan Super Liga players FC Rapid Ghidighici players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Moldova Expatriate men's footballers in Moldova FC Unirea Dej players 21st-century Romanian sportsmen {{Romania-footy-forward-1980s-stub