Alin Cristinel Pânzaru (; born 18 January 1976) is a

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n former professional

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who played as a

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, currently assistant coach at

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club Oțelul Galați.

Career

Pânzaru made his

debut on 4 December 1993, for Oțelul Galați in a 1-1 draw against Inter Sibiu. In his first 9 years of career Pânzaru played mainly for teams from

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such as: Oțelul Galați,

Dunărea Galați Dunărea may refer to: * Dunărea, the Romanian name for the river Danube in Central Europe * Dunărea (river), a tributary of the Danube in Constanța County, Romania * Dunărea, a village in the commune Seimeni, Constanța County, Romania See a ...

or Constant CFR Galați. In 2003 he signed a contract with

FC Vaslui Fotbal Club Vaslui, commonly known as FC Vaslui, or simply as Vaslui (), was a Romanian professional football club based in Vaslui, Vaslui County, founded in 2002 and dissolved in 2014. Its official club colours were yellow and green, hence t ...

, then playing for

FC Gloria Buzău Asociația Sportivă Fotbal Club Buzău (), commonly known as Gloria Buzău or simply as Buzău, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Buzău, Buzău County, that competes in the Liga II. The club was originally founded o ...

and the

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n side

Zimbru Chișinău Zimbru is the Romanian word for the European bison. Zimbru may also refer to: * FC Zimbru Chișinău, a football club from Moldova * FC Zimbru-2 Chișinău, the second team of the club mentioned above * Zimbru Stadium, the official stadium of the ...

. In 2007 he moved to Oțelul Galați and

bitter rival,

Dacia Unirea Brăila Dacia (, ; ) was the land inhabited by the Dacians, its core in Transylvania, stretching to the Danube in the south, the Black Sea in the east, and the Tisza in the west. The Carpathian Mountains were located in the middle of Dacia. It thus ro ...

, named CF Brăila at that time, and played there in more than 100 matches, until his retirement in 2012. In 2012, after retirement, Pânzaru started immediately his football manager career at his last club as a player

Trivia

During the

2017–18 Liga II The 2017–18 Liga II (also known as 2017–18 Liga II Casa Pariurilor) was the 78th season of the Liga II, the second tier of the Romanian football league system. The season began on 5 August 2017 and ended on 2 June 2018. A total of 20 teams co ...

season he was the protagonist of a controversial moment, when he accused Gabriel Iosofache and Costel Roșu, two of the club players, of

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. Dacia Unirea was already in the middle of some media speculations at that moment due to some results with frequent score changes, such as: 2-3 (

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), 4-4 ( Știința Miroslava), 4-3 (

Luceafărul Oradea Luceafărul can refer to: *Lucifer, or alternatively, Venus, the planet, in Romanian * ''Luceafărul'' (poem), by Mihai Eminescu * ''Luceafărul'' (opera), a 1921 opera by Nicolae Bretan, based on Eminescu's poem * ''Luceafărul'' (magazine), a lit ...

), 2-3 (

Olimpia Satu Mare Fotbal Club Olimpia MCMXXI Satu Mare, commonly known as Olimpia Satu Mare, Olimpia MCMXXI or simply as Olimpia, is a Romanian professional football club from Satu Mare, Satu Mare County, Romania, founded on 5 May 1921, re-founded in 2010 and 20 ...

), 3-4 (

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 ...

) or 3-3 (

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). The rumors were also relied on the poor financial situation of the team, with some outstanding salaries of almost a year, the big scandal born at

after the match against Brăila, when the owner of the club retired, the coach suspected his players of being involved in the betting mafia and finally the club being close to implosion and also Dacia Unirea's matches started to disappear from the betting offer.Cornel Ţălnar rupe tăcerea şi dezvăluie motivul pentru care Luceafărul a ajuns la un pas de desfiinţare: "S-a pariat prin Singapore. Milioane de euro! Nişte escroci de vagabonzi de fotbalişti"
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Honours

Player

Vaslui *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most commonly 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 football season. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariu ...

: 2004–05 CF Brăila *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. It was founded in 1936 and was called Divizia C until 2006. An exception was the seasons 1992–93 to 1996–97, in which the league was call ...

: 2009–10

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