Cornel Țălnar (born 9 June 1957) is a

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n former football player and manager.

Club career

Țălnar, nicknamed "Țânțarul" (The

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), was born on 9 June 1957 in Bărăbanț,

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and started to play football at the junior squads of Unirea Alba Iulia. He played his first

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match on 21 August 1977, representing

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, as coach

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sent him on the field to replace

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in the 60th minute of a 0–0 with SC Bacău. He spent a total of eight seasons playing for Dinamo, winning three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 until 1984, at the first he contributed under the guidance of coach

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with two goals scored in 30 matches, in the second he played 23 games, netting four goals and in the third he made 30 appearances, scoring once, at both working with coach

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. Țălnar also won two

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with '' The Red Dogs'', in the first one he did not play in the final with

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but in the second he was used all the minutes by coach Dumitru in the 2–1 over

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Steaua București. He made some notable performances with Dinamo in European competitions as helping it eliminate

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in the

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and appearing in seven matches in the

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season, scoring one goal in the 5–3 victory on aggregate against title holders

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, reaching the semi-finals where the campaign ended in front of

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. After his spell with Dinamo ended, Țălnar went to play for

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and Petrolul Ploiești, at the latter making his last Divizia A appearance which took place on 24 April 1988 in a 1–0 win over Olt Scornicești, earning a total of 297 matches and 33 goals scored in the competition, also gaining a total of 31 games played with four goals scored in European competitions. He ended his career by playing three seasons in his native

for

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team, Unirea Alba Iulia.

International career

Țălnar played six matches for

, making his debut on 1 June 1979 when coach Ștefan Kovacs sent him on the field in the 74th minute in order to replace Mihai Romilă in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss in front of

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. His following three games were friendlies and the last two were a 1–0 home victory against

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and a 2–1 away loss with

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at the 1982 World Cup qualifiers.

Managerial career

Țălnar started his career as manager in 1989, being a player-coach at

team, Unirea Alba Iulia. In the

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season he led

to promotion in the first league but was replaced shortly afterwards with

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. He managed several clubs in

, being coach at Dinamo on five occasions. In 2013, he had his only coaching experience outside of Romania, in

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's second league at

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. Țălnar has a total of 157 games managed in the Romanian first league consisting of 63 victories, 39 draws and 55 losses.

Personal life

His nephew, Gheorghe Grozav is also a footballer.

Honours

Player

Dinamo București *

: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 *

: 1981–82, 1983–84

Manager

FC Brașov *

: 1998–99

References

External links

* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Talnar, Cornel 1957 births Footballers from Alba Iulia Living people Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia players FC Dinamo București players FC Brașov (1936) players FC Petrolul Ploiești players Liga I players Liga II players Romanian football managers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia managers FC Inter Sibiu managers FC Dinamo București managers FC Universitatea Cluj managers CSM Ceahlăul Piatra Neamț managers FC Brașov (1936) managers CS Concordia Chiajna managers CS Luceafărul Oradea managers Men's association football wingers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen