| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mihai Răzvan Teja | ||
| Date of birth | (1978-09-22)22 September 1978 (age 47) | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Metaloglobus București (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1985–1997 | Steaua București | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Dinamo București (youth) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo II București (fitness coach) | ||
| 2005–2006 | Vaslui (fitness coach) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Dinamo București (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2010 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Khazar Lankaran (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Astra Ploiești (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Petrolul Ploiești (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Standard Liège (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Astra Giurgiu (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2014 | Romania U21 | ||
| 2015 | Dinamo București | ||
| 2015–2016 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2017 | Excel Mouscron (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | ||
| 2018 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | ||
| 2018–2019 | FCSB | ||
| 2019 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| 2020 | Voluntari | ||
| 2021 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | ||
| 2022 | Botoșani | ||
| 2024–2025 | Vejle | ||
| 2025– | Metaloglobus București | ||
Mihai Răzvan Teja (born 22 September 1978) is a Romanian professionalfootballmanager currently in charge ofLiga I clubMetaloglobus București.
After Teja finished his youth years atSteaua București and was starting to be integrated into the first team squad, he was diagnosed withWolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, a heart disorder that did not allow him to play professional sports, thus he had to put and end to his playing career without making a single appearance.[1]
Teja decided to finish his studies and got amaster's degree and adoctorate at theNational University of Physical Education and Sport.[2] While at college, he returned to football and joinedDinamo București, where he became youth coach at the club's academy. While there, he metWalter Zenga,[1] who recommended him toCoverciano, where he got degrees as a football manager and a fitness coach.
After Coverciano, he returned to Dinamo, where he was assistant manager at the second team of the club. In 2006, Teja began a collaboration withMircea Rednic, helping him as assistant and fitness coach atFC Vaslui andDinamo București.[3] After that he moved toSteaua București, where he was the assistant coach ofMarius Lăcătuș,Dorinel Munteanu andCristiano Bergodi.[4]
In 2010, afterIlie Dumitrescu was named the head coach of Steaua and came with his own technical staff, Teja left the club and was reunited with Mircea Rednic, atKhazar Lankaran. They returned to Romania in 2012, atPetrolul Ploiești, and then they moved to Belgium, atStandard Liège. In 2013, Teja separated from Rednic and joinedAstra Giurgiu, under the management ofDaniel Isăilă.[5]
He made his debut as head coach at theLiga I sideUniversitatea Cluj in October 2013.[6] He ended his contract in September 2014.
In November 2014, Teja was appointed head coach of theRomania national under-21 team.[7] He managed the team for a friendly game againstSerbia U21, in Belgrade, won by Romania 1–0.[8] After only one game in charge, he ended his contract with theRomanian Football Federation. In January 2015, Teja signed a contract with Dinamo București, but was sacked only two months later.[9]
In December 2018, after a good first half of the season withGaz Metan Mediaș, Teja accepted a one-and-a-half-year contract offer fromFCSB, following the departure of former coachNicolae Dică.[10]
On 9 January 2020, Teja replacedBergodi as the head coach ofLiga I sideVoluntari.[11]
On 24 September 2024, Teja was named new manager ofDanish Superliga clubVejle Boldklub.[12] He was sacked on 9 February 2025.[13]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| 23 October 2013 | 3 September 2014 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 046.67 | |
| 6 November 2014 | 19 December 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 | |
| 7 January 2015 | 12 March 2015 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 040.00 | |
| 29 October 2015 | 13 April 2016 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 058.82 | |
| 17 July 2017 | 6 August 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 000.00 | |
| 1 July 2018 | 27 December 2018 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 030.43 | |
| 27 December 2018 | 21 May 2019 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 060.00 | |
| 10 June 2019 | 23 December 2019 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 029.17 | |
| 9 January 2020 | 23 December 2020 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 040.00 | |
| 1 February 2021 | 15 September 2021 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 025.00 | |
| 15 June 2022 | 10 November 2022 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 027.78 | |
| 24 September 2024 | 9 February 2025 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 16 | −6 | 012.50 | |
| 14 June 2025 | present | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 16 | 33 | −17 | 011.76 | |
| Total | 222 | 79 | 58 | 85 | 253 | 267 | −14 | 035.59 | ||