 Remus Vlad (left) andIgnacio Zoco (right) in 1972. | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1946-01-19)19 January 1946 (age 79) | ||
| Place of birth | Cinciș,Romania | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1957–1959 | Minerul Teliuc | ||
| 1960–1966 | Corvinul Hunedoara | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1966–1968 | Metalul Hunedoara | 13 | (0) |
| 1968–1974 | Argeș Pitești | 175 | (4) |
| 1974–1978 | Corvinul Hunedoara | 44 | (0) |
| Total | 232 | (4) | |
| International career‡ | |||
| 1967–1968 | Romania U-21 | 30 | (0) |
| 1972–1978 | Romania | 3 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1982–1983 | Corvinul Hunedoara | ||
| 1983–1985 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 1985–1988 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 1990–1992 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| 1992–1993 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 1993–1994 | Universitatea Cluj (technical director) | ||
| 1994 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| 1994 | Gloria Bistrița (technical director) | ||
| 1995 | Dinamo București | ||
| 1996–1997 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| 1999–2000 | Olimpia Satu Mare | ||
| 2002–2004 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 1 March 2018 ‡ National team caps and goals as of 1 March 2018 | |||
Remus Vlad (born 19 January 1946) is aRomanian former professionalfootballer and manager. Vlad played as adefender.
Vlad was born 19 January 1946 inCinciș,Hunedoara County, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1957 at Minerul Teliuc.[1][2][3][4] In 1960 he moved toMetalul Hunedoara where he worked with junior coach Dumitru Pătrașcu, then six years later he started to play for the senior squad inDivizia B.[1][2][4]
Vlad was close to a move toDinamo București, but eventually he went toArgeș Pitești.[1][2][3] There, on 18 August 1968 he made hisDivizia A debut under coach Ion Bălănescu in a 4–0 home win againstPolitehnica Iași.[1][3][5] In his first years at the club he would make a successful partnership in the central defense withIon Barbu.[6][7] After Barbu went to play forBeşiktaş, Vlad was elected as the team's captain, as star playerNicolae Dobrin insisted for this because he appreciated Vlad's professionalism.[2][3] In the1971–72 season he helped Argeș win their first title, as coachesTitus Ozon andFlorin Halagian gave him 30 appearances.[1][2][4][8] Afterwards he played four games in the1972–73 European Cup, eliminatingAris Bonnevoie in the first round, then in the following one they won a home game with 2–1 againstReal Madrid, but lost the second leg with 3–1.[1][2][3][9] Years later in an interview for theAdevărul newspaper, he talked about the victory against the Spaniards:"I am proud of the fact that I was the captain of the team. That match was the biggest event in my sporting life, I met a huge team. It was a performance, we beat the great Real Madrid inPitești. The Spaniards had a team with many internationals. We were a group of young people, including Florin Halagian, our coach was young. We also had a very good second coach, Tănase Dima. I had no special preparation for the match against Real. Before the match, we all had special personal experiences, because we realized what a great team we were going to play with, the legendarySantiago Bernabéu was also present in Pitești. It was an extraordinary event, I was somehow floating."[10]
In 1974, Vlad returned to Hunedoara in Divizia B, helping them gain promotion to the first league two years later.[1][2] Vlad's last Divizia A appearance occurred on 4 December 1977 in a 1–0 home win toOlimpia Satu Mare, having a total of 219 matches with four goals in the competition, also totaling 10 games in European competitions (including four in theInter-Cities Fairs Cup).[1][3][7][11]
Vlad was taken in consideration to be a member ofRomania's squad that went to the1970 World Cup, but eventuallyNicolae Pescaru was preferred in his place.[2][7] He played three friendly games forThe Tricolours, making his debut underGheorghe Ola on 30 January 1972 in a 4–2 away win overMorocco.[4][12][13] His following game was a 2–2 draw againstPeru and his last one was a 2–0 away loss to theSoviet Union.[4][12]
While still being an active player, Vlad started coaching juniors at Corvinul, discoveringMircea Rednic.[2][3][7] In 1982 he became head coach of Corvinul afterMircea Lucescu left the team, guiding it through the1982–83 UEFA Cup campaign, as they eliminatedGrazer AK in the first round, but were defeated in the following one byFK Sarajevo.[2][7][14] With a few rounds before the end of his first season, Vlad left the team because the club transferred Rednic andIoan Andone toDinamo București without consulting him.[2][3]
He went to coach inDivizia B atUniversitatea Cluj, being brought there by the club's presidentRemus Câmpeanu, helping them gain promotion to the first league in his second season.[2][3][6][15][16] Subsequently, Vlad ledThe Red Caps for three full seasons in the top-league, earning a seventh-place finish in the first season and two tenth-place finishes in the next two seasons.[3][17] However, after the first half of the1988–89 season he was replaced withCornel Dinu.[3][18] Notably, in this period he gave 18-year-oldIoan Sabău his Divizia A debut.[3] In 1990 he went to coachGloria Bistrița in Divizia B, helping them earn a first-ever promotion to the first league.[3][7][11] Vlad returned to "U" Cluj for the1992–93 Divizia A season, finishing it in 11th place.[3][19] He then started the following season by working as the club's technical director, withDan Anca serving as head coach.[20] In 1994 he returned to Gloria Bistrița, first as head coach.[3] Shortly afterwards he became Gloria's technical director and together with coachConstantin Cârstea, they helped the club win its first trophy, the1993–94 Cupa României, after a 1–0 win overUniversitatea Craiova in thefinal.[3][21]
In January 1995, Vlad became head coach of Dinamo București, taking the club from the seventh place and finishing third.[2][3][7] Thus they qualified to the1995–96 UEFA Cup where they were eliminated in the preliminary round byLevski Sofia with 2–1 on aggregate.[2][3] He left the club in November 1995.[2][3][7] Vlad returned to Gloria Bistrița once again, reaching the1996 Cupa României final which was lost with 3–1 toSteaua București.[3][7][22] He also led the team in the1996–97 Cup Winners' Cup, helping them eliminateValletta in the qualifying round, being eliminated with 2–1 on aggregate byGabriel Batistuta'sFiorentina in the first round.[3][23] From 1999 to 2000 he worked for eight months atOlimpia Satu Mare.[2][7][24] Vlad had his last coaching spell from 2002 until 2004 at Gloria Bistrița with which he finished the2002–03 season in third place.[3][11] Afterwards he would work for on several occasions as a technical director.[11][25]
Vlad has a total of 355 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Divizia A, consisting of 144 victories, 63 draws and 148 losses, also totaling 20 matches led in European competitions.[3][11]
In 2013, Vlad received the Honorary Citizen ofHunedoara title.[7][26]
Argeș Pitești
Corvinul Hunedoara
Universitatea Cluj
Gloria Bistrița