Romanian footballer
Cosmin Augustin Tilincă (born 1 August 1979) is aRomanian former footballer.
Tilincă was born on 1 August 1979 inTurda ,Romania and began playing junior-level football at local clubArieșul .[ 1] [ 2] Divizia C .[ 1] [ 3] Divizia B level, signing withCFR Cluj .[ 1] [ 3] 2003–04 season he scored three goals to help the team earn promotion to the first division, making a partnership in the offence withAdrian Anca .[ 1] [ 3] following season , Tilincă made hisDivizia A debut on 21 August 2004 when coachAurel Șunda sent him in the 65th minute to replaceSead Brunčević in CFR's 4–2 win overApulum Alba Iulia .[ 1] [ 4] [ 5] FC Brașov .[ 1] [ 4] Dorinel Munteanu he played ten games in the2005 Intertoto Cup campaign as CFR got pastVėtra ,Athletic Bilbao ,Saint-Étienne andŽalgiris , scoring seven goals against all these opponents, the team reaching the final where they were defeated 4–2 on aggregate byLens .[ 1] [ 2] [ 6] Tili-goal .[ 2] [ 3] [ 7] [ 8]
In February 2007 he signed withFarul Constanța which paid€ 40,000 to CFR, being wanted there by coachBasarab Panduru .[ 1] [ 2] [ 9] season , Tilincă made 11 league appearances for Farul, scoring once in a 1–1 draw againstSteaua București .[ 1] [ 10] Gloria Bistrița for the2007–08 season.[ 1] [ 2] Ioan Sabău , he played five games in the2007 Intertoto Cup campaign as Gloria eliminatedGrbalj andMaccabi Haifa , scoring once against the latter.[ 1] [ 4] Dorel Zaharia 's goal in a 2–1 home victory againstAtlético Madrid , but the second leg was lost with 1–0, thus losing the final on theaway goals rule .[ 3] [ 7] [ 4] [ 11] [ 12] Pandurii Târgu Jiu where on 6 November 2009 he netted his last goal in the Romanian league in a 1–1 draw against his former side, Gloria Bistrița.[ 1] [ 13] Unirea Alba Iulia , having a total of 135 matches with 23 goals in the competition.[ 1] [ 3] [ 14]
Afterwards, Tilincă returned to his hometown at Arieșul, playing for them in the Romanian lower leagues until 2015.[ 1] [ 2] [ 3] [ 15] Sănătatea Cluj where he stayed until his retirement in 2023.[ 7]
International career [ edit ] In 2005, Tilincă was called up by coachVictor Pițurcă atRomania's national team , to play in friendlies againstIvory Coast andNigeria .[ 7] [ 16] Sportul Studențesc București , he did not get to play in those games.[ 7] [ 16]
CFR Cluj
Gloria Bistrița
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