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Dennis Șerban

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Romanian footballer

Dennis Şerban
Personal information
Full name	Dennis Georgian Şerban
Date of birth	(1976-01-05)5 January 1976 (age 49)
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Height	1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position	Attacking midfielder
Youth career
–1994	Farul Constanţa
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1996	Farul Constanţa	44	(6)
1994	→Portul Constanţa (loan)	7	(1)
1996–1998	Steaua București	62	(15)
1998–2002	Valencia	14	(1)
1999–2000	→Villarreal (loan)	13	(4)
2000–2001	→Elche (loan)	35	(11)
2002	→Rapid București (loan)	12	(2)
2002–2003	Córdoba	21	(4)
2003	Poli Ejido	10	(1)
2004	Petrolul Ploieşti	8	(1)
2004	Dinamo București	3	(0)
2005–2006	AEL	37	(1)
2006–2007	Dinamo București	7	(2)
Total		273	(49)
International career
1996–2001	Romania	13	(1)
Managerial career
2007	FC Ploieşti
2007	Progresul București
2010	Farul Constanţa (technical director)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Dennis Georgian Şerban (born 5 January 1976) is a Romanian former professionalfootballer who played as anattacking midfielder.

Playing career

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Şerban played forFC Farul Constanţa andPortul Constanţa before joining the squad ofSteaua București in 1996. A very talented playmaker, Şerban immediately became a very important part of the team which won theRomanian championship in 1997 and 1998 and played in theUEFA Champions League.

In 1999, he was signed byLa Liga clubValencia. It normal conditions such a move would have been given wings to any player, however it was not Şerban's case, unfortunately. From a man used game after game bySteaua București he became an unused substitute atValencia and that damaged his career.

After two years atValencia in which he only played 11 games, Şerban is loaned toVillarreal, in Spain'sLa Liga, and from there toElche CF. At Elche he had a good period, playing 35 games and scoring 11 goals during the full season, and as a result he is called back byValencia CF only to be released after few weeks and sent toRapid București.

In 2002, he returned toSpain to play forCórdoba CF and thenPolideportivo Ejido but as soon as he was released byValencia CF from his contract, he returned toRomania to joinPetrolul Ploieşti and thenDinamo București.

January 2005 found Şerban playing forAEL in the Greek second division. His club won promotion and, in 2006, he continued playing for Larissa, in theGreek first division, having a productive year with 27 appearances and 1 goal.

In August 2006, Şerban was signed again byDinamo București. He was dismissed by coachMircea Rednic in the early days of February 2007. Shortly after this, he started coaching Astra Ploiești and laterFarul Constanţa.