 Vlădoiu in 1996 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | (1968-11-05)5 November 1968 (age 56) | ||
| Place of birth | Călinești, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1987 | CSȘ Aripi Pitești | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1987–1990 | Argeș Pitești | 75 | (13) |
| 1991–1993 | Steaua București | 77 | (24) |
| 1994–1995 | Rapid București | 43 | (22) |
| 1995–1996 | Steaua București | 33 | (25) |
| 1996–1998 | 1. FC Köln | 51 | (10) |
| 1998–1999 | Dinamo București | 36 | (26) |
| 2000 | Kickers Offenbach | 15 | (5) |
| 2000–2001 | Steaua București | 15 | (10) |
| 2002 | Argeș Pitești | 16 | (8) |
| 2002 | Universitatea Craiova | 13 | (2) |
| 2003 | Argeș Pitești | 16 | (0) |
| 2004 | UTA Arad | 3 | (1) |
| Total | 393 | (146) | |
| International career | |||
| 1992–2000 | Romania | 28 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006 | FC Snagov | ||
| 2006 | Național București | ||
| 2008–2009 | Dinamo București (assistant) | ||
| 2010 | Argeș Pitești | ||
| 2020–2022 | Argeș Pitești (general manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Ion "Jean" Vlădoiu (born 5 November 1968) is a Romanian former professionalfootballer who played as astriker. He was also amanager.[1]
He is one of the few who played for the biggest teams of Romania –Steaua București,Rapid București,Dinamo București,Universitatea Craiova,Argeș Pitești andUTA Arad.[1] Internationally, he played for Romania at the1994 World Cup andEuro 1996.[2]
Vlădoiu was born on 5 November 1968 inCălinești, Romania, starting to play junior level football at CSȘ Aripi Pitești.[3][4][5] He started his senior career atArgeș Pitești, making hisDivizia A debut on 31 October 1987 in a 2–0 win overOțelul Galați.[3][4][5]
In the middle of the1990–91 season, he left Argeș to go atSteaua București.[3][4][5] He started to play in European competitions, making four appearances in the1991–92 UEFA Cup campaign, helping the team get pastAnorthosis Famagusta andSporting Gijón, scoring two goals against the latter, reaching the round of 16 where the campaign ended at the hands ofGenoa.[3][6] He won his first trophy, following a penalty shoot-out againstPolitehnica Timișoara from the1992 Cupa României final with Vlădoiu netting his spot kick, as coachVictor Pițurcă sent him on the field in the 54th minute to replaceMarian Popa.[3][7]
In thefollowing season he scored 10 times in the 29 league matches coachAnghel Iordănescu used him as Steaua won the title.[3][4][8] In the same season, he made six appearances in theEuropean Cup Winners' Cup campaign, managing to get pastBohemians andAarhus, scoring once against the first and a brace against the latter, reaching the quarter-finals where they were eliminated on theaway goal rule after 1–1 on aggregate byRoyal Antwerp.[3][9]
Afterwards he participated withThe Military Men in the1993–94 Champions League, netting a double which helped them get pastCroatia Zagreb in the first round, being eliminated in the following one byAS Monaco.[3][10] In the first half of the1993–94 Divizia A season, Vlădoiu was used by coachEmerich Jenei in 14 games in which he netted one goal in a 3–0 away win overrivalsDinamo București, leaving in the middle of the season to go atRapid București but Steaua managed to win the championship without him.[3][4][8][11]
With Rapid he reached the1995 Cupa României final, coachSorin Cârțu using him all the minutes in the penalty shoot-out loss toPetrolul Ploiești, Vlădoiu netting his spot kick.[3][5][12] WithThe Railwaymen he participated in the1994–95 UEFA Cup, scoring a brace as they got pastValletta in the qualifying round, then he netted a goal which helped them eliminateCharleroi in the first round, being defeated in the following round byEintracht Frankfurt.[3][13]
In 1995 he returned to Steaua, his first performance being the winning of theSupercupa României in which he closed the score in the 2–0 over Petrolul Ploiești.[3][4][5][14] In the1995–96 season, under the guidance of coachDumitru Dumitriu he netted a personal record of 25 goals, including a hat-trick in a 4–2 victory against Dinamo, winning the championship and being its top-scorer.[3][4][8][15][16][17][18] Dumitriu also used him the full 90 minutes in the 3–1 win overGloria Bistrița from the1996 Cupa României final.[19] In the same season he played six games in theChampions League group stage, receiving a red card in a 0–0 draw withJuventus.[3][20]
In 1996, he was transferred for a fee of 1.5 milliondeutschmarks to German side1. FC Köln where he was partner in the offence withToni Polster, also being teammate with compatriotDorinel Munteanu.[3][4][5][21] In a few days following his transfer, the club sold 18.000 t-shirts with his name on them.[21] Vlădoiu made hisBundesliga debut on 18 August 1996 under coachPeter Neururer in a 3–0 away victory againstFortuna Düsseldorf.[22][23] He scored his first goal in the following round on 21 August in a 1–0 win overTSV 1860 Munich, until the end of the season netting a total of eight goals, including a brace in a 3–1 home victory againstSchalke 04.[22] In thefollowing season he managed another double in a 4–2 home victory againstVfB Stuttgart after two assists from Munteanu.[24] On 9 May 1998, he made his last Bundesliga appearance in a 2–2 draw againstBayer Leverkusen, having a total of 51 matches with 10 goals scored in the competition, Köln relegating to2. Bundesliga.[3][4][25]
During his years spent withThe Billy Goats, he also played in theIntertoto Cup, netting a hat-trick in1995 in a 3–0 againstAarau which helped them reach the semi-finals.[26]
In 1998 he returned to Romania, signing with Dinamo.[3][4][5] During his spell withThe Red Dogs, he made his last appearances in European competitions, as the team got pastMondercange in the qualifying round, then got defeated 3–0 on aggregate byBenfica in the first round, Vlădoiu gaining a total of 36 continental matches with 11 goals netted (including five games with three goals in theIntertoto Cup).[1][3][27] In the first half of the1999–2000 season he scored 12 goals in the 12 games coachCornel Dinu used him, leaving in the middle of the season to go at 2. Bundesliga club,Kickers Offenbach but Dinamo managed to winThe Double without him.[3][4][5][8]
After his spell at Kickers Offenbach, he returned again at Steaua.[3][4][5] He won the2000–01 title, playing 14 games under the guidance ofVictor Pițurcă, netting 10 goals, including a hat-trick against Dinamo.[3][4][8][15][16][17][28]
During the2001–02 season, Vlădoiu made a comeback to Argeș Pitești.[3][4][5] In 2003 he went atUniversitatea Craiova but shortly afterwards he returned to Argeș.[3][4][5] He made his last Divizia A appearance on 8 November 2003, playing for Argeș in a 1–0 home loss to "U" Craiova, having a total of 324 matches in the competition with 130 goals scored.[3][4] Vlădoiu ended his career by playing a few games forUTA Arad during the2003–04 Divizia B season.[3][4]
Vlădoiu won 28 caps forRomania, most of them as a substitute, scoring twice.[2] He made his debut on 14 November 1992 when coachCornel Dinu sent him on the field in the 67th minute to replaceOvidiu Hanganu in a 1–1 home draw againstCzechoslovakia at the1994 World Cup qualifiers.[2][4][29] He made a total of four appearances at these successful World Cup qualifiers.[2] He was part of Romania's "Golden Generation" that reached the quarter-finals at the1994 World Cup.[30] However he played briefly at the final tournament when coachAnghel Iordănescu sent him on the field in the 71st minute to replaceIlie Dumitrescu but then he was sent off about three minutes later for a bad foul onChristophe Ohrel in a 4–1 loss toSwitzeland from the group stage.[2][4][31]
Afterwards he played six games at the successfulEuro 1996 qualifiers.[2] At thefinal tournament, the team lost all three group stage games in favor ofFrance,Bulgaria andSpain.[2][32][33] Iordănescu used Vlădoiu only in the 2–1 defeat to Spain when he sent him to replace goal-scorerFlorin Răducioiu in the 89th minute.[2][32][34]
In the following years, Vlădoiu played three games at the1998 World Cup qualifiers and scored once in a 4–0 win overAzerbaijan from theEuro 2000 qualifiers.[2] On 3 September 2000, he made his last appearance for the national team in a 1–0 home win overLithuania at the2002 World Cup qualifiers.[2]
For representing his country at two final tournaments, Vlădoiu was decorated by thenPresident of Romania,Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008, with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal of "Sportive Merit") Class III.[4][35]
Vlădoiu had his first coaching experience in early 2006 at the "Străini de Fotbal" (Football Foreigners) TV show where he had to coach a group of 16 young men who had no experience with football.[36][37]
He started his professional coaching career in 2006 atsecond league team,FC Snagov.[4][36] In October 2006 he went atfirst league sideNațional București which he led in four games, not managing to earn a victory.[1][4][36][38] In the2008–09 season he was the assistant ofMircea Rednic atDinamo București.[15][39] In 2010, Vlădoiu was appointed head coach atArgeș Pitești, leaving the team about two weeks later because of the poor conditions that were at the club.[40]
| Romania[2] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Year | Apps | Goals |
| 1992 | 2 | 0 |
| 1993 | 2 | 0 |
| 1994 | 5 | 0 |
| 1995 | 6 | 0 |
| 1996 | 7 | 1 |
| 1997 | 2 | 0 |
| 1998 | 0 | 0 |
| 1999 | 3 | 1 |
| 2000 | 1 | 0 |
| Total | 28 | 2 |
| # | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 18 September 1996 | Stadionul Cotroceni,Bucharest, Romania |  United Arab Emirates | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 9 June 1999 | Stadionul Steaua, Bucharest, Romania |  Azerbaijan | 3–0 | 4–0 | UEFA Euro 2000 Qual. |
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