Sorin Vlaicu

Sorin Vlaicu

Personal information
Date of birth	(1965-05-03) 3 May 1965
Place of birth	Şimian, Romania
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1987-1992	Politehnica Timişoara	77	(10)
1992-1993	Red Star Belgrade	13	(0)
1993-1995	Politehnica Timişoara	71	(7)
1995-1996	Békéscsaba	14	(2)
1996-1999	Politehnica Timişoara	96	(8)
1999-2000	Drobeta-Turnu Severin	37	(10)
2000-2001	UMT Timişoara	0	(0)
International career
1991-1992	Romania	4	(0)
Medal record Politehnica Timişoara Runner-up Romanian Cup 1992
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sorin Vlaicu (born 3 May 1965, in Şimian) is a retired Romanian international football player.

Club career

He started his career in 1987 in Politehnica Timişoara, where he spent most of his career. Soon he began to show himself as a very strong offensive midfielder. After becoming an international player, he accepted in 1992 an invitation made by the 1991 European Champions Red Star Belgrade from Yugoslavia. In 1993 he returned to Timișoara where he continued playing until January 1995, when he moved to Hungary to play with Békéscsaba Elöre, where he played until January 1996. Since then, he has been the pillar of the Politehnica Timişoara team, having, in total, played an impressive 244 games, and scored 25 goals.

International career

After becoming an important Politehnica player, in the years of 1991 and 1992, he got four caps for the Romania national football team. His debut was on 17 April 1991 against Spain which Romania won 2-0.

Honours

• Red Star Belgrade
  • 1 time Yugoslav Cup winner: 1993

External sources

• Sorin Vlaicu at RomanianSoccer.
• Sorin Vlaicu at National-Football-Teams.com
• Sorin Vlaicu at Worldfootball.