Aurel Èšicleanu

Aurel " Chiose " Ţicleanu ( born January 20, 1959 in Teliuc, Hunedoara County ) is a former Romanian football player and current coach and official. He played a total of 337 games in the highest Romanian football league, the Divizia A. He also took part in the European Football Championship 1984. He has also stood in 2013 as coach of the Romanian first division club FC Braşov under contract.

Playing career

Ţicleanu began in his hometown of Sadu at the local club Metalurgistul. There he was in 1976 by ​​the then coach of Universitatea Craiova, Constantin sacrificed, discovered and brought to Craiova. He managed to equal the leap to the first team and came on 25 May 1977 its first use in Divizia A. Ţicleanu was a regular player and spent his most successful years in Craiova. In addition to winning the championship in 1980 and 1981, he reached the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup, where the team was eliminated only on away goals against Benfica in the 1982/83 season.

In 1985 Ţicleanu Craiova left and moved to Sportul Studenţesc Bucharest. Here he had in the 1985/86 season large share of today 's biggest success of the club, the Romanian runner. In 1989 Ţicleanu received permission to move abroad and joined the Cypriot club Olympiakos Nicosia, where he ended his career in 1991.

National

Ţicleanu denied a total of 44 games for the Romanian national football team, scoring two goals. He made his debut on August 29, 1979 against Poland. National coach Mircea Lucescu nominated him for the European Football Championship in 1984 in France, where he came on in the games against Spain and Germany respectively for Marin Dragnea.

Coaching career

After the end of his active career Ţicleanu began a career as a football coach. In 1991 he first took over UTA Arad in the subprime Divizia B. Once the targeted promotion was narrowly missed (UTA were deducted eight points for match-fixing ), he took over in 1992 Oţelul Galaţi in Divizia A. Oţelul him came initially be classified in the midfield. After the descent could only be avoided in the 1993/94 season, his contract was not renewed.

After two games as interim coach of Universitatea Craiova in 1994, he took over in 1996 Viromet Victoria. Also, this commitment was not of long duration. In 1997 Ţicleanu sporting director of FC Braşov, before he in the same year Rocar Bucharest, who played in Divizia B, took over as head coach.

After a few months he was discharged at Rocar and went as a coach to Morocco, where he coached Maghreb Fez. In 1999 Ţicleanu returned to Romania and was Costică Ştefănescu assistant coach of Astra Ploieşti, before he hired again in 2000 Oţelul Galaţi. After 13 matches, the club parted from him again. Ţicleanu took over the office of President, and then sporting director of Universitatea Craiova before he was during the 2001/02 season head coach of Tractorul Brasov in Divizia B.

Ţicleanu did not stay long in Braşov. First he took over in 2002, Partizan Tirana, before he youth coach of Bangladesh was for a few months. In May 2002 he returned to the Maghreb Fez, where he reached the final of the Moroccan Cup, but there Hassania d' Agadir subject. In November 2002, he moved again to Albania, where he was on 7 May 2003 after qualifying for the final of the Albanian Cup with KS Dinamo Tirana. Immediately after the game Ţicleanu came with four games left in the season because of disappointing cutting in the championship, however, from his office. When victorious cup final Dinamo Tirana was supervised by Agim Canaj. Canaj was five months later again Ţicleanus successor after he had resigned at KS Lushnja on 18 October 2003.

Upon his return to Romania Ţicleanu was first sports director of the third division side FC Ghimbav 2000, before the Moroccan club Hassania d' Agadir took over in the summer of 2004. The contract was terminated in December 2004 by mutual agreement. Ţicleanu returned to Brasov, where he founded with his wife, a travel agency. In early 2006, he joined the Kuwaiti Premier League with Al- Sahel Abu Halifa and finished with the team at the end of the season the 7th Place. The following season, the number of first division teams was reduced from 14 to 8 and Al- Sahel succeeded as fifth -placed again to avoid relegation in the Kuwaiti Division One.

In 2007, Ţicleanu for a season training with the Premier League rivals al - Dschahra, with whom he was, however, Table 2008. Although there was no relegation from the Kuwaiti Premier League that season, he signed a contract in July 2008 as U19 coach at Al -Shabab in Saudi Arabia. August 1, 2009 Ţicleanu was again coach of Al- Sahel Abu Halifa, but this time in the Kuwaiti Division One. In March 2010, he was dismissed for failure and two months later he was appointed the Saudi Arabian Al Ohud second division club from Medina to his new coach. Ţicleanu his office did not occur on, after the club turned to FIFA in July 2010. As of June 25, 2010, he coached FC Universitatea Craiova namely, however, was after just five league games of Adrian Mititelu, the patron of the association, released on August 22, 2010. Mid-January 2011 brought this Ţicleanu back as club president after incumbent Silvian Cristescu was released. Ţicleanu sat after the short-term dismissal of Laurentiu Reghecampf the away match against Otelul Galati one last time on the bench and sparked 7 May 2011 his contract with Universitatea on ..

On 5 July 2011, there came a year late but to a trainer involvement in the Saudi Arabian Al Ohud second division club from Medina. Ţicleanu mid-December 2011 was released and signed in mid February 2012 a three-month contract with the Kuwaiti Al Tadamon second division, where he replaced the recently deceased Brazilian coach Jorge Anadon. After the missed rise Ţicleanu returned in May 2012 back to Brasov, found in Khaitan Sporting Club, the Premier League rivals Al Tadamon, but quickly a new employer in Kuwait. On June 23, 2012, he received there a contract until the end and then returned to Romania.

In March 2013 Ţicleanu first supported Ilie Balaci and Adrian Mititelu in their attempt to build a new team for Universitatea Craiova, but decided in early April, 2013, to accept the post of technical director at second division Corona Braşov. At the end of the season 2012/13 Corona increase took place in the league one on, but Ţicleanus contract was not renewed in June 2013. On August 19, 2013 Ţicleanu Adrian Szabo has served as coach from the first division club FC Braşov. Due to disagreements with Ioan Neculaie, the patron of the association, however, he was released on September 23, 2013 after three games without defeat and replaced by Alexandru Pelici. Since then Ţicleanu is without a club.

Achievements

As a player

• EM participants: 1984
• Balkan Cup Winners: 1977/80
• Romanian champion: 1980, 1981
• Romanian Cup Winners: 1977 ( without final use ), 1978, 1981, 1983
• Semi-finals of the UEFA Cup: 1983

Others

Ţicleanu since December 2001 Honorary Citizen of his hometown Sadu and since 2003 honorary citizen of Craiova. In 1981 he married for the first time. From this marriage that ended in divorce in 1999, submitted a son and a daughter. Ţicleanu is now married for the second time and has another daughter.