Cosmin Tilincă

Cosmin Tilincă
Personal information
Full name Cosmin Augustin Tilincă
Date of birth (1979-08-01) 1 August 1979 (age 46)
Place of birth Turda, Romania
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Sănătatea Cluj (assistant)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1997–2002 Arieșul Turda
2002–2007 CFR Cluj 97 (23)
2007 Farul Constanța 11 (1)
2007–2008 Gloria Bistrița 30 (6)
2008–2011 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 36 (5)
2011–2015 Arieșul Turda 18 (3)
2015–2016 Germania Okriftel 26 (14)
2016–2017 TSV Trebur 40 (11)
2017 SKV Mörfelden 0 (0)
2018–2023 Sănătatea Cluj 70 (19)
Total 328 (82)
Managerial career
2012–2015 Arieșul Turda (assistant)
2016–2017 TSV Trebur (assistant)
2024– Sănătatea Cluj (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 10:11, 1 November 2024 (UTC)

Cosmin Augustin Tilincă (born 1 August 1979) is a Romanian former footballer.

Club career

Tilincă was born on 1 August 1979 in Turda, Romania and began playing junior-level football at local club Arieșul.[1][2] In 1997 he started to play for Arieșul's senior squad in Divizia C.[1][3] In 2002 he went to play at Divizia B level, signing with CFR Cluj.[1][3] In the 2003–04 season he scored three goals to help the team earn promotion to the first division, making a partnership in the offence with Adrian Anca.[1][3] In the following season, Tilincă made his Divizia A debut on 21 August 2004 when coach Aurel Șunda sent him in the 65th minute to replace Sead Brunčević in CFR's 4–2 win over Apulum Alba Iulia.[1][4][5] He scored his first goal on 11 June 2005 in a 2–1 home victory against FC Brașov.[1][4] Under coach Dorinel Munteanu he played ten games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup campaign as CFR got past Vėtra, Athletic Bilbao, Saint-Étienne and Žalgiris, scoring seven goals against all these opponents, the team reaching the final where they were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by Lens.[1][2][6] With those seven goals scored, Tilincă was the top-scorer of the competition, and earned the nickname Tili-goal.[2][3][7][8]

In February 2007 he signed with Farul Constanța which paid €40,000 to CFR, being wanted there by coach Basarab Panduru.[1][2][9] Until the end of the season, Tilincă made 11 league appearances for Farul, scoring once in a 1–1 draw against Steaua București.[1][10] He then went to Gloria Bistrița for the 2007–08 season.[1][2] Under the coach Ioan Sabău, he played five games in the 2007 Intertoto Cup campaign as Gloria eliminated Grbalj and Maccabi Haifa, scoring once against the latter.[1][11] They reached the final where he netted once and provided the assist to Dorel Zaharia's goal in a 2–1 home victory against Atlético Madrid, but the second leg was lost with 1–0, thus losing the final on the away goals rule.[3][7][11][12][13] In 2008, Tilincă joined 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][14] He made his last first league appearance on 22 May 2010 in Pandurii's 1–0 away win over Unirea Alba Iulia, totaling 135 matches with 23 goals in the competition.[1][3][15]

Afterwards, Tilincă returned to his hometown at Arieșul, playing for them in the Romanian lower leagues until 2015.[1] He then went to play in the German lower leagues for Germania Okriftel, TSV Trebur and SKV Mörfelden.[2][3][16] In 2018 he came back to Romania, signing with Sănătatea Cluj where he stayed until his retirement in 2023.[7]

International career

In 2005, Tilincă was called up by coach Victor Pițurcă at Romania's national team, to play in friendlies against Ivory Coast and Nigeria.[7][17] However, due to an injury suffered in a training match against Sportul Studențesc București, he did not get to play in those games.[7][17]

Honours

CFR Cluj

Gloria Bistrița

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Cosmin Tilincă at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ^ a b c d e f "Cosmin Tilincă. Ce face acum fostul golgheter al CFR-ului din Intertoto: Am fost idolul tribunelor" [Cosmin Tilincă. What is the former CFR Intertoto top scorer doing now: I was the idol of the stands] (in Romanian). Romaniansoccer.ro. 20 May 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g "INTERVIU EXCLUSIV cu primul golgeter al CFR-ului modern:"Echipa e clădită pe bazele puse de noi". 3 povești senzaționale din perioada Intertoto" [EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW with the first goal scorer of the modern CFR:"The team is built on the foundations we laid". 3 sensational stories from the Intertoto period] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 14 September 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  4. ^ a b "Cosmin Tilincă. Liga 1 2004/2005". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  5. ^ "Apulum Alba Iulia - CFR Cluj 2:4". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  6. ^ a b "Reperele lui CFR Cluj, echipa care în 2000 era ca şi desființată, iar acum domină fotbalul românesc" [The landmarks of CFR Cluj, the team that in 2000 was almost disbanded, and now dominates Romanian football] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
    "Nu-i totul pierdut" [Not all is lost] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 30 April 2021.
    "Cosmin Tilincă. Intertoto Cup 2005/2006". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  7. ^ a b c d e "Un fost atacant din Liga 1 a scris istorie în Europa și n-are de gând să se retragă nici la aproape 41 de ani: "Vreau să câștigăm Cupa României!"" [A former Liga 1 striker has written history in Europe and has no plans to retire at almost 41: "I want to win the Romanian Cup!"] (in Romanian). Prosport.ro. 28 July 2020. Retrieved 29 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Cosmin Tilincă, aproape de o performanță importantă ca antrenor! Cel care marca pentru CFR în Intertoto, la un pas de play-off" [Cosmin Tilincă, close to an important performance as a coach! The one who scored for CFR in the Intertoto, one step away from the play-offs] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 6 March 2025. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
    "Iti amintesti de "Tiligol", primul golgheter al CFR-ului modern? Ce a ajuns sa faca Cosmin Tilinca la 38 de ani, dupa plecarea din Romania" [Do you remember "Tili-goal", the first goal scorer of the modern CFR? What did Cosmin Tilinca end up doing at the age of 38, after leaving Romania] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 16 January 2018. Retrieved 28 April 2021.
  9. ^ "Tilinca, in sfarsit la Farul" [Tilinca, finally at Farul] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 22 February 2007. Retrieved 14 April 2025.
  10. ^ "Cosmin Tilincă. Liga 1 2006/2007". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  11. ^ a b "Cosmin Tilincă. Intertoto Cup 2007/2008". WorldFootball. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  12. ^ a b ""Aveam foame de rezultate". 14 ani de la victoria Gloriei Bistrița cu Atletico Madrid: amintirile eroului partidei" ["I was hungry for results." 14 years since Gloria Bistrița's victory against Atletico Madrid: the memories of the hero of the match] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 21 July 2021. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  13. ^ "Se împlinesc 10 ani de la Gloria - Atletico Madrid. Bistrițenii, la un pas de a elimina o echipă plină de vedete" [It's been 10 years since Gloria - Atletico Madrid. The people from Bistrița, one step away from eliminating a team full of stars] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 18 February 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
    "Gloria, oleee! Se împlinesc 10 ani de la victoria cu Atletico! Totul despre acea dublă de poveste!" [Gloria, oleee! It's been 10 years since the victory with Atletico! All about that story double!] (in Romanian). Sportulbistritean.ro. 28 July 2017. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Tilincă și Nalați, la Târgu Jiu" [Tilinca and Nalați, at Târgu Jiu] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 5 June 2008. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
    "Vezi aici cele mai tari faze din Pandurii - Gloria Bistrița 1-1" [See here the best moments from Pandurii - Gloria Bistrita 1-1] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 6 November 2009. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  15. ^ "Primul golgeter din istoria modernă a lui CFR Cluj știe cum se termină derby-ul cu FCSB și răspunde la o întrebare esențială: "Să vedem cât mai poate și el"" [The first scorer in CFR Cluj's modern history knows how the derby with FCSB ends and answers an essential question: "Let's see how much he can do"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 5 February 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  16. ^ "Cosmin Tilincă" (in German). Fupa.net. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
  17. ^ a b ""Naționala e cel mai mare regret al meu". Amintire dură: "Chivu stătea în jacuzzi, iar mie mi-a fost rușine să cer un masaj la picioare"" ["The national team is my biggest regret". Hard memory: "Chivu was sitting in the jacuzzi, and I was ashamed to ask for a foot massage"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 24 March 2023. Retrieved 16 April 2025.
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