Valeriu Călinoiu

Valeriu Călinoiu
Personal information
Date of birth (1928-10-09)9 October 1928
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Date of death 20 December 1990(1990-12-20) (aged 62)
Position Midfielder
Youth career
1942–1943 Olympia București
1943–1944 Carmen București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1948 IMS Hunedoara
1948–1949 Petrolul București 3 (0)
1950 Dinamo Brașov
1951–1960 Dinamo București[b] 164 (9)
Total 167 (9)
International career
1952–1959 Romania[a] 21 (1)
Managerial career
1961–1963 Știința Craiova
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valeriu Călinoiu (9 October 1928 – 20 December 1990) was a Romanian footballer.[4] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[5]

Club career

Călinoiu was born on 9 October 1928 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1942 at Olympia București, moving after one year to Carmen București.[3][6] He started his senior career in 1948 at IMS Hunedoara.[3][6] He made his Divizia A debut, playing for Petrolul București on 29 May 1949 under coach Colea Vâlcov in a 2–0 away victory against CFR Cluj.[3][6][7] After a short period spent in Divizia B at Dinamo Brașov, a team he helped promote to the first league, he went to play for Dinamo București in 1951.[3][6] There, his first performance with the club was reaching the 1954 Cupa României final where coach Angelo Niculescu used him the entire match in the eventual 2–0 loss to Metalul Reșița.[8] In the following season, Călinoiu helped the club win its first Divizia A title, scoring one goal in the 22 matches he was used by Niculescu.[2][3][6][9] He played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray in which he was also the team's captain.[3][6][10] The Red Dogs advanced to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Călinoiu playing in all four games of the campaign.[3][6][10][11] He reached another Cupa României final in 1959, this time winning it, as coach Iuliu Baratky played him for the entire match in the 4–0 win over CSM Baia Mare.[3][12] On 19 June 1960, Călinoiu played his last Divizia A match for Dinamo in a 3–1 away loss against Farul Constanța, totaling 167 matches with nine goals in the competition.[3]

International career

Călinoiu played 20 games and scored one goal for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu in the 1952 Summer Olympics in a 2–1 loss against eventual champions, Hungary.[1][13][14] He played four games in which he scored one goal in a 2–1 away victory against Bulgaria during the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.[1] His last four games played for the national team were in the 1958 World Cup qualifiers, the last one taking place on 17 November 1957 in a 2–0 away loss to Yugoslavia.[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Călinoiu goal.[1]
List of international goals scored by Valeriu Călinoiu
# Date Venue Cap Opponent Score Result Competition
1 11 October 1953 Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria 5  Bulgaria 2–1 2–1 1954 World Cup qualifiers

Managerial career

Călinoiu's only coaching spell was from 1961 to 1963 at Divizia B team Știința Craiova, where he debuted Ion Oblemenco in senior football.[15][16]

Death

Călinoiu died on 20 December 1990 at age 62.[3][6]

Honours

Dinamo Brașov

Dinamo București

Notes

  1. ^ Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.[1][2]
  2. ^ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Dinamo București are not official.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e "Valeriu Călinoiu". European Football. Retrieved 25 January 2021.
  2. ^ a b Valeriu Călinoiu at National-Football-Teams.com
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Valeriu Călinoiu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  4. ^ "Valeriu Călinoiu". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
  5. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valeriu Călinoiu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h "Valeriu Călinoiu – fotbaliști de legendă" [Valeriu Călinoiu – legendary footballers] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 26 August 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  7. ^ "File de poveste – perioada Juventus! Episodul XXVII – CAMPIOANĂ A ŢĂRII LA JUNIORI" [Story files - the Juventus period! Episode XXVII – JUNIOR CHAMPION OF THE COUNTRY] (in Romanian). Ploiestiulpatrianoastra.com. 26 July 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2025.
  8. ^ a b "Romanian Cup - Season 1954". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
  9. ^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  10. ^ a b "RETRO GSP. 64 de ani de la primul meci european al unei echipe românești. Dinamo i-a scos pe turci, apoi a urmat măcelul!" [RETRO GSP. 64 years since the first European match of a Romanian team. Dinamo took out the Turks, then the slaughter followed!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  11. ^ "Valeriu Călinoiu - Champions League 1956/1957". WorldFootball. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  12. ^ "Romanian Cup 1958–59". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
    "Finala Cupei României 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0" [The Cupei României Final 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Hungary 2-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  14. ^ "Jocurile Olimpice de la Helsinki: Ungaria 2-1 România, 15 iulie 1952" [Helsinki Olympics: Hungary 2-1 Romania, July 15, 1952] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
  15. ^ "Valeriu Călinoiu". Fotbalisti Romani. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  16. ^ "Dacă timpul ar fi avut răbdare, astăzi Oblemenco ar fi împlinit 69 de ani" [If time had been patient, Oblemenco would have turned 69 today] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
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