Valeriu Călinoiu
Romanian footballer
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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]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 October 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 20 December 1990 (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[a] | 164 | (9) |
| Total | 167 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1952–1959 | Romania[b] | 21 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961–1963 | Știința Craiova | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
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.[1][6] He started his senior career in 1948 at IMS Hunedoara.[1][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.[1][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.[1][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.[3][1][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.[1][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.[1][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.[1][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.[1]
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.[2][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.[2] 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.[2]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Călinoiu goal.[2]
| # | 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]
