Adrian Falub (born 8 July 1971) is a Romanian football manager and former player.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 8 July 1971 | ||
| Place of birth | Dej, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.84 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Gloria Bistrița (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Unirea Dej | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1988 | Unirea Dej | 28 | (1) |
| 1989–1996 | Universitatea Cluj | 206 | (9) |
| 1996–1997 | FC Basel | 24 | (0) |
| 1997–1998 | Universitatea Cluj | 32 | (4) |
| 1998 | Gloria Bistrița | 11 | (3) |
| 1999–2002 | Național București | 98 | (4) |
| 2002–2006 | Digenis Akritas Morphou | 78 | (0) |
| Total | 477 | (21) | |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2006–2007 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2008–2009 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| 2009–2010 | Unirea Alba Iulia | ||
| 2010 | FCM Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2010–2011 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| 2012–2013 | UTA Arad | ||
| 2014 | UTA Arad | ||
| 2014 | ASA Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2015 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2015 | Al Urooba | ||
| 2015–2016 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
| 2017 | UTA Arad | ||
| 2017–2018 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2019 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
| 2019–2020 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2021 | CSM Reșița | ||
| 2021–2022 | Academica Clinceni | ||
| 2022– | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Club career edit
Falub started to play football at Unirea Dej in the 4'th Romanian league. In 1989, he was transferred to the Liga I team U Cluj where he played 9 consecutive seasons. In 1996 Adrian Falub was sold to FC Basel because of the financial difficulties of the club.
Falub joined Basel's first team for their 1996–97 season under heas coach Karl Engel. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the St. Jakob Stadium on 4 September 1996 as Basel were defeated 2–4 by Lausanne-Sport.[1] Falub did not adapt successfully to the Swiss lifestyle and after only one year, he returned to his beloved team U Cluj. During his short time with the club Falub played a total of 35 games for Basel scoring one goal. 24 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, three in the Swiss Cup and the other eight were friendly games. He scored his only goal during the test games.[2]
In 1998 Falub moved to Gloria Bistriţa and one year later he was transferred to FC Naţional București. The Romanian defender played 4 seasons for FC Naţional București and in 2002 he went abroad, to the Cypriot side Digenis Akritas Morphou.
Coaching career edit
In 2006 Falub accepted the offer to become coach of U Cluj and left Digenis Akritas Morphou. He managed to promote the team in Liga I, 3 weeks before the final lap of the championship. Unfortunately, Adrian Falub's team had a very bad start in the 2007–2008 season and he was fired after 10 matches without victory.[3] In 2008 Falub signed a contract with the Liga II team, Sportul Studenţesc.[4] In 35 matches played under Falub's command, Sportul achieved 8 victories, 12 draws and 15 losses. He has terminated the contract with the Bucharest team on 17 May 2009.[5] In April 2009 Adrian Falub signed a contract with FC Unirea Alba Iulia, helped the team to promote in Liga I.[6] In the autumn of 2010 Falub joined CSMS Iaşi.[7] In the winter transfer window he brought to the team Bogdan Ghiceanu and Claudiu Tudor amongst others.[8] His contract was terminated in the summer of 2011.[9].On 14th of February 2022, Adrian Falub signed a contract with CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud with the goal to promote the team to Liga II. [10]
Honours edit
Player edit
Universitatea Cluj
Coach edit
Universitatea Cluj
Unirea Alba Iulia
FCM Târgu Mureș
References edit
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (4 September 1996). "FC Basel - FC Lausanne-Sport 2:4 (1:2)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv” (1997). "Adrian Falub - FCB statistic". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 16 November 2021.
- ^ "Falub and Bănceu quit U Cluj". onlinesport.ro. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 6 October 2007.
- ^ "Citynews – Falub is the new trainer Sportul Studenţesc". citynews.ro. Retrieved 7 January 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Falub is no longer Sportul's coach". liga2.ro. Archived from the original on 25 May 2009. Retrieved 27 May 2009.
- ^ "Falub signed with Unirea". liga2.ro. Archived from the original on 10 April 2009. Retrieved 8 April 2009.
- ^ "Adrian Falub ştie cum poate promova Poli Iaşi! :: Seria a II-a :: LigaB.RO". ligab.gsp.ro. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Adrian Falub a inceput curatenia la Poli". 1 February 2011. Archived from the original on 7 February 2011. Retrieved 13 August 2011.
- ^ "Fotbalistii ieseni il regreta pe Adrian Falub". 29 May 2011.
- ^ "Adrian Falub, noul antrenor al echipei de fotbal Gloria Bistrita".
Sources edit
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
External links edit
- Adrian Falub at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Adrian Falub's coaching career in Liga I at Labtof.ro (in Romanian)