Aurel Țicleanu

Aurel Țicleanu (born 20 January 1959) is a Romanian football manager and former player who played as a midfielder.

Aurel Ţicleanu

Țicleanu in the 1980s
Personal information
Date of birth	(1959-01-20) 20 January 1959 (age 66)
Place of birth	Teliuc, Romania
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1974–1976	Metalurgistul Sadu
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1976–1985	Universitatea Craiova	232	(10)
1985–1989	Sportul Studenţesc	105	(11)
1989–1990	Olympiakos Nicosia	10	(0)
Total		347	(21)
International career
1979–1986	Romania	42	(2)
Managerial career
1991–1992	UTA Arad
1992–1994	Oţelul Galaţi
1994	Universitatea Craiova
1994–1995	Romania U–21
1995–1996	Evagoras Paphos
1996–1997	Rocar București
1997–1999	Maghreb Fez
2000	Oțelul Galați
2001–2002	Tractorul Brașov
2002	Bangladesh U–20
2002	Maghreb Fez
2002–2003	Dinamo Tirana
2003	Lushnja
2003–2004	Maghreb Fez
2004	Hassania Agadir
2006–2008	Al Sahel
2008	Al Jahra
2008–2009	Al Shabab U–19
2009–2010	Al Sahel
2010	Universitatea Craiova
2011	Universitatea Craiova
2011–2012	Ohud Medina
2013	Corona Brașov
2013	FC Brașov
2016	Qatar SC
2018–2019	Romania U-17
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Club career

Țicleanu began his youth career with Metallurgistul Sadu in 1974. He was quickly spotted there by manager Constantin Oţet who brought him to Universitatea Craiova in 1976. He made his professional debut at age 17 with Craiova during the 1976–77 season. Țicleanu spent nine seasons at the club, and won the league title twice, in 1980 and 1981, also reaching the semi-finals of the UEFA Cup in 1983.

In the 1985–86 season, he joined Sportul Studențesc of Bucharest, helping them to a second-place finish in the Divizia A, the club's highest ranking ever. He remained at the club for four seasons, before joining Cypriot side Olympiakos Nicosia, where he retired in 1991.

International career

Țicleanu made his full international debut on 29 August 1979 against Poland at the age of 20. He earned 42 caps for the Romania national team, and participated at UEFA Euro 1984.^[1][2]

Managerial career

After retiring as a footballer, Țicleanu went on to become a football coach for a number of teams in Romania including UTA Arad, Oţelul Galaţi, FC U Craiova and Romania U–21 team.^[3]

He has also coached various national youth teams and clubs in Cyprus, Albania, Morocco, Bangladesh, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia.^[4] His former clubs include Evagoras Paphos, Maghreb Fez, Dinamo Tirana, KS Lushnja, Hassania Agadir, Bangladesh U–20 team, Al Sahel and Al Jahra, Corona Brasov and FC Brasov.

In April 2014, he became the head of the scouting department at the Romanian Football Federation. On 27 June 2016, Țicleanu was hired as Qatar SC manager replacing Sebastião Lazaroni.^[5]