Vasile Caciureac

Vasile Caciureac (born 19 October 1962 in Sighetu Marmației, Romania) is a Romanian former football striker. He played for several Divizia A teams, including Rapid București, FCM Braşov, Petrolul Ploieşti, FC Baia Mare and the defunct Victoria București.

Vasile Caciureac

Personal information
Full name	Vasile Caciureac
Date of birth	(1962-10-19) 19 October 1962 (age 62)
Place of birth	Sighetu Marmației, Romania
Position(s)	Midfielder, striker
Youth career
1979–1980	CSŞ Baia Mare
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1980–1981	CIL Sighetu Marmației
1981–1982	FC Baia Mare
1982–1983	CIL Sighetu Marmației
1983–1984	Steaua CFR Cluj
1984–1985	CIL Mecanica Sighet
1985	FC Baia Mare	13	(3)
1985–1986	CIL Sighetu Marmației
1986–1987	Victoria București	18	(5)
1987–1988	Petrolul Ploieşti	14	(1)
1988–1990	FCM Braşov	43	(6)
1990–1993	Rapid București	75	(22)
1993–1994	Rocar București	7	(1)
1994–1995	Sagesse Beirut
1996–1997	Tadamon Sour
2001–2002	Aversa București
Managerial career
2001–2002	Aversa București
2005–2006	CF Brăila (assistant manager)
2006–2007	Aversa București
2008	CS Buftea (assistant manager)
2009	Gloria Buzău (assistant manager)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Sighetu Marmației, he was raised in Crăciuneşti village, Maramureș County. When he was 18, he made his league debut, playing for Second Division team CIL Sighetu Marmației. In 1981, he returned to Baia Mare, where he played football at a youth level for Club Sportiv Şcolar, signing with FC Baia Mare.

After playing the Romanian Cup final in FC Baia Mare's shirt, lost against Dinamo București,^[1] he returned to Sighet. After one season, he moved to Steaua CFR Cluj, but his team relegated in the Third League. His third spell at CIL Sighetu Marmației was a good one, and his team won the promotion back to Divizia B.

In the second part of the season, he was loaned to FC Baia Mare, making his debut in the first league (Divizia A), but he returned to play for the fourth time at Sighet. In 1986, he was sold to Victoria București, a topflight team, and he played Divizia A football 8 consecutive seasons after that, finishing two times on the third place.

After spells at Petrolul Ploieşti and FCM Braşov,^[2] he returned to Bucharest, playing for FC Rapid. He soon earned a place in the Rapid starting eleven, playing three seasons and a half for them.^[3] After a short period of time spent at Rocar București, he moved to Lebanon, where he played for Sagesse Beirut and Tadamon Sour.

In 2002, he returned to Liga III's Aversa București as manager, and retired as a player.

Personal life

He is married to former long jumper Vali Ionescu.^[4] Both of them have represented Rapid București. They have two children: a boy, Sergiu, and a girl, Alexandra.