Gavril Balint
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| Gavril Balint | ||
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| Full name | Gavril Balint | |
| Date of birth | January 3, 1963 | |
| Place of birth | Sângeorz-Băi, Romania | |
| Height | 178 cm | |
| Playing position | Manager (former Striker) | |
| Club information | ||
| Current club | N/A | |
| Youth clubs | ||
| 1974–1978 1978 1978–1980 |
Hebe Sângeorz-Băi Luceafărul Bucureşti Gloria Bistriţa |
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| Senior clubs1 | ||
| Years | Club | App (Gls)* |
| 1980–1990 1990–1993 |
Steaua Bucharest Burgos CF |
264 (69) 83 (27) |
| National team | ||
| 1982–1992 | Romania | 34 (14) |
| Teams managed | ||
| 1994-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006 |
Romania (assist.) FC Bihor Sportul Studenţesc Romania Galatasaray Istanbul (assist.) Romania (assist.) Sheriff Tiraspol |
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Gavril "Pelé" Balint (born 3 January 1963) is a former Romanian football striker and current coach. His scored the second and last goal at the penalties shoot-out during the 1986 European Cup final, helping his team, Steaua Bucharest, to win the trophy.
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[edit] Career as a football player
Born in Sângeorz-Băi, Bistriţa Balint made his Divizia A debut with Steaua Bucharest in 1981 where he played until 1990 winning the league title in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, the Romanian Cup in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1989, the European Cup 1985-86 in 1986 and the European Super Cup in 1987. At the end of the 1989-90 season Balint became top goalscorer of Divizia A with 19 goals.
In 1990 he was bought Burgos CF for USD800,000. He played for the Spanish side until his retirement in 1993.
Balint also won 15 caps for the national team, and played at the 1990 World Cup where he scored twice, against Cameroon National Football Team and Argentina National Football Team.
[edit] Career statistics
- Divizia A: 264 games, 70 goals
- La Liga: 83 games, 28 goals
- European Cup: 30 games, 6 goals
- Cup Winners' Cup: 2 games, 0 goals
- Romania national football team: 34 caps, 14 goals
[edit] Coaching career
Balint started his coaching career in 1994, aged 31, when he was appointed as assistant coach of Romania under Anghel Iordănescu's regime. Four years later comes his first chance as head coach after taking the charge at Sportul Studenţesc, but in May 2000 he is called again to join the coaching team of Romania as the squad prepared for the UEFA Euro 2000.
In the summer of 2000 Balint was requested by Mircea Lucescu as his assistant to Galatasaray Istanbul, however left the job after only one season, to join again Romania as assistant coach, this time under Gheorghe Hagi's regime.
After Hagi resigned, Balint went to Sheriff Tiraspol for his second job as head coach, taking the team in 2002.
In 2003 he returned to Romania and signed to Sportul Studenţesc, now in Liga II but helped the team win promotion back to Liga I.
Balint returned as assistant coach to Galatasaray Istanbul in 2004 to work again with Gheorghe Hagi.
In 2005 he was appointed assistant coach of FCU Politehnica Timişoara, working again with Gheorghe Hagi.
[edit] Trivia
Balint has a passion for music and Harley Davidson. He even sold his own CD.
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