Valeriu Călinoiu

Valeriu Călinoiu
Personnel
birthday	October 9, 1928
place of birth	Bucharest ,  Romania
date of death	December 20, 1990
position	midfield player
Juniors
Years	station
1942-1943	Olympia Bucharest
1943-1944	Carmen Bucharest
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1948	IMS Hunedoara	?
1948-1949	Petrolul / Competrol Bucharest	3 (0)
1950	Dinamo Brasov	?
1951-1960	Dinamo Bucharest	164 (9)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1952-1959	Romania	21 (1)
1 Only league games are given.

Valeriu Călinoiu (born October 9, 1928 in Bucharest , † December 20, 1990 ) was a Romanian football player . He played 167 games in the highest Romanian football league, Divizia A , and took part in the 1952 Olympic Games .

Career

Călinoiu began playing football in his hometown of Bucharest, first with Olympia , later with Carmen Bucharest , before the game had to be interrupted by the outbreak of World War II. After the war he joined the first IMS Hunedoara , but returned in 1948 to Bucharest back and played for Petrolul Bucharest in the highest Romanian league, the Divizia A . There he came to his first assignment on May 29, 1949. After the season Calinoiu joined Dinamo Braşov in the Divizia B .

In Brașov, Călinoiu contributed to the fact that the club rose to Divizia A. Before the beginning of the 1950 season, he moved back to the capital to Dinamo Bucharest . With Dinamo he was able to win a championship title and a cup victory until his career was over in 1960 .

National team

Călinoiu played a total of 21 games for the Romanian national football team between 1952 and 1959 and scored one goal. He made his debut on July 15, 1952 at the Olympic Games in Helsinki against the eventual Olympic champion Hungary .

successes

• Olympic Games participants: 1952
• Romanian champion: 1955
• Romanian Cup Winner: 1959

Web links

• Valeriu Călinoiu on romaniansoccer.ro (English)