Eugen Trică

Eugen Trică

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Personal information
Date of birth	(1976-08-05) 5 August 1976
Place of birth	Teslui, Dolj, Romania
Height
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder
Team information
Current team	Ittihad (assistant)
Youth career
1988–1994	Universitatea Craiova
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1994–1998	Universitatea Craiova	91	(14)
1998–2003	Steaua București	130	(21)
2003–2005	Litex Lovech	54	(22)
2005–2006	Maccabi Tel Aviv	10	(1)
2006–2007	CSKA Sofia	34	(17)
2007–2009	CFR Cluj	46	(15)
2009	Anorthosis	12	(2)
2009	CFR Cluj	1	(0)
2009–2010	Universitatea Craiova	16	(2)
2010–2011	Concordia Chiajna	22	(6)
Total		416	(100)
International career
1999–2007	Romania	4	(0)
Managerial career
2012–2013	Juventus București
2013	CFR Cluj
2013–2014	UTA Arad
2014	Juventus București
2015	CFR Cluj
2015	Metalul Reșița
2015–	Ittihad (assistant)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eugen Trică (born 5 August 1976) is a Romanian football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Trică started his career at Universitatea Craiova as a youth, being promoted in the first team in 1995.

He then joined Steaua Bucureşti in 1998, winning the championship in 2001.

Litex Lovech was the third club Trică played for, after being transferred in 2003, then after two years he joined the squad of Maccabi Tel Aviv but after only few months he returned to Bulgaria, this time at PFC CSKA Sofia.

In May 2007, Trică returned to Romania after he could not agree on a contract with CSKA, signing with CFR Cluj. At Cluj he was part of the team that won for the first time in the club's history the championship and the cup in 2008, playing in Champions League.

He moved in 2009 to Cyprus first division at Anorthosis Famagusta FC, just after the team was eliminated from Champions League group stage. However, after the end of the season, he returned to Cluj.

On 25 August 2009, Eugen Trică signed to the first love Universitatea Craiova.

After a year, in August 2010, he joined Concordia Chiajna, a team from the second Romanian division. Trică helped the group promote to Liga I for the first time in history. After a few games in the first division for Concordia, in October 2011, Trică decided to quit.

International career

He was one of the best players of the national U21 team, but has only four caps for Romania.

Personal life

Trică is married to Lorena, daughter of Ilie Balaci, one of the best Romanian football players from the past.

Honours

Player

• Universitatea Craiova:
  • Romanian League: Runner-up 1994–95
  • Romanian Cup: Runner-up 1997–98
• Steaua Bucureşti:
  • Romanian League: 2000–01
  • Romanian Super Cup: 2001
• Litex Lovech:
  • Bulgarian Cup: 2003–04
• CSKA Sofia:
  • Bulgarian League: Runner-up 2005-06,2006–07
  • Bulgarian Cup: 2005–06
  • Bulgarian Super Cup: 2006
• CFR Cluj:
  • Romanian League: 2007–08
  • Romanian Cup: 2007–08
  • Romanian Super Cup:2009

Manager

• CFR Cluj:
  • Romanian Cup: Runner-up 2012–13

External links

• Eugen Trică at National-Football-Teams.com