- Gavril Balint
Football manager infobox
playername = Gavrilă Balint
fullname = Gavrilă Pele Balint
dateofbirth = Birth date and age|df=yes|1963|1|3
cityofbirth =Sângeorz-Băi
countryofbirth =Romania
height = 178 cm
weight = 84 kg
currentclub = N/A
position = Manager (formerStriker )
youthyears = 1974–1978 1978 1978–1980
youthclubs = Hebe Sângeorz-BăiLuceafărul Bucureşti Gloria Bistriţa
years = 1980–1990 1990–1993
clubs =Steaua Bucharest Burgos CF
caps(goals) = 264 (69) 83 (27)
nationalyears = 1982–1992
nationalteam = Romania
nationalcaps(goals) = 34 (14)
managerclubs = Romania (assist.)FC Bihor Sportul Studenţesc RomaniaGalatasaray Istanbul (assist.) Romania (assist.)Sheriff Tiraspol Sportul Studenţesc Galatasaray Istanbul (assist.)FCU Politehnica Timişoara (assist.)
manageryears = 1994-1998 1998-1999 1999-2000 2000 2000-2001 2001 2002-2003 2003-2004 2004-2005 2005-2006Gavril Pelé Balint (born 3 January 1963) is a former
Romania n 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.On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of
România ,Traian Băsescu with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the of1986 European Cup Final .Career as a football player
Born in
Sângeorz-Băi ,Bistriţa Balint made hisDivizia A debut withSteaua Bucharest in 1981 where he played until 1990 winning the league title in 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988 and 1989, theRomanian Cup in 1985, 1987, 1988 and 1989, theEuropean Cup 1985-86 in 1986 and theEuropean Super Cup in 1987. At the end of the 1989-90 season Balint became top goalscorer ofDivizia 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.
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 goalsCoaching 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 atSportul Studenţesc , but in May 2000 he is called again to join the coaching team of Romania as the squad prepared for theUEFA Euro 2000 .In the summer of 2000 Balint was requested by
Mircea Lucescu as his assistant toGalatasaray Istanbul , however left the job after only one season, to join again Romania as assistant coach, this time underGheorghe 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 toSportul Studenţesc , now in Liga II but helped the team win promotion back toLiga I .Balint returned as assistant coach to
Galatasaray Istanbul in 2004 to work again withGheorghe Hagi .In 2005 he was appointed assistant coach of
FCU Politehnica Timişoara , working again withGheorghe Hagi .Trivia
Balint has a passion for music and Harley Davidson. He even sold his own CD.
External links
* [http://www.gabibalint.ro Balint's own website]
* [http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/players/b/balint_pele.shtml RomanianSoccer.ro]
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