Dan Alexa

Dan Alexa (born 28 October 1979 in Caransebeș) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.

Dan Alexa
Dan Alexa in 2004.
Personal information
Date of birth (1979-10-28) 28 October 1979
Place of birth Caransebeș, Romania
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Defensive midfielder
Club information
Current team
 ASU Politehnica (manager)
Youth career
CSȘ Caransebeș
LPS Banatul Timișoara
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1998–1999 UM Timișoara 10 (2)
1999–2001 Rocar București 45 (2)
2001 Fulgerul Bragadiru 4 (0)
2002 Universitatea Craiova 15 (0)
2002–2004 Dinamo București 47 (1)
2004–2005 Beijing Hyundai 40 (0)
2006 Dinamo București 13 (1)
2006–2011 Politehnica Timișoara 126 (5)
2011–2012 Rapid București 25 (3)
2012–2014 Anorthosis Famagusta 40 (4)
Total 365 (18)
National team
2000 Romania U-21 1 (0)
2004–2011 Romania 6 (2)
Teams managed
2014–2015 ACS Poli Timișoara
2015–2016 Rapid București
2016 ASA Târgu Mureș
2016–2017 Concordia Chiajna
2017–2019 Dunărea Călărași
2019 Astra Giurgiu
2020 Rapid București
2020– ASU Politehnica
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

As a defensive midfielder,[1] he spent 16 years as a professional player.

After he ended his playing career, Alexa became a manager. His first job was at ACS Poli Timișoara, in March 2014. Since 23 August 2017 he was manager of Dunărea Călărași until summer of 2019. Then he was named manager of Astra Giurgiu.

Club career

Early career

Although born in Banat, Alexa was considered disposable while at UM Timișoara in 1998, and he moved to Rocar București where he helped his side reach the 2000–01 Romanian Cup final.

Dinamo București

After several years with short spells at FC Timișoara and Universitatea Craiova, Alexa got his big chance as Dinamo București decided to transfer him. His performances were of a high caliber throughout the two seasons he spent there, but he also got a reputation for being an extremely aggressive player. In two years, he scored 1 goal in 47 appearances.

Beijing Hyundai

His consequent move to Beijing Hyundai saw him leave Romania for two years. In a friendly match against Real Madrid he was selected man of the match.[2]

Dinamo București

He returned to Dinamo in 2006 just for a few months playing 13 matches, scoring one goal.

Politehnica Timișoara

In the summer of the same year, Politehnica boss Marian Iancu decided to bring Alexa – by then, a real "persona non-grata" in Timișoara, due to his pledge of loyalty to Dinamo – back to the city where he started his career, together with teammate Ştefan Grigorie.[3] The fans protested at Alexa's arrival in Timișoara through several banners and chants, but the club's management remained unimpressed. Alexa himself stated that he had made those statements out of necessity and that he will do all he can to prove to the fans that he is a real professional. A few months after his arrival, Alexa became the captain of Poli. He is nicknamed "the surgeon" because he inflicted many injuries requiring surgery to opposing players. On 19 April 2010, he scored the equaliser goal in the 98th minute against CFR Cluj and kept Poli in the battle for the title, however Poli finished 5th, losing their last three matches.

Rapid București

On 4 June 2011, the former captain of Politehnica Timișoara signed a two-year contract with Rapid București following the relegation of Poli.[4]

Anorthosis Famagusta

On 24 June 2012, Dan Alexa signed with the Cyprus First Division football club, Anorthosis Famagusta, on a free transfer. He signed a reported €250,000/yr contract with the club.[5]

International career

Alexa was first called up by the national team in 2004. Later in 2010, he was called up for a friendly match against Italy after a six-year absence.[6] Alexa scored his first goals for Romania in a 2–2 draw against Ukraine at Cyprus International Cup 2011.[7] However, Romania were eliminated from the tournament, after losing on penalty kicks 4–2.

International stats
Romania national team
YearAppsGoals
200410
200500
200600
200700
200800
200900
201010
201142
Total62

International goals
#DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
18 February 2011Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus Ukraine1–22–2Friendly
28 February 2011Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus Ukraine2–22–2Friendly

Honours

Player

UM Timișoara

Dinamo București

Coach

ACS Poli Timișoara

Rapid București

Dunărea Călărași

Managerial statistics
As of 06 December 2020[8]
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
ACS Poli Timișoara 17 March 2014 22 August 2015 48 21 14 13 57 41 +16 043.75
Rapid București 27 August 2015 20 July 2016 34 22 7 5 55 21 +34 064.71
ASA Târgu Mureș 07 August 2016 22 December 2016 23 8 3 12 32 38 −6 034.78
Concordia Chiajna 23 December 2016 18 July 2017 20 6 6 8 20 25 −5 030.00
Dunărea Călărași 22 August 2017 12 June 2019 76 36 21 19 95 63 +32 047.37
Astra Giurgiu 13 June 2019 10 October 2019 13 5 4 4 16 14 +2 038.46
Rapid București 11 March 2020 06 August 2020 5 1 3 1 4 4 +0 020.00
ASU Politehnica Timișoara 11 November 2020 present 4 2 1 1 6 5 +1 050.00
Total 230 108 59 63 300 215 +85 046.96

References
  1. Dan Alexa at National-Football-Teams.com
  2. "Comentand la rece etapa a 27-a: Cine sunt premiantii, cine sunt perdantii". Cronica Română. 17 May 2006. Archived from the original on 19 July 2011. Retrieved 30 April 2009.
  3. "Pe minus" [On minus] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 22 August 2007. Retrieved 27 October 2020.
  4. "Alexa and Surdu signed with Rapid". Gazeta Sporturilor. 4 June 2011.
  5. "Rapid a pierdut un super jucator". Sport.ro. 24 June 2012.
  6. "Alexa returns to national team". Analog TV. 18 November 2010.
  7. "Romania – Ukraine 2–2". Gazeta Sporturilor. 8 February 2011.
  8. "Nou antrenor la Dunărea. Dan Alexa a semnat contract pe un an cu gruparea de pe malul Borcei" (in Romanian). adevarul.ro. Retrieved 13 November 2020.
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