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Valeriu Călinoiu (9 October 1928 – 20 December 1990) was a Romanian footballer.[4] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[5]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 9 October 1928 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Date of death | 20 December 1990 (aged 62) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1942–1943 | Olympia București | ||
| 1943–1944 | Carmen București | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1948 | IMS Hunedoara | ||
| 1948–1949 | Petrolul București | 3 | (0) |
| 1950 | Dinamo Brașov | ||
| 1951–1960 | Dinamo București[a] | 164 | (9) |
| Total | 167 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1952–1959 | Romania[b] | 21 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1961–1963 | Știința Craiova | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Valeriu Călinoiu was born on 9 October 1928 in Bucharest, Romania and he started playing junior level football in 1942 at Olympia București, after one year moving at Carmen București and started his senior career in 1948 at IMS Hunedoara.[1][6] He made his Divizia A debut, playing for Petrolul București on 29 May 1949 in a 2–0 away victory against CFR Cluj.[1][6] After a short period spent in Divizia B at Dinamo Brașov which he helped promote to the first league, he went to play at Dinamo București in 1951 where his first performance with the club was reaching the 1954 Cupa României final where coach Angelo Niculescu used him all the minutes in the eventual 2–0 loss in front of Metalul Reșița.[7] In the following season, Călinoiu helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, scoring one goal in the 22 matches he was used by Niculescu.[3][1][6][8] He played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray in which he was also the team's captain, helping The Red Dogs go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Călinoiu playing in all four games from the campaign.[1][6][9][10] He reached another Cupa României final in 1959, this time winning it as he was used the whole match by coach Iuliu Baratky in the 4–0 over CSM Baia Mare.[1][11] On 19 June 1960, Călinoiu played his last Divizia A match for Dinamo in a 3–1 away loss against Farul Constanța, having a total of 167 matches in which he scored 9 goals in the competition.[1]
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Valeriu Călinoiu played 20 games and scored one goal at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu I at the 1952 Summer Olympics in a 2–1 loss against eventual champions Hungary.[2][12][13] He played four games in which he scored one goal in a 2–1 away victory against Bulgaria at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.[2] His last four games played for the national team were at the 1958 World Cup qualifiers, his last appearance taking place on 17 November 1957 in a 2–0 away loss in front of Yugoslavia.[2]
International goals
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Călinoiu goal.[2]
| # | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 11 October 1953 | Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria | 5 |  Bulgaria | 2–1 | 2–1 | 1954 World Cup qualifiers |
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Valeriu Călinoiu had only one spell as a coach from 1961 until 1963 at Divizia B team, Știința Craiova where he gave Ion Oblemenco his debut in senior football.[14][15]
Dinamo Brașov
Dinamo București
- The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Dinamo București are not official.[1]
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