Victor Roșca

Victor Dorin Roșca (born 24 August 1954^[1]) is a Romanian former professional footballer and manager.

Victor Roșca

Personal information
Full name	Victor Dorin Roșca
Date of birth	(1954-08-24) 24 August 1954 (age 70)
Place of birth	Podgoria, Romania
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1974–1977	Rapid București
1977–1985	Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea	126	(1)
1985–1988	Gloria Reșița
1988–1990	Metalul Bocșa
Total		126+	(1)
Managerial career
1990–1992	Metalul Bocșa
1992–1996	Gloria Reșița
1997	CSM Reșița
1997	Politehnica Timișoara
1998	Minerul Motru
1999	CSM Reșița
1999–2000	Corvinul Hunedoara
2000–2001	Petrolul Ploiești
2002	Oțelul Galați
2002–2004	Inter Gaz București
2005–2006	UTA Arad
2006–2007	FCM Reșița
2007	Arieșul Turda
2007	CFR Simeria
2008	Arieșul Turda
2010–2011	Filipeștii de Pădure
2011	ABC Stoicescu
2011–2012	Blejoi
2012	CSM Câmpina
2015	Hunedoara
*Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 20 April 2020

Player career

As a footballer, Roșca was the goalkeeper of Divizia A teams Rapid București and Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea.^[2] Roșca promoted with Chimia in the top-flight in 1978 and is considered one of the best goalkeepers in the history of the club.^[3] "Vicky" Roșca played in 126 matches for Chimia and scored a goal, one of the few goalkeepers that scored in the Liga I.^[4][5]

Manager career

Roșca retired in the late 1980s and started his manager career at Metalul Bocșa, subsequently managing second tier side Gloria Reșița. Roșca built at Gloria one of the best squads in the history of this club. As a reward for his work, Roșca was promoted in 1996 as the manager of CSM Reșița and at the end of the season he promoted "the Milan from Banat" in the Divizia A. After this performance, Roșca moved in the next years to Politehnica Timișoara, Minerul Motru and Corvinul Hunedoara, all second tier teams.

In 2000 he was signed as the new manager of Divizia A club Petrolul Ploiești, then in 2002 moved to Oțelul Galați. After 2002, Roșca never managed again in the top-flight, but was an active manager in the lower divisions and led from the bench, teams such as Inter Gaz București, UTA Arad, FCM Reșița, Arieșul Turda (second tier); AFC Filipeștii de Pădure, CS Blejoi or CS Hunedoara, among others (third and fourth tier).^[6]

In recent years, Victor Roșca was a match observer for the Romanian Football Federation.^[7]

Famous quote

In 2000, when Roșca was coach at Petrolul, at the press conference that was held before a game with Rapid București, a journalist kept insisting to ask him to reveal his tactic for the game, so Roșca said to him, ironically:"Short passes and up, you have, you don't have the ball, you shoot at the goal!".^[8][9]

Honours

Player

Chimia Râmnicu Vâlcea

• Divizia B: Winner (1) 1977–78

Manager

CSM Reșița

• Divizia B: Winner (1) 1996–97

Blejoi

• Cupa României – Prahova County: Winner (1) 2011–12

References

1. Birth date. imipasadevalcea.wordpress.com (in Romanian)
2. ISTORIE STATISTICĂ / Rapid şi toate meciurile pe care le-a jucat în istoria sa. 1923.ro (in Romanian)
3. Povestea Chimiei Râmnicu Vâlcea, spusă de un suporter. pdsport.ro (in Romanian)
4. 1973 - Un an cat un veac pentru fotbalul valcean. arenavalceana.ro (in Romanian)
5. Cine sunt portarii care au marcat în Liga 1 Betano! De la cine s-a inspirat Mirko Pigliacelli. fanatik.ro (in Romanian)
6. Interviu în exclusivitate: Victor Roşca. caon.ro (in Romanian)
7. LPF a suplimentat corpul de observatori cu 4 locuri. Lista celor 31 de candidaţi admişi. digisport.ro (in Romanian)
8. "Cine a spus primul "Ai, n-ai mingea, tragi la poartă!". Restatutăm adevărul: Victor Roșca, fostul antrenor al Petrolului, a rostit celebra frază. INTERVIU. Alte "perle" din fotbal!" [Who said first "You have, you don't have the ball, shoot at the goal!". We restate the truth: Victor Roșca, the former Petrolul coach, uttered the famous phrase. INTERVIEW. Other "pearls" of football!] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 16 December 2016. Retrieved 23 November 2021.
9. "EXCLUSIV Nici Hagi, nici Halagian. Cine a inventat celebra sintagmă "Ai, n-ai mingea, dai la poartă!": "Multă lume confundă"" [EXCLUSIVE Neither Hagi nor Halagian. Who invented the famous phrase "You have, you don't have the ball, hit the goal!": "Many people confuse"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 23 November 2021.

External links

• Victor Roșca at labtof.ro