Florin Tene
Personal information
Full name Florin Alexandru Tene
Date of birth (1968-11-10) 10 November 1968 (age 55)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Team information
Current team
 Gaziantep (GK coach)
Youth career
1975–1987 Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1986–1987 Dinamo București 1 (0)
1987–1988 Autobuzul București
1988–1990 Flacăra Moreni 45 (0)
1990–1991 Gloria Bistrița 44 (0)
1991–1992 Dinamo București 30 (0)
1992–1994 Gloria Bistrița 49 (1)
1994–1995 Dinamo București 21 (0)
1995–1997 Rapid București 44 (0)
1997–1998 Karabükspor 10 (0)
1998–1999 Steaua București 13 (0)
1999 Rocar București 10 (0)
2000 Argeș Pitești 13 (0)
2000–2001 Dinamo București 5 (0)
Total 285 (1)
International career
1992–1996 Romania 6 (0)
Managerial career
2001–2002 Sportul Studențesc (GK coach)
2002–2012 Romania U–21 (GK coach)
2005–2006 Dinamo II București (GK coach)
2007–2009 Progresul București (GK coach)
2009–2010 CS Otopeni
2010–2011 Sportul Studențesc
2012–2013 Petrolul Ploiești (GK coach)
2013 Dinamo București (GK coach)
2013–2014 Steaua București (GK coach)
2014–2015 Al Hilal (GK coach)
2015 Litex Lovech (GK coach)
2015–2017 Steaua București (GK coach)
2017–2018 Al Wahda (GK coach)
2019–2020 Al-Wasl (GK coach)
2021 Al Ahli (GK coach)
2021–2022 Universitatea Craiova (GK coach)
2022–2023 Neftchi Baku (GK coach)
2023– Gaziantep (GK coach)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Florin Alexandru Tene (born 10 November 1968) is a retired Romanian footballer and current goalkeeper coach at Süper Lig club Gaziantep.

Club career

Florin Tene was born on 10 November 1968 in Bucharest, Romania and started to play junior level football at local club, Dinamo under the guidance of coaches Ioan Timar, Iosif Varga and Ilie Balaci, also until his youth period ended in 1987 he was teammate with fellow goalkeepers Bogdan Stelea, Florin Prunea and Răzvan Lucescu.[1][2][3][4] He made his Divizia A debut, playing for The Red Dogs on 18 June 1987 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 5–4 loss in front of Sportul Studențesc București which would remain his only appearance for the team, afterwards leaving to play for Autobuzul București in Divizia B.[1][2][3][5] After one season spent at Autobuzul, Tene returned back to Divizia A football at Flacăra Moreni where he spent two seasons, earning a 4th place in the first one that granted the team the qualification to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup, a occasion which gave him the opportunity to make his debut in European competitions, appearing in both legs of the 4–1 loss on aggregate in front FC Porto in the first round.[2][3][5][6] In 1990 he went to play for Gloria Bistrița and during the 1991–92 season he was transferred back at Dinamo, being used by coach Florin Halagian in 21 league games until the end of the season as the team won the title.[2][3][5][7] In the following season he played all the four games in the 1992–93 Champions League campaign, helping The Red Dogs eliminate Kuusysi Lahti in the preliminary round, being eliminated by Olympique Marseille in the first round and in the middle of the season he returned to play for Gloria where in the following season he helped the club win the 1993–94 Cupa României by playing five games in the campaign, including keeping a clean sheet in the 1–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova from the final, also in the same season he scored the only goal of his career from a penalty kick in a 5–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc.[2][3][5][8][9][10] In 1994, Tene went to play for a third spell at Dinamo, then in the middle of the 1995–96 season he switched teams again, this time going for one year and a half at Rapid București and afterwards he had his only experience outside Romania, playing 10 games in the 1997–98 1.Lig for Karabükspor in Turkey.[2][3][5] He returned in Romania at Steaua București with whom in one season he won two trophies by keeping a clean sheet in the 4–0 victory against Rapid in the 1998 Supercupa României and made two appearances in the victorious 1998–99 Cupa României campaign but without being used in the final.[2][3][5][11][12] He played the first half of the 1999–2000 Divizia A season at Rocar București and the second at Argeș Pitești and in the following season he went for a fourth spell at Dinamo where he made his last five Divizia A appearances, having a total of 275 matches and one goal scored in the competition and a total of 15 games in European competitions.[3][5][13]

International career

Florin Tene played 6 friendly games at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Cornel Dinu on 26 August 1992 in a 2–0 victory against Mexico.[14][15] He was selected by coach Anghel Iordănescu to be part of Romania's squad at the Euro 1996 final tournament, however he was not used in any games, the same year he played his last international match on 14 August in a 2–0 victory against Israel.[2][14]

For representing his country at Euro 1996, Tene was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.[16]

International stats

Romania national team[14]
Year Apps Goals
1992 1 0
1993 2 0
1994 0 0
1995 0 0
1996 3 0
Total 6 0

Managerial career

After he ended his playing career, Florin Tene worked mostly as a goalkeeper coach at various teams, having only two spells as head coach at CS Otopeni and Sportul Studențesc and since 2013 he became a part of Laurențiu Reghecampf's staff at the teams he coached which include Steaua București, Al Hilal, Litex Lovech, Al Wahda or Neftchi Baku.[2][17][18]

Honours

Dinamo București

Gloria Bistriţa

Steaua București

References

  1. ^ a b "Florin Tene, din Dubai. "Avem voie doar la cumpărături sau la medic". Mesajul la poliție, "Retro Dinamo" + Top 3 portari ai lumii" [Florin Tene, from Dubai. "We are only allowed to go shopping or to the doctor." The message to the police, "Retro Dinamo" + Top 3 goalkeepers in the world] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 12 April 2020. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Viziunea lui Florin Tene despre rolul antrenorilor de portari într-un staff. "Sunt unul dintre puținii norocoși"" [Florin Tene's view on the role of goalkeeper coaches in a staff. "I'm one of the few lucky ones"] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Florin Tene analizează portarii naționalei. "E un act de curaj, dar și un risc". România - Slovenia e de la 18:30, în direct pe Pro Arena și VOYO" [Florin Tene analyzes the goalkeepers of the national team. "It's an act of courage, but also a risk." Romania - Slovenia is from 18:30, live on Pro Arena and VOYO] (in Romanian). Sport.ro. 17 November 2022. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Povestea boemilor din fotbalul românesc. "Flencea" şi cu Varga erau "academicieni profesori doctori în ştiinţe alcoolice"" [The story of the bohemians in Romanian football. "Flencea" and Varga were "academic doctoral professors in alcoholic sciences"] (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 13 October 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g Florin Tene at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  6. ^ "Florin Tene. UEFA Cup 1989/1990". WorldFootball. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  7. ^ a b "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  8. ^ "Florin Tene. Champions League 1992/1993". WorldFootball. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  9. ^ a b "Cupa României – Season 1993/94". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Florin Tene:"Pădureanu a fost ca un tată pentru mine. Aveam bani în toate buzunarele!"" [Florin Tene:"Pădureanu was like a father to me. I had money in all my pockets!"] (in Romanian). Sportulbistritean.ro. 22 September 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  11. ^ a b "Superupa României – Season 1998". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Cupa României – Season 1998/99". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  13. ^ Florin Tene at WorldFootball.net
  14. ^ a b c "Florin Tene profile". European Football. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  15. ^ "Romania 2-0 Mexico". European Football. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  16. ^ "DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv" (PDF). Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241. 28 March 2008. p. 3. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
  17. ^ ""Am sărit cu umbrela de la etaj și mi-am dat seama că trebuie să fiu portar!". Așa a început cariera unui fost internațional" ["I jumped with the umbrella from the first floor and I realized that I must be a goalkeeper!". This is how the career of a former international began] (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 16 June 2021. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  18. ^ "Florin Tene managerial statistics". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 19 February 2023.

External links

Romania squad – UEFA Euro 1996
Florin Tene managerial positions
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