Adrian Dumitru Mihalcea was born on 24 May 1976 and is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Liga I club Unirea Slobozia.
14 Facts About Adrian Mihalcea
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Adrian Mihalcea started the 2001 season for Dinamo in excellent form, scoring 11 goals in 14 league matches, and earned 5th place in the competition for the 2001 Romanian Footballer of the Year award.
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Adrian Mihalcea scored only one goal that season, against Sportul Studentesc.
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Adrian Mihalcea was sold again at the end of that season, in the summer of 2005, this time to South-Korean club Chunnam Dragons, but he only played five games without scoring there and because he could not adapt to the Asian style of life and football he came back home.
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Adrian Mihalcea was free of contract for about two months and trained alone in Bucharest, at his ex-team Dinamo's stadium.
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Adrian Mihalcea started by scoring 16 goals in 24 matches, more than he had scored in the previous five years.
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Adrian Mihalcea continued his consistent good form by scoring 12 goals in 25 matches in the next season.
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Adrian Mihalcea was very respected at Aris for being one of its best scorers.
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Adrian Mihalcea ended his career at Unirea Slobozia, in Liga II.
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Adrian Mihalcea was promoted to the Romania international squad in 1998 but failed to score in 16 appearances.
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Adrian Mihalcea was overlooked for the European Championships in 2000 and last capped by Romania in 2003.
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Adrian Mihalcea started his manager career in 2013, at Unirea Slobozia, in his hometown.
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Adrian Mihalcea was named head coach at Dinamo Bucuresti in March 2020.
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On 7 June 2022, Adrian Mihalcea was appointed head coach at Chindia Targoviste on a one-year deal, with an option to extend for a further year.