1. Mircea Rednic was born on 9 April 1962 and is a Romanian football coach and former player who played as a defender, currently in charge of Liga I side UTA Arad.
17 Facts About Mircea Rednic
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Mircea Rednic got away with it after a friend of his from Steaua, Laszlo Boloni talked to Valentin Ceausescu, and Andone was initially suspended for a year by the Romanian Football Federation, but after his friend from Steaua, Marius Lacatus talked to Valentin Ceausescu and convinced him to forgive Andone, his suspension was reduced to three months.
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In 1991, coach Mircea Lucescu told him to go to Standard Liege because that is the team that he will be coaching in the near future, however Lucescu never got to train there but Rednic spent five seasons with the club in which he made 140 Belgian First Division appearances with three goals scored, played three games in European competitions, won a Belgian Cup and was colleague for short periods with compatriots Bogdan Stelea and Gheorghe Butoiu.
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Mircea Rednic gained throughout his career a total of 391 Divizia A appearances with 29 goals scored and a total of 47 matches with two goals scored in European competitions.
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Mircea Rednic made eight appearances at the successful Euro 1984 qualifiers, being used by coach Mircea Lucescu in all the minutes of the three matches from the final tournament as Romania did not pass the group stage.
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Mircea Rednic played eight games at the 1986 World Cup qualifiers, four at the Euro 1988 qualifiers and three at the successful 1990 World Cup qualifiers, being used by coach Emerich Jenei in all the minutes of the four matches from the final tournament, as Romania got eliminated by Ireland in the eight-finals.
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Mircea Rednic was part of Romania's U20 squad at the 1981 World Youth Championship from Australia, appearing in six games, helping the team finish the tournament on the third position, winning the bronze medal.
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Mircea Rednic started working as a full-time coach in 2000 when he was appointed at Rapid Bucuresti in order to replace Anghel Iordanescu.
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Mircea Rednic then moved to fellow Divizia A team FCM Bacau where he stayed only a few months, returning in 2002 at Rapid.
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In October 2007, Mircea Rednic returned for a third spell at Rapid which lasted until March 2007 when he resigned.
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In March 2012, Mircea Rednic came back to Romania where he signed a contract with Astra Ploiesti until the end of the season when he decided not to continue with Astra, instead, he moved to their biggest rivals, Petrolul Ploiesti.
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In October 2012, Mircea Rednic left Petrolul in order to go and coach Standard Liege, bringing Romanian players Adrian Cristea and George Tucudean with him, his objective was to reach a European cup position after an unconvincing start of the former coach, eight place in twelve rounds.
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Mircea Rednic explicitly attributed his sacking to a conflict between him and club's chairman Roland Duchatelet who wanted a "marionette" instead of a coach.
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On 10 June 2013, Mircea Rednic returned to Romania, becoming the new head coach of CFR Cluj, but ended his contract by mutual agreement only two months later after winning only one game from the first four played in the championship and had a conflict with the team captain Ricardo Cadu.
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On 1 October 2013, it was announced that Mircea Rednic moved to Gent to replace Victor Fernandez, but was dismissed in April 2014 with a few rounds before the end of the season, the club officials claiming that the relationship between the coach and the players was not good.
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From 2018 until 2021, Mircea Rednic had coaching experiences at Saudi Arabian club Al-Faisaly, Politehnica Iasi, Viitorul and two spells at Dinamo, all of them being short and unsuccessful with a low victory percentage.
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Mircea Rednic has a total of 375 matches as a manager in the Romanian top-division, Liga I consisting of 165 victories, 104 draws and 106 losses.