Alin Pânzaru

Alin Cristinel Pânzaru (born 18 January 1976) is a Romanian former professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Pânzaru made his Liga I debut on 4 December 1993, for Oțelul Galați in a 1-1 draw against Inter Sibiu. In his first 9 years of career Pânzaru played mainly for teams from Galați such as: Oțelul Galați, Dunărea Galați or Constant CFR Galați. In 2003 he signed a contract with FC Vaslui, then playing for FC Gloria Buzău and the Moldovan side Zimbru Chișinău. In 2007 he moved to Oțelul Galați and Dunărea Galați bitter rival, Dacia Unirea Brăila, named CF Brăila at that time, and played there in more than 100 matches, until his retirement in 2012.

Alin Pânzaru
Personal information
Full name Alin Cristinel Pânzaru
Date of birth (1976-01-18) 18 January 1976
Place of birth Iași, Romania
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current team
Alexandria (manager)
Youth career
CSȘ Vaslui
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1997 Oțelul Galați 16 (0)
1994–1995 → Constant CFR Galați (loan) 6 (0)
1998–2002 Dunărea Galați 62+ (7+)
2002–2005 FC Vaslui 60 (4)
2004Gloria Buzău (loan) 12 (1)
2005–2007 Zimbru Chișinău 25 (2)
2007–2012 CF Brăila 76+ (3+)
Total 257+ (17+)
Teams managed
2012–2018 Dacia Unirea Brăila
2018–2019 Oțelul Galați
2019– Alexandria
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 23 April 2019

In 2012, after retirement, Pânzaru started immediately his football manager career at his last club as a player Dacia Unirea Brăila.[1][2]

Trivia

During the 2017–18 Liga II season he was the protagonist of a controversial moment, when he accused Gabriel Iosofache and Costel Roșu, two of the club players, of match fixing.[3][4][5] Dacia Unirea was already in the middle of some media speculations at that moment due to some results with frequent score changes, such as: 2-3 (ASU Politehnica Timișoara), 4-4 (Știința Miroslava), 4-3 (Luceafărul Oradea), 2-3 (Olimpia Satu Mare), 3-4 (UTA Arad) or 3-3 (Pandurii Târgu Jiu). The rumors were also relied on the poor financial situation of the team, with some outstanding salaries of almost a year, the big scandal born at Luceafărul Oradea after the match against Brăila, when the owner of the club retired, the coach suspected his players of being involved in the betting mafia and finally the club being close to implosion and also Dacia Unirea's matches started to disappear from the betting offer.[6]

Honours

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