Adrian Falub (born 8 July 1971) is a Romanian football manager and former player.

Club career

Falub started to play football at

Unirea Dej Fotbal Club Unirea Dej, commonly known as Unirea Dej, is a Romanian professional football club from Dej, Cluj County, Romania, founded in 1921. They play in the Liga II. History It is one of Romania's oldest football teams, although it nev ...

in the 4'th Romanian league. In 1989, he was transferred to the

Liga I The Liga I (; ''First League''), also spelled as Liga 1, is a Romanian professional league for men's association football clubs. Currently sponsored by betting company Superbet, it is officially known as the SuperLiga. It is the country's top ...

team

U Cluj Fotbal Club Universitatea Cluj (), commonly known as Universitatea Cluj or simply as U Cluj, is a Romanian professional football club based in the city of Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, that competes in the Liga I, the first tier of the Romanian ...

where he played 9 consecutive seasons. In 1996 Adrian Falub was sold to

FC Basel Fussball Club Basel 1893, widely known as FC Basel, FCB, or just Basel, is a Swiss football club based in Basel, in the Canton of Basel-Stadt. Formed in 1893, the club has been Swiss national champions 20 times, Swiss Cup winners 13 times, a ...

because of the financial difficulties of the club. Falub joined Basel's first team for their 1996–97 season under heas coach

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. He played his domestic league debut for his new club in the home game in the

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on 4 September 1996 as Basel were defeated 2–4 by Lausanne-Sport. Falub did not adapt successfully to the Swiss lifestyle and after only one year, he returned to his beloved team

. During his short time with the club Falub played a total of 35 games for Basel scoring one goal. 24 of these games were in the Nationalliga A, three in the

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and the other eight were friendly games. He scored his only goal during the test games. In 1998 Falub moved to

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and one year later he was transferred to FC Naţional București. The Romanian defender played 4 seasons for FC Naţional București and in 2002 he went abroad, to the Cypriot side

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Coaching career

In 2006 Falub accepted the offer to become coach of

and left

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. He managed to promote the team in

, 3 weeks before the final lap of the championship. Unfortunately, Adrian Falub's team had a very bad start in the 2007–2008 season and he was fired after 10 matches without victory. In 2008 Falub signed a contract with the

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team, Sportul Studenţesc. In 35 matches played under Falub's command, Sportul achieved 8 victories, 12 draws and 15 losses. He has terminated the contract with the

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team on 17 May 2009. In April 2009 Adrian Falub signed a contract with

FC Unirea Alba Iulia Clubul Sportiv Municipal Unirea Alba Iulia, commonly known as Unirea Alba Iulia (), is a Romanian professional football club based in Alba Iulia, Alba County, founded in 1924 and currently playing in the Liga III. Among the greatest achievemen ...

, helped the team to promote in

. In the autumn of 2010 Falub joined CSMS Iaşi. In the winter transfer window he brought to the team Bogdan Ghiceanu and Claudiu Tudor amongst others. His contract was terminated in the summer of 2011..On 14th of February 2022, Adrian Falub signed a contract with

CS Gloria Bistrița-Năsăud Clubul Sportiv Gloria 2018 Bistrița-Năsăud, commonly known as Gloria Bistrița, or simply as Gloria is a Romanian football club based in Bistrița, Bistrița-Năsăud County, currently playing in the Liga III. Founded on 31 May 2018 unde ...

with the goal to promote the team to

Honours

Player

Universitatea Cluj *

Divizia B The Liga 2, most often spelled as Liga II, is the second level of the Romanian football league system. The league changed its name from Divizia B just before the start of the 2006–07. It is currently sponsored by Casa Pariurilor, a betting ...

: 1991–92

Coach

Universitatea Cluj *

: 2006–07 *

Liga III The Liga 3, most often spelled as Liga III, is the third level of the Romanian football league system. Its name was changed from Divizia C to Liga III before the start of the 2006–07 season. It was the first in this format (six series of 18 ...

: 2017–18 Unirea Alba Iulia *

: 2008–09 FCM Târgu Mureș *

: 2009–10

References

Sources

* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. * Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage

External links

*
Adrian Falub's coaching career in Liga I at Labtof.ro
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