Alin Artimon (born 31 August 1971 in

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) is a former

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player and current manager.

History

Artimon started his career at CSȘ Timișoara and played for the senior team of Politehnica Timișoara before joining Steaua București. He was labeled the next

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, but he was plagued by injuries and never really managed to progress. His subsequent career saw him play for

based teams, such as CFR and Poli, before moving on to

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and ending his career at

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. He started his manager career at the

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team Telecom Timișoara. In 2004, he became the assistant of Gheorghe Mulțescu at Politehnica Timișoara and later on, in autumn 2004, the team's head coach. He continued his career as assistant and afterwards as head coach of Apulum Alba Iulia in Divizia A. After a short stint as manager at Bihor Oradea in Divizia B in 2005, Artimon was recruited in summer 2006 at Poli as a youth-supervisor. He received his big opportunity when being offered the manager position at the club after Sorin Cîrţu's release on 23 October 2006. While initially viewed only as a temporary solution, a good streak of results meant that he would be given the chance to lead the team for the remainder of the season. However, on 5 March 2007, Artimon resigned from his position as manager, stating that he did not wish to continue to work for the club if his efforts remain unappreciated. The resignation came just two days after a draw against

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, when Poli used the second team in protest against a two-match ban received by

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. On 26 March 2007 he became the manager of the

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team CFR Timișoara. On 2 July 2008 was named as the new head coach of Forex Brașov, but was sacked in September after six rounds. In September 2008 he replaced Nikola Ilievski as manager at

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. On 30 July 2010, Artimon followed Eusebiu Tudor as manager at Juventus București.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Artimon, Alin 1971 births Living people Footballers from Timișoara Romanian men's footballers FCSB players FC Politehnica Timișoara players ACF Gloria Bistrița players FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin players CSF CFR Timișoara players Liga I players Liga II players Romanian football managers FC Politehnica Timișoara managers CSM Unirea Alba Iulia managers FC Bihor Oradea (1958) managers ASC Daco-Getica București managers FCV Farul Constanța managers Men's association football defenders