Aurel Țicleanu (born 20 January 1959) is a Romanian football

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and former player who played as a

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Playing career

Club career

Țicleanu began his youth career with Metallurgistul Sadu in 1974. He was quickly spotted there by manager Constantin Oţet who brought him to Universitatea Craiova in 1976. He made his professional debut at age 17 with Craiova during the 1976–77 season. Țicleanu spent nine seasons at the club, and won the league title twice, in

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and

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also reaching the semi-finals of the

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. In the 1985–86 season, he joined Sportul Studențesc of Bucharest, helping them to a second-place finish in the

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the club's highest ranking ever. He remained at the club four seasons, before joining Cypriot side

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, from where he retired in 1991.

International career

Țicleanu made his full international debut on 29 August 1979 against

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at the age of 20. He earned 42 caps for the Romania national team, and participated at

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Managerial career

After retiring as a footballer, Țicleanu went on to become a football coach for a number of teams in Romania including

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, Oţelul Galaţi,

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and Romania U–21 team. He has also coached various national youth teams and clubs in

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and

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. His former clubs include

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, Maghreb Fez, Dinamo Tirana,

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, Bangladesh U–20 team,

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and

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, Corona Brasov and FC Brasov. In April 2014, he became the head of the scouting department at the

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. On 27 June 2016, Țicleanu was hired as

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manager replacing Sebastião Lazaroni.

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