Aurel Țicleanu (born 20 January 1959) is a Romanian

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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 for four seasons, before joining Cypriot side

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, 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

Evagoras Paphos Athlitikos Syllogos Evagoras Paphos () was a Cypriot football club based in the city of Paphos. Founded in 1961, they played in both the First and Second Divisions. They adopted their name from Evagoras Pallikarides, a poet from Paphos who was ...

, Maghreb Fez,

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KS Lushnja Klubi Sportiv Lushnja is an Albanian football club based in the city of Lushnjë in the County of Fier. Their home ground is the Abdurrahman Roza Haxhiu Stadium and they currently compete in the Kategoria e Parë. History Early years Th ...

Hassania Agadir Hassania Union Sport d'Agadir () commonly referred to as Hassania Agadir and known as l'Hassania, or simply as HUSA, is a Moroccan football club based in Agadir. The club was founded on 22 December 1946. It plays its home games at Adrar Stadium ...

, Bangladesh U–20 team, Al Sahel 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

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Țicleanu antrenor la Craiova
{{DEFAULTSORT:Ticleanu, Aurel 1959 births Living people Footballers from Hunedoara County Men's association football midfielders Romanian men's footballers Romania men's international footballers UEFA Euro 1984 players CS Universitatea Craiova players FC Sportul Studențesc București players Olympiakos Nicosia players Liga I players Cypriot First Division players Romanian expatriate men's footballers Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Cyprus Expatriate men's footballers in Cyprus Romanian football managers FC UTA Arad managers ASC Oțelul Galați managers FC U Craiova 1948 managers Evagoras Paphos managers AFC Rocar București managers Maghreb of Fez managers FC Dinamo City managers KS Lushnja managers Hassania Agadir managers Al-Jahra SC managers CSM Corona Brașov (football) managers FC Brașov (1936) managers Qatar SC managers Ohod Club managers Kategoria Superiore managers Romanian expatriate football managers Expatriate football managers in Cyprus Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Morocco Expatriate football managers in Morocco Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Bangladesh Expatriate football managers in Bangladesh Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Albania Expatriate football managers in Albania Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Kuwait Expatriate football managers in Kuwait Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Expatriate football managers in Saudi Arabia Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Qatar Expatriate football managers in Qatar Al-Sahel SC (Kuwait) managers Kuwait Premier League managers Saudi First Division League managers 20th-century Romanian sportsmen