Bölöni during his tenure at PAOK
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | László Bölöni | ||
Date of birth | 11 March 1953 | ||
Place of birth | Târgu Mureș, Romania | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Playing position | Midfielder | ||
Youth career | |||
1967–1970 | Chimica Târnăveni | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1970–1984 | ASA Târgu Mureş | 406 | (64) |
1984–1987 | Steaua Bucureşti | 97 | (24) |
1987–1988 | Racing Jet Wavre | 16 | (0) |
1988–1989 | Créteil | 11 | (2) |
1989–1992 | Orléans | 77 | (4) |
Total | 607 | (94) | |
National team | |||
1975–1988 | Romania | 102 | (23) |
Teams managed | |||
1994–2000 | Nancy-Lorraine | ||
2000–2001 | Romania | ||
2001–2003 | Sporting CP | ||
2003–2006 | Rennes | ||
2006–2007 | Monaco | ||
2007–2008 | Al-Jazeera | ||
2008–2010 | Standard Liège | ||
2010–2011 | Al-Wahda | ||
2011 | Lens | ||
2011–2012 | PAOK | ||
2012–2015 | Al Khor | ||
2015 | Al-Ittihad | ||
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
László Bölöni (also called Ladislau Bölöni; born 11 March, 1953 in Târgu Mureș) is a Romanian football manager and former player.
Born in Târgu Mureș, Romania to a Székely family from Târnăveni, Bölöni's first team was Chimica Târnăveni. In 1970, he moved to ASA Târgu Mureş where he stayed until 1984, when he joined Steaua Bucureşti, being part of the team which won the European Champions Cup in 1986 (where he missed his penalty in the shootout in the final) and the European Super Cup the following year. Bölöni remained at Steaua until 1987.
In 1988, aged 35, Bölöni left the country to play in Belgium at Racing Jet Bruxelles and then in France at US Créteil. He retired from professional football in 1992.
On 25 March 2008 he was decorated by the president of Romania, Traian Băsescu with Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" — (The Order "The Sportive Merit") class II for his part in winning the 1986 European Cup Final.
Playing for the Romanian national team in 1983, Bölöni scored one of his most vital goals ever, in the 1–0 win against Italy in a Euro 84 qualification match which eventually proved invaluable to the country's qualification for the tournament. At the finals themselves in France, he played in all three of Romania's games, and scored the equaliser in the 1–1 draw with Spain in Saint-Etienne.