Viorel Moldovan
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Viorel Dinu Moldovan | ||
| Date of birth | 8 July 1972 | ||
| Place of birth | Bistrița, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1984–1990 | Gloria Bistrița | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | Gloria Bistrița | 84 | (22) |
| 1993–1995 | Dinamo București | 60 | (19) |
| 1995–1996 | Neuchâtel Xamax | 32 | (19) |
| 1996–1998 | Grasshoppers | 51 | (44) |
| 1998 | Coventry City | 10 | (2) |
| 1998–2000 | Fenerbahçe | 53 | (33) |
| 2000–2003 | Nantes | 57 | (20) |
| 2003 | Al-Wahda | 1 | (0) |
| 2003–2004 | Nantes | 12 | (11) |
| 2004–2005 | Servette | 13 | (3) |
| 2005–2006 | Politehnica Timișoara | 23 | (8) |
| 2006–2007 | Rapid București | 40 | (15) |
| Total | 437 | (196) | |
| National team | |||
| 1993–2005 | Romania | 70 | (25) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2008–2009 | Vaslui | ||
| 2009–2010 | Brașov | ||
| 2010 | Sportul Studențesc | ||
| 2013–2014 | Rapid București | ||
| 2014 | Romania U21 | ||
| 2014–2016 | Romania (assistant) | ||
| 2016 | Auxerre | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Viorel Dinu Moldovan (born 8 July 1972 in Bistrița) is a retired Romanian football forward. He was an important player for the Romanian national team in the 1990s. He was recently the manager of AJ Auxerre in the French Ligue 2.
At club level, Moldovan played for Gloria Bistrița (1990–93), Dinamo București (1993–95), Neuchâtel Xamax (1995–96), Grasshoppers (1996–98), Coventry City (1998), Fenerbahçe (1998–2000), Nantes (2000–04), Servette (2004–05), FCU Politehnica Timișoara (2005), and Rapid București (2005–2007).
The most successful years of his career were playing for Neuchâtel Xamax and Grasshoppers between 1996 and 1998 in Switzerland (he was the Swiss Super League top scorer in 1996 and 1997), for Fenerbahçe between 1998 and 2000 and for Nantes between 2000 and 2004. He was a key player when Nantes won the French Ligue 1 in 2001. During his brief spell in England with Coventry City he scored twice, once in the FA Cup, scoring the winner against local rivals Aston Villa, and once in the league against Crystal Palace.
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