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Valeriu Călinoiu
Personal information
Date of birth	9 October 1928
Place of birth	Bucharest, Romania
Date of death	20 December 1990 (aged 62)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Youth career
1942–1943	Olympia București
1943–1944	Carmen București
Senior career*
Years	Team
1948	IMS Hunedoara
1948–1949	Petrolul București
1950	Dinamo Brașov
1951–1960	Dinamo București
Total
International career
1952–1959	Romania
Managerial career
1961–1963	Știința Craiova
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Valeriu Călinoiu (9 October 1928 – 20 December 1990) was a Romanian footballer.^[4] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.^[5]

Club career

Valeriu Călinoiu was born on 9 October 1928 in Bucharest, Romania and he started playing junior level football in 1942 at Olympia București, after one year moving at Carmen București and started his senior career in 1948 at IMS Hunedoara.^[3]^[6] He made his Divizia A debut, playing for Petrolul București on 29 May 1949 in a 2–0 away victory against CFR Cluj.^[3]^[6] After a short period spent in Divizia B at Dinamo Brașov which he helped promote to the first league, he went to play at Dinamo București in 1951 where his first performance with the club was reaching the 1954 Cupa României final where coach Angelo Niculescu used him all the minutes in the eventual 2–0 loss in front of Metalul Reșița.^[7] In the following season, Călinoiu helped the club win the first Divizia A title in its history, scoring one goal in the 22 matches he was used by Niculescu.^[2]^[3]^[6]^[8] He played in the first European match of a Romanian team in the 1956–57 European Cup in the 3–1 victory against Galatasaray in which he was also the team's captain, helping The Red Dogs go to the next phase of the competition where they were eliminated by CDNA Sofia, Călinoiu playing in all four games from the campaign.^[3]^[6]^[9]^[10] He reached another Cupa României final in 1959, this time winning it as he was used the whole match by coach Iuliu Baratky in the 4–0 over CSM Baia Mare.^[3]^[11] On 19 June 1960, Călinoiu played his last Divizia A match for Dinamo in a 3–1 away loss against Farul Constanța, having a total of 167 matches in which he scored 9 goals in the competition.^[3]

International career

Valeriu Călinoiu played 20 games and scored one goal at international level for Romania, making his debut under coach Gheorghe Popescu I at the 1952 Summer Olympics in a 2–1 loss against eventual champions Hungary.^[1]^[12]^[13] He played four games in which he scored one goal in a 2–1 away victory against Bulgaria at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers.^[1] His last four games played for the national team were at the 1958 World Cup qualifiers, his last appearance taking place on 17 November 1957 in a 2–0 away loss in front of Yugoslavia.^[1]

International goals

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Călinoiu goal.^[1]

List of international goals scored by Valeriu Călinoiu
#	Date	Venue	Cap	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
1	11 October 1953	Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria	5	Bulgaria	2–1	2–1	1954 World Cup qualifiers

Managerial career

Valeriu Călinoiu had only one spell as a coach from 1961 until 1963 at Divizia B team, Știința Craiova where he gave Ion Oblemenco his debut in senior football.^[14]^[15]

Death

Valeriu Călinoiu died on 20 December 1990 at age 62.^[3]^[6]

Honours

Dinamo Brașov

Divizia B: 1950^[3]

Dinamo București

Divizia A: 1955^[3]
Cupa României: 1958–59, runner-up 1954^[3]^[7]

Notes

^ Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.^[1]^[2]
^ The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Dinamo București are not official.^[3]

References

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^ ^a ^b Valeriu Călinoiu at National-Football-Teams.com
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f ^g ^h ⁱ ^j ^k Valeriu Călinoiu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
^ "Valeriu Călinoiu". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 November 2021.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Valeriu Călinoiu Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
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^ ^a ^b "Romanian Cup - Season 1954". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 29 September 2024.
^ "Romania National Champions". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ "RETRO GSP. 64 de ani de la primul meci european al unei echipe românești. Dinamo i-a scos pe turci, apoi a urmat măcelul!" [RETRO GSP. 64 years since the first European match of a Romanian team. Dinamo took out the Turks, then the slaughter followed!] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ "Valeriu Călinoiu - Champions League 1956/1957". WorldFootball. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ "Romanian Cup 1958–59". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 27 September 2024.
"Finala Cupei României 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0" [The Cupei României Final 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 14 June 2023. Retrieved 28 September 2024.
^ "Hungary 2-1 Romania". European Football. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
^ "Jocurile Olimpice de la Helsinki: Ungaria 2-1 România, 15 iulie 1952" [Helsinki Olympics: Hungary 2-1 Romania, July 15, 1952] (in Romanian). Tikitaka.ro. 14 July 2020. Retrieved 8 June 2024.
^ "Valeriu Călinoiu". Fotbalisti Romani. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
^ "Dacă timpul ar fi avut răbdare, astăzi Oblemenco ar fi împlinit 69 de ani" [If time had been patient, Oblemenco would have turned 69 today] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 13 May 2014. Retrieved 26 February 2023.