:Daniel Clitnovici
{{Short description|Australian soccer coach (born 1982)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=y|1982|7|8}}{{cite web |url=http://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/daniel-clitnovici/ |title=Daniel Clitnovici |website=WorldFootball.net}}
| birth_place = Surfers Paradise, Australia
| height = 1.80 m
| position = Midfielder
| years1 = 1998–2001
| clubs1 = Gold Coast Knights{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
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| years2 = 2002–2003
| clubs2 = Universitatea Craiova
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| years3 = 2003–2004
| clubs3 = Barnsley{{citation needed|date=April 2025}}
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| years4 = 2004
| clubs4 = Gold Coast Knights
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| years5 = 2005–2006
| clubs5 = Universitatea Craiova
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| years6 = 2007–2008
| clubs6 = Apollon Smyrnis
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| years7 = 2008
| clubs7 = Elche Ilicitano
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| currentclub = Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders
| manageryears1 = 2008–2011
| managerclubs1 = Colorado Force (assistant)
| manageryears2 = 2011–2014
| managerclubs2 = Colorado Rapids (USL Super 20)
| manageryears3 = 2011–2014
| managerclubs3 = Colorado Rapids Women
| manageryears4 = 2014–2015
| managerclubs4 = Colorado Pride
| manageryears5 = 2015–2016
| managerclubs5 = Western New York Flash) (assistant)
| manageryears6 = 2016–2017
| managerclubs6 = Ohio State University (assistant)
| manageryears7 = 2017–2022
| managerclubs7 = Villanova University (associate)
| manageryears8 = 2022
| managerclubs8 = Atlantic City FC
| manageryears9 = 2022-24
| managerclubs9 = Ursinus College
| manageryears10 = 2024-
| managerclubs10 = Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders
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Daniel Clitnovici (born 8 July 1982) is an Australian soccer coach and former professional soccer player. Clitnovici currently is the head coach of division one Texas A&M–Corpus Christi Islanders Women's Soccer program.{{cite web|title=Clitnovici Named Head Women's Soccer Coach|url= https://goislanders.com/news/2024/3/6/general-daniel-clitnovici-named-head-womens-soccer-coach.aspx |work =goislanders.com/sports/womens-soccer/coaches |accessdate=6 March 2024}} He was the former head coach of Atlantic City FC, the Colorado Rapids Women, Colorado Pride Women and the assistant coach of the Western New York Flash of the National Women's Soccer League; the 2010 W-League champions, 2011 Women's Professional Soccer (WPS) Champions, the 2012 Women's Premier Soccer League Elite Champions, and the 2013 and 2016 National Women's Soccer League season champions.{{cite web|title=Flash add assistant coach|url=http://www.wnyflash.com/?template=template&form_id=6125&page=news.cfm|work=wnyflash.com|accessdate=11 February 2015|archive-date=22 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222092007/http://www.wnyflash.com/?template=template&form_id=6125&page=news.cfm|url-status=dead}}
Playing career
As a player Clitnovici played with Romanian Liga I champion Universitatea Craiova,{{cite web|title=UCraiovaSquad 2006–7|url=http://www.universitateacraiova.ro/echipa.php|work=universitateacraiova.ro|accessdate=12 December 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222085736/http://www.universitateacraiova.ro/echipa.php|archive-date=22 December 2015|url-status=dead}} Apollon Smyrnis in Greece, Gold Coast United FC in Australia, as well as several other clubs in England, Spain and Australia.{{cite web|title=FC Universitatea Craiova Squad 2002/2003|url=http://www.worldfootball.net/teams/fc-universitatea-craiova/2003/2/|work = worldfootball.net |accessdate=12 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=Australia Player Database|url=http://www.ozfootball.net/ark/Players/C/CI.html|work = ozfootball.net |accessdate=7 May 2010}}{{cite web|title=WNYFlash Staff|url=http://wnyflash.com/club/coaches/?staff_id=9|work=wnyflash.com|accessdate=20 April 2015|archive-date=23 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123203419/http://wnyflash.com/club/coaches/?staff_id=9|url-status=dead}}
Coaching career
Clitnovici was the previous head coach of Colorado Rapids Women{{cite web|title=Q&A with Rapids Head Coach|url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2013/04/rapids-women-qa-head-coach-daniel-clitnovici|work=coloradorapids.com|accessdate=11 February 2015|archive-date=14 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714232306/http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2013/04/rapids-women-qa-head-coach-daniel-clitnovici|url-status=dead}} and Colorado Pride{{cite web|title=W-League adds Colorado Pride|url=http://www.soccernation.com/w-league-adds-colorado-pride-cms-5014|work=soccernation.com.com|accessdate=11 February 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140715195238/http://www.soccernation.com/w-league-adds-colorado-pride-cms-5014|archive-date=15 July 2014|url-status=dead}} both of which played in the USL W-League. He was named USL W-League Coach of the year in 2014{{cite web|title=W-League award winners |url=http://www.wleaguesoccer.com/home/825872.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20150211232258/http://www.wleaguesoccer.com/home/825872.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 February 2015 |work=wleaguesoccer.com |accessdate=11 February 2015 }} after leading w-league expansion side Colorado Pride to a Western Conference Championship final. While at Colorado Pride Clitnovici established a defense that did not concede a single goal on its home field and produced a fast-flowing attacking style of play that entertained W-League fans league wide. Clitnovici's direction and guidance to players at the Pride were very influential, as several of his players from his 2014 squad have gone on to play professionally in the US and abroad.{{cite web|title=Rodriguez, Weber, Eckerstrom selected in NWSL draft|url=http://www.centredaily.com/sports/college/penn-state-university/psu-soccer/article55032240.html|work = centredaily.com |accessdate=15 January 2016}}{{cite web|title=SydneyFC Roster|url=http://www.sydneyfc.com/player/chloe-logarzo/tp84fka3u3071ddo0hwor7u6y|work = sydneyfc.com |accessdate=9 December 2015}}{{cite web|title=NWSLnews|url=http://nwslsoccer.com/news-2/jan---mar-2015/flash-hire-daniel-clitnovici-as-assistant-coach|work = nwsl.com |accessdate=11 February 2015}}
In 2012 in addition to coaching the Colorado Rapids Women, Daniel Clitnovici was the head coach of the Colorado Rapids U20 Ladies team which went on to win a United Soccer League Under 20 National Championship hosted at IMG Academy in Bradenton, Florida. The Colorado Rapids defeated DC United 1–0.{{cite web|title=Rapids women clinch super20 title|url=http://www.coloradorapids.com/news/2012/07/rapids-women-clinch-super-20-title|work=coloradorapids.com|accessdate=11 February 2015}}{{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181012121534/https://www.coloradorapids.com/post/2012/07/22/rapids-women-clinch-super-20-title |archive-date=12 October 2018}}
Clitnovici previously managed and directed the Western New York Flash Youth Academy in the role of academy executive director of coaching. Clitnovici was hired by the Ohio State Women's Soccer program in 2016 as an assistant head coach{{Cite web |url=http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/daniel_clitnovici_1004698.html |title="/> {{Cite web|url=https://www.fcbucks.com/bio-daniel-clitnovici/|title = Bio Daniel Clitnovici| work=FC Bucks / CRUSA }}
References
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External links
- [http://villanova.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/daniel_clitnovici_1037632.html Villanova Soccer Profile]
- [http://wnyflash.com/club/coaches/?staff_id=9 Western New York Flash coach profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151123203419/http://wnyflash.com/club/coaches/?staff_id=9 |date=23 November 2015 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090352/http://www.ohiostatebuckeyes.com/sports/w-soccer/mtt/daniel_clitnovici_1004698.html The Ohio State Women's Soccer coach profile]
- {{WorldFootball.net|daniel-clitnovici}}
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Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen
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