Valeriu Călinoiu

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|name = Valeriu Călinoiu

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|birth_date = {{birth date|1928|10|9|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Bucharest, Romania

|death_date = {{death date and age|1990|12|20|1928|10|9|df=yes}}

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|position = Midfielder

| youthyears1 = 1942–1943 | youthclubs1 = Olympia București

| youthyears2 = 1943–1944 | youthclubs2 = Carmen București

| years1 = 1948 | clubs1 = IMS Hunedoara | caps1 = | goals1 =

| years2 = 1948–1949 | clubs2 = Petrolul București | caps2 = 3 | goals2 = 0

| years3 = 1950 | clubs3 = Dinamo Brașov | caps3 = | goals3 =

| years4 = 1951–1960 | clubs4 = Dinamo București{{efn|name="FCD"|The 1957 championship called Cupa Primăverii is unofficial, so the appearances and goals scored at that competition for Dinamo București are not official.{{RomanianSoccer|334/valeriu-calinoiu}}}} | caps4 = 164 | goals4 = 9

| totalcaps = 167 | totalgoals = 9

|nationalyears1 = 1952–1959 | nationalteam1 = Romania{{efn|name="ROM"|Including one appearance for Romania's Olympic team.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=3068|title=Valeriu Călinoiu|publisher=European Football|access-date=25 January 2021}}{{NFT|37601}}}}| nationalcaps1 = 21 | nationalgoals1 = 1

| manageryears1 = 1961–1963 | managerclubs1 = Știința Craiova

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Valeriu Călinoiu (9 October 1928 – 20 December 1990) was a Romanian footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27087 |title=Valeriu Călinoiu |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 November 2021}} He competed in the men's tournament at the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/valeriu-calinoiu-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418114547/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ca/valeriu-calinoiu-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Valeriu Călinoiu Olympic Results |access-date=13 October 2018}}

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.{{cite web|url=https://tikitaka.ro/valeriu-calinoiu-fotbalisti-de-legenda/|title=Valeriu Călinoiu – fotbaliști de legendă|publisher=Tikitaka.ro|language=Romanian |trans-title=Valeriu Călinoiu – legendary footballers|date= 26 August 2022|access-date= 15 October 2022}} He made his Divizia A debut, playing for Petrolul București on 29 May 1949 in a 2–0 away victory against CFR Cluj. 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1954.shtml|title=Romanian Cup - Season 1954|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=29 September 2024}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|title=Romania National Champions |publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=15 October 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.gsp.ro/international/liga-campionilor/retro-gsp-64-de-ani-de-la-primul-meci-european-al-unei-echipe-romanesti-608325.html|title=RETRO GSP. 64 de ani de la primul meci european al unei echipe românești. Dinamo i-a scos pe turci, apoi a urmat măcelul!|publisher=Gsp.ro|language=Romanian |trans-title=RETRO GSP. 64 years since the first European match of a Romanian team. Dinamo took out the Turks, then the slaughter followed!|date=26 August 2020 |access-date= 15 October 2022}}{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/valeriu-clinoiu/champions-league-1956-1957/dinamo-bucuresti/3/|title=Valeriu Călinoiu - Champions League 1956/1957|access-date=15 October 2022}} 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1958_1959.shtml|title=Romanian Cup 1958–59|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=27 September 2024}}
{{cite web | url=https://tikitaka.ro/finala-cupei-romaniei-1959-dinamo-csm-baia-mare-4-0/ | title=Finala Cupei României 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0| publisher=Tikitaka.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=The Cupei României Final 1959: Dinamo – CSM Baia Mare 4-0| date=14 June 2023| access-date=28 September 2024}} 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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=14291|title=Hungary 2-1 Romania|publisher=European Football|access-date=15 October 2022}}{{cite web|url=https://tikitaka.ro/ungaria-2-1-romania-15-iulie-1952/|title=Jocurile Olimpice de la Helsinki: Ungaria 2-1 România, 15 iulie 1952|publisher=Tikitaka.ro|language=Romanian |trans-title=Helsinki Olympics: Hungary 2-1 Romania, July 15, 1952|date= 14 July 2020|access-date=8 June 2024}} He played four games in which he scored one goal in a 2–1 away victory against Bulgaria at the 1954 World Cup qualifiers. 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.

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Călinoiu goal.

class="wikitable sortable" \|+ 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	align=center\| 5	{{fb\|Bulgaria}}	align=center\| 2–1	align=center\| 2–1	1954 World Cup qualifiers

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Valeriu Călinoiu

Date

Venue

Cap

Opponent

Score

Result

Competition

11 October 1953

Vasil Levski National Stadium, Sofia, Bulgaria

align=center| 5

align=center| 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.fotbalisti-romani.ro/calinoiu-valeriu/|title=Valeriu Călinoiu|publisher=Fotbalisti Romani|access-date=26 February 2023}}{{cite web |url= https://www.gds.ro/Sport/2014-05-13/Daca-timpul-ar-fi-avut-rabdare-astazi-Oblemenco-ar-fi-implinit-69-de-ani/| title = Dacă timpul ar fi avut răbdare, astăzi Oblemenco ar fi împlinit 69 de ani | publisher = Gds.ro| trans-title =If time had been patient, Oblemenco would have turned 69 today| language = Romanian | date=13 May 2014 | access-date=26 February 2023}}