Vladimir Aga

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Vladimir Aga

| fullname = Vladimir Aga

| image = Vladimir Aga (2020).jpg

| image_size = 290px

| caption = Aga in 2020

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1987|11|14|df=y}}

| birth_place = Chișinău, Moldavian SSR, Soviet Union

| height =

| position = Midfielder

| currentclub = Jõhvi FC Phoenix

}}

Vladimir Aga (born 9 November 1987) is a former Moldovan footballer who played as midfielder, and who currently is football manager at the Estonian club Jõhvi FC Phoenix.

Career

= Player =

Aga began to play football at 12 years, and his first coach was Sergiu Balan.

In 2007 and 2008 he played for Moldova's under 21 futsal team.{{cite web |title=Команда футзал U21 |url=https://ru.uefa.com/teamsandplayers/teams/womensteama/team=2600338/profile/index.html |website=UEFA |access-date=2020-06-29 }}{{dead link|date=March 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

He debuted in Moldovan Super League playing for FC Costuleni, on 20 February 2011 in a match against FC Milsami.{{cite web |title=Протокол игры Милсами 2:0 Костулень |url=https://moldova.sports.md/football/national_division/game/2011-02-20/fc_viitorul-fc_costuleni/boxscore/ |website=moldova.sports.md |access-date=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629184541/https://moldova.sports.md/football/national_division/game/2011-02-20/fc_viitorul-fc_costuleni/boxscore/ }}

On 29 October 2021 Aga became a playing manager of Estonian futsal team Jõhvi FC Phoenix, which on that day has debuted in Estonian first futsal league.{{cite web|title=Феникс удачно дебютировал в Первой футзальной лиге|url=https://www.sekundomer.ee/novosti/feniks-udachno-debyutiroval-v-pervoj-futzalnoj-lige/|accessdate=2021-10-30|archive-date=2021-11-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126072848/https://www.sekundomer.ee/novosti/feniks-udachno-debyutiroval-v-pervoj-futzalnoj-lige/}}

= Manager =

From 2015 until 2016 Aga was part of main and under-19 coach staffs of Moldova women football teams.{{cite web |title=Fotbal feminin / Turneu internațional (video) |url=http://old.fmf.md/ro/news/read/turneu_kub_vesna_2015 |website=old.fmf.md |accessdate=2020-06-29 |lang=ro |archive-date=2020-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629123335/http://old.fmf.md/ro/news/read/turneu_kub_vesna_2015 }}{{cite web |title=Women's National Team |url=https://www.facebook.com/moldovawomens/photos/t.100000186224498/809956839079681/?type=3&theater |website=facebook.com |accessdate=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731195124/https://www.facebook.com/moldovawomens/photos/t.100000186224498/809956839079681/?type=3&theater }}{{cite web |title=Coach |url=https://www.facebook.com/moldovawomens/photos/t.100000186224498/802824416459590/ |website=facebook.com |accessdate=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-07-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200731195121/https://www.facebook.com/moldovawomens/photos/t.100000186224498/802824416459590/ }}

In February 2018, Aga together with Marius Codescu{{cite web |title=Владимир Ага: «Тренировать "Зимбру" — это очень большой вызов для меня» |url=https://moldfootball.com/ru/news/vladimir-aga-34trenirovat-34zimbru34---eto-ochen-bolshoj-vyzov-dlya-menya34_29414 |website=moldfootball.com |accessdate=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629185917/https://moldfootball.com/ru/news/vladimir-aga-34trenirovat-34zimbru34---eto-ochen-bolshoj-vyzov-dlya-menya34_29414 }} headed up the Moldovan Super League club Zimbru Chișinău,{{cite web |url=http://zimbru.md/sevastian-botnari-marius-codescu-vladimir-aga-declaratii-video/ |title=Vladimir Aga noul antrenor principal |date=23 February 2018 |lang=ro |access-date=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200629235719/http://zimbru.md/sevastian-botnari-marius-codescu-vladimir-aga-declaratii-video/ }}{{cite web |title=«Зимбру» будет тренировать Мариус Кодеску и Владимир Ага |url=https://www.ipn.md/ru/zimbru-budet-trenirovat-marius-kodesku-i-vladimir-aga-7979_1040188.html |website=ipn.md |accessdate=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2021-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126072942/https://www.ipn.md/ru/zimbru-budet-trenirovat-marius-kodesku-i-vladimir-aga-7979_1040188.html }} but in June has resigned from the post.{{cite web |title=Новый главный тренер «Зимбру» заявил об уровне «Шерифа» и остальных команд |url=https://bloknot-moldova.md/news/novyy-glavnyy-trener-zimbru-zayavil-ob-urovne-sher |website=bloknot-moldova.md |accessdate=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701104023/https://bloknot-moldova.md/news/novyy-glavnyy-trener-zimbru-zayavil-ob-urovne-sher }} Under Aga, on 23 May 2018, in the final of Moldovan Cup{{cite web |title=Сегодня в Кишинёве пройдет финал кубка Молдовы по футболу |url=https://1news.md/sport/51952-segodnya-v-kishineve-proydet-final-kubka-moldovy-po-futbolu.html |website=1news.md |accessdate=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630000849/https://1news.md/sport/51952-segodnya-v-kishineve-proydet-final-kubka-moldovy-po-futbolu.html }} Zimbru has lost 0-2 to Milsami Orhei.{{cite web |title=«Милсами» во второй раз одержал победу в финале кубка Молдовы |url=http://moldfootball.com/?index=news&news=30023 |website=moldfootball.com |accessdate=2018-05-24 |archive-date=2018-05-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180524153046/http://moldfootball.com/?index=news&news=30023 }} From June until November 2019 Aga returned as head coach of FC Zimbru.{{cite web |title=Владимир Ага больше не тренер «Зимбру». Вместо него — Вячеслав Софрони |url=https://moldfootball.com/ru/news/vladimir-aga-bol-she-ne-trener-zimbru-vmesto-nego-vjacheslav-sofroni |website=moldfootball.com |accessdate=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2021-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126072837/https://moldfootball.com/ru/news/vladimir-aga-bol-she-ne-trener-zimbru-vmesto-nego-vjacheslav-sofroni }}{{cite web |title=Тренерский штаб «Зимбру» во главе с Владимиром Ага. Кто ему помогает? |url=https://moldova.sports.md/football/articles/25-07-2019/152251/trenerskij_shtab_zimbru_vo_glave_s_vladimirom_aga_kto_jemu_pomogajet/ |website=moldova.sports.md |accessdate=2020-06-29 |archive-date=2020-02-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200223131308/http://moldova.sports.md/football/articles/25-07-2019/152251/trenerskij_shtab_zimbru_vo_glave_s_vladimirom_aga_kto_jemu_pomogajet }}

Aga holds an UEFA PRO manager license.

On 1 July 2020 Aga headed up the Estonian club Jõhvi FC Phoenix,{{cite web |title=Владимир Ага возглавил клуб из низших дивизионов Эстонии |url=https://moldfootball.com/ru/news/vladimir-aga-vozglavil-klub-iz-nizshikh-divizionakh-ehstonii |website=moldfootball.com |date=2020-06-30 |accessdate=2020-06-30 |archive-date=2020-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200630180828/https://moldfootball.com/ru/news/vladimir-aga-vozglavil-klub-iz-nizshikh-divizionakh-ehstonii }} where he concomitantly runs the under-16 team,{{cite web |title=Владимир Ага возглавил футбольный клуб «Феникс» |url=https://fcphoenix.ee/full-news/vladimir-aga-vozglavil-futbolnyj-klub-feniks |website=fcphoenix.ee |accessdate=2020-06-30 |archive-date=2020-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200701194818/https://fcphoenix.ee/full-news/vladimir-aga-vozglavil-futbolnyj-klub-feniks }}{{cite web |title=Бывший наставник молдавского «Зимбру» трудоустроился в йыхвиском «Фениксе» |url=https://rus.err.ee/1107488/byvshij-nastavnik-moldavskogo-zimbru-trudoustroilsja-v-jyhviskom-fenikse |website=rus.err.ee |date=30 June 2020 |accessdate=2020-06-30 |archive-date=2020-07-02 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200702122205/https://rus.err.ee/1107488/byvshij-nastavnik-moldavskogo-zimbru-trudoustroilsja-v-jyhviskom-fenikse }} and from autumn of 2021 - also the futsal team of feniks.{{cite web|title=Футзал – новый вид спорта в Йыхви|date=13 December 2021 |url=https://virupanorama.ee/archives/6967|publisher=virupanorama.ee|accessdate=2021-12-15|archive-date=2021-12-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211215105812/https://virupanorama.ee/archives/6967}}

Personal life

Aga is married and has two children.{{cite web |title=Тренер из Молдовы возглавил футбольный клуб «Феникс» |url=https://virupanorama.ee/archives/1297 |website=virupanorama.ee |date=2020-07-09 |accessdate=2020-07-09 |archive-date=2020-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200710230859/https://virupanorama.ee/archives/1297 }}