Viorel Moldovan

Viorel Moldovan
Personal information
Full name Viorel Dinu Moldovan
Date of birth (1972-07-08) 8 July 1972 (age 52)
Place of birth Bistrița, Romania
Height 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Striker
Team information
Current team
Rapid București (president)
Youth career
1984–1989 Gloria Bistrița
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1993 Gloria Bistrița 86 (15)
1993–1995 Dinamo București 60 (19)
1995–1996 Neuchâtel Xamax 32 (19)
1996–1997 Grasshoppers 51 (44)
1998 Coventry City 10 (1)
1998–2000 Fenerbahçe 53 (33)
2000–2004 Nantes 69 (31)
2003Al-Wahda (loan) 1 (0)
2004 Servette 13 (3)
2005 Politehnica Timișoara 23 (8)
2006–2007 Rapid București 41 (15)
Total 439 (188)
International career
1991–1993[1] Romania U21 16 (3)
1993–2005[2] Romania 70 (25)
Managerial career
2007 Rapid București (sporting director)
2007–2008 Unirea Urziceni (sporting director)
2008–2009 Vaslui
2009–2010 FC Brașov
2010 Sportul Studențesc
2013–2014 Rapid București
2014 Romania U21
2014–2016 Romania (assistant)
2016 Auxerre
2018–2020 Chindia Târgoviște
2020–2021 Petrolul Ploiești
2024– Rapid București (president)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Viorel Dinu Moldovan (born 8 July 1972) is a Romanian football manager and former player, currently the president of Liga I club Rapid București.

A former striker, Moldovan most successful years of his career were playing for Neuchâtel Xamax and Grasshoppers between 1996 and 1998 in Switzerland (he was the Nationalliga A 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 French Division 1 in 2001. He represented Romania in two editions of the World Cup, those held in the United States in 1994 and France in 1998, as well as two European Championships, in 1996 and 2000.

  1. ^ "Viorel Dinu MOLDOVAN". RomanianSoccer.
  2. ^ "Dinu Viorel Moldovan – Goals in International Matches". Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.