Costel Orac

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Costel Orac
File:Costel Orac 1984.jpg
Orac in 1984
Personal information
Full name Constantin Orac
Date of birth (1959-01-22) 22 January 1959 (age 67)
Place of birth Galați, Romania
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position Striker
Team information
Current team
 Concordia Chiajna (youth center director)
Youth career
1970–1971 Politehnica Galați
1971–1976 FCM Galați
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1976–1981 FCM Galați 90 (11)
1981–1989 Dinamo București 217 (41)
1989–1990 Victoria București 2 (1)
1990 Étoile Carouge 25 (14)
1991 Dinamo București 6 (1)
1991–1992 Unirea Focșani 22 (13)
Total 372 (91)
International career‡
Romania U21 3 (0)
Romania Olympic team 5 (0)
1984–1986 Romania 3 (1)
Managerial career
1991–1992 Unirea Focșani (player/assistant)
1992–1994 Unirea Focșani
1994–1995 Selena Bacău
1996–1997 Alki Larnaca
1997–1998 FC Brașov
1999–2000 Bihor Oradea
2000–2001 FCM Poiana Câmpina
2001–2002 FC Baia Mare
2002–2003 Oțelul Galați
2004–2005 Botoșani
2005–2006 Unirea Urziceni
2006–2007 Otopeni
2007–2008 FCM Bacău
2009 Dinamo București (assistant)
2009–2010 Dinamo II București
2010–2011 Concordia Chiajna
2011–2012 Botoșani
2014– Concordia Chiajna (Youth Center director)
2020–2021 Concordia Chiajna (caretaker)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals as of 16 March 2010
‡ National team caps and goals as of 16 March 2010

Costel Orac (born 22 January 1959) is a Romanian retired footballer and current coach.

Club career

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Orac was born on 22 January 1959 in Galați, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1970 at local club Politehnica, moving one year later to neighboring club FCM.[1][2] He made his Divizia A debut on 22 August 1976, playing for FCM Galați under coach Gheorghe Nuțescu in a 1–0 loss to Jiul Petroșani.[1][3] The team was relegated after his first season, but he stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league after two years.[1]

After playing five seasons in the first two leagues for FCM Galați, Orac was transferred to Dinamo București together with teammate Nicușor Vlad.[1][2][4] There, for several years he would form a successful offensive trio with Ionel Augustin and Gheorghe Mulțescu, together being called "AMO" by the fans, a nickname inspired by the initials of their family names.[5] In his first three seasons spent at Dinamo, he won the league title in all of them.[1][2][6] In the first one, he played 32 matches under coach Valentin Stănescu, scoring a personal record of nine goals.[1][6] In the following two seasons, he worked with coach Nicolae Dumitru who gave him 30 appearances in which he scored four goals in the first, and then 23 games with five goals netted in the second.[1][6] Orac also won three Cupa României with The Red Dogs, playing in all the finals.[1][2] In the 1982 final, he played the entire match in the 3–2 win over FC Baia Mare and in the one from 1984 he scored the decisive goal in the 2–1 victory against rivals Steaua București.[7] In the 1986 final, under the guidance of coach Mircea Lucescu he played the whole match in the 1–0 win over Steaua who had recently won the European Cup.[8] Orac appeared in 26 matches in which he scored five goals for Dinamo in European competitions, making notable performances, such as helping to eliminate Inter Milan by scoring the decisive goal of the 3–2 victory in the second leg in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup.[1][2][9][10][11] He also played seven games in the 1983–84 European Cup campaign, scoring one goal in a 3–0 victory in the first leg that helped them eliminate title holders Hamburg and his side's only goal in the 3–1 aggregate loss in the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.[1][2][9][10][12]

In 1989, Orac alongside teammates Dumitru Moraru and Alexandru Nicolae were transferred from Dinamo to Victoria București.[1][2][4][9][10] There, because of a conflict he had with coach Florin Halagian, he played only two league games in which he scored once and made one appearance in the 1989–90 UEFA Cup, where he gave an assist in a 1–1 draw against Valencia.[1][2][4][10] After the 1989 Romanian Revolution, Orac went to play in the Nationalliga B where he was recommended by coach Mircea Lucescu to Étoile Carouge's coach Radu Nunweiller.[1][2][9][10][13] In Switzerland, following an injury, a medical examination revealed he had back problems.[10] Subsequently, he returned to Dinamo for a short while, making his last appearance in Divizia A on 11 May 1991 in a 1–1 draw against Universitatea Craiova, totaling 308 matches with 54 goals in the competition.[1][2][9][10] Orac ended his career in 1992, after playing one season in Divizia B for Unirea Focșani.[1][2][10]

International career

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Orac played three friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 29 July 1984 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 4–2 win over China in which he scored one goal.[14][15] His following two games were draws: a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq.[14]

International stats

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Romania national team[14]
Year Apps Goals
1984 1 1
1985 0 0
1986 2 0
Total 3 1

International goals

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Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Orac goal.[15]
List of international goals scored by Costel Orac
# Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 29 July 1984 Stadionul 23 August, Iași, Romania  China 3–0 4–2 Friendly

Managerial career

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Orac started his coaching career while he was still an active player, being an assistant at Unirea Focșani in the 1991–92 Divizia B season.[10] He transitioned to a head coach role at Focșani starting with the following season.[10] In 1996, he had his only coaching experience outside Romania, for one and a half seasons in the Cypriot First Division at Alki Larnaca.[10] He spent most of his career coaching in Divizia B, having a total of 356 games, managing to win four promotions to the first league with Selena Bacău, Baia Mare, Unirea Urziceni and Concordia Chiajna.[2][9][10] Orac has a total of 73 matches managed in Divizia A and in 2009 he was Dario Bonetti's assistant at Dinamo București for a few months.[2][9][10]

Personal life

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His nephew, Daniel Orac, was also a footballer.[16]

Honours

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Player

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FCM Galați

Dinamo București

Manager

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Selena Bacău

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r Costel Orac at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
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  • Costel Orac at Labtof.ro
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