Dan Alexa
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 28 October 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Caransebeș, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team |
ASU Politehnica Timișoara (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSȘ Caransebeș | |||
| LPS Banatul Timișoara | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998 | UM Timișoara | 10 | (2) |
| 1999–2001 | Rocar București | 45 | (2) |
| 2001 | Fulgerul Bragadiru | 4 | (0) |
| 2002 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | (0) |
| 2002–2004 | Dinamo București | 47 | (1) |
| 2004–2005 | Beijing Hyundai | 40 | (0) |
| 2006 | Dinamo București | 13 | (1) |
| 2006–2011 | Politehnica Timișoara | 126 | (5) |
| 2011–2012 | Rapid București | 25 | (3) |
| 2012–2014 | Anorthosis Famagusta | 40 | (4) |
| 2017 | Viitorul Caransebeș | 1 | (0) |
| Total | 366 | (18) | |
| International career | |||
| 2000 | Romania U21 | 1 | (0) |
| 2004–2011 | Romania | 6 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2014–2015 | ACS Poli Timișoara | ||
| 2015–2016 | Rapid București | ||
| 2016 | ASA Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2016–2017 | Concordia Chiajna | ||
| 2017–2019 | Dunărea Călărași | ||
| 2019 | Astra Giurgiu | ||
| 2020 | Rapid București | ||
| 2020–2021 | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | ||
| 2021–2022 | CSM Reșița | ||
| 2022–2023 | FC Brașov | ||
| 2023 | Botoșani | ||
| 2024–2025 | Tunari | ||
| 2025– | ASU Politehnica Timișoara | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Dan Alexa (born 28 October 1979) is a Romanian professional football manager and former footballer who played as a midfielder, currently in charge of Liga III club ASU Politehnica Timișoara.
Club career
[edit | edit source]Early career
[edit | edit source]Although born in Banat, Alexa was considered disposable while at UM Timișoara in 1998, and he moved to Rocar București where he helped his side reach the 2000–01 Romanian Cup final.
Dinamo București
[edit | edit source]After several years with short spells at Fulgeru Bragadiru and Universitatea Craiova, Alexa got his big chance as Dinamo București decided to transfer him. His performances were of a high caliber throughout the two seasons he spent there, but he also got a reputation for being an extremely aggressive player. In two years, he scored 1 goal in 47 appearances.
Beijing Hyundai
[edit | edit source]His consequent move to Beijing Hyundai saw him leave Romania for two years. In a friendly match against Real Madrid he was selected man of the match.[1]
Dinamo București
[edit | edit source]He returned to Dinamo in 2006 just for a few months playing 13 matches, scoring one goal.
Politehnica Timișoara
[edit | edit source]In the summer of the same year, Politehnica boss Marian Iancu decided to bring Alexa – by then, a real "persona non-grata" in Timișoara, due to his pledge of loyalty to Dinamo – back to the city where he started his career, together with teammate Ştefan Grigorie.[2] The fans protested at Alexa's arrival in Timișoara through several banners and chants, but the club's management remained unimpressed. Alexa himself stated that he had made those statements out of necessity and that he will do all he can to prove to the fans that he is a real professional. A few months after his arrival, Alexa became the captain of Poli. He is nicknamed "the surgeon" because he inflicted many injuries requiring surgery to opposing players. On 19 April 2010, he scored the equaliser goal in the 98th minute against CFR Cluj and kept Poli in the battle for the title, however Poli finished 5th, losing their last three matches.
Rapid București
[edit | edit source]On 4 June 2011, the former captain of Politehnica Timișoara signed a two-year contract with Rapid București following the relegation of Poli.[3]
Anorthosis Famagusta
[edit | edit source]On 24 June 2012, Dan Alexa signed with the Cyprus First Division football club, Anorthosis Famagusta, on a free transfer. He signed a reported €250,000/yr contract with the club.[4]
International career
[edit | edit source]Alexa was first called up by the national team in 2004. Later in 2010, he was called up for a friendly match against Italy after a six-year absence.[5] Alexa scored his first goals for Romania in a 2–2 draw against Ukraine at Cyprus International Cup 2011.[6] However, Romania were eliminated from the tournament, after losing on penalty kicks 4–2.
Managerial career
[edit | edit source]After he ended his playing career, Alexa became a manager. His first job was at ACS Poli Timișoara, in March 2014. Since 23 August 2017 he was manager of Dunărea Călărași until summer of 2019. Then he was named manager of Astra Giurgiu.
Career statistics
[edit | edit source]International
[edit | edit source]| National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
|---|---|---|---|
| Romania | 2004 | 1 | 0 |
| 2010 | 1 | 0 | |
| 2011 | 4 | 2 | |
| Total | 6 | 2 | |
- Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Alexa goal.[7]
| No. | Date | Venue | Cap | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 8 February 2011 | Paralimni Stadium, Paralimni, Cyprus | 3 | File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | 1–2 | 2–2 | Friendly |
| 2 | 2–2 |
Managerial statistics
[edit | edit source]- As of 13 December 2025[8]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
| Romania ACS Poli Timișoara | 17 March 2014 | 22 August 2015 | 48 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 57 | 41 | +16 | 43.75 |
| Romania Rapid București | 27 August 2015 | 20 July 2016 | 34 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 55 | 21 | +34 | 64.71 |
| Romania ASA Târgu Mureș | 7 August 2016 | 22 December 2016 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 32 | 38 | −6 | 34.78 |
| Romania Concordia Chiajna | 23 December 2016 | 18 July 2017 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 25 | −5 | 30.00 |
| Romania Dunărea Călărași | 22 August 2017 | 12 June 2019 | 76 | 36 | 21 | 19 | 95 | 63 | +32 | 47.37 |
| Romania Astra Giurgiu | 13 June 2019 | 10 October 2019 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 14 | +2 | 38.46 |
| Romania Rapid București | 11 March 2020 | 6 August 2020 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | +0 | 20.00 |
| Romania ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 11 November 2020 | 17 June 2021 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 24 | −4 | 31.58 |
| Romania CSM Reșița | 30 June 2021 | 10 June 2022 | 32 | 25 | 6 | 1 | 91 | 16 | +75 | 78.13 |
| Romania FC Brașov | 23 June 2022 | 8 August 2023 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 31 | +27 | 48.15 |
| Romania Botoșani | 1 September 2023 | 2 November 2023 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | −14 | 0.00 |
| Romania Tunari | 18 March 2024 | 23 July 2025 | 37 | 26 | 4 | 7 | 91 | 30 | +61 | 70.27 |
| Romania ASU Politehnica Timișoara | 24 July 2025 | present | 20 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 50 | 12 | +38 | 75.00 |
| Total | 363 | 184 | 86 | 93 | 599 | 343 | +256 | 50.69 | ||
Honours
[edit | edit source]Player
[edit | edit source]UM Timișoara
Rocar București
- Cupa României runner-up: 2000–01
Dinamo București
Politehnica Timișoara
- Cupa României runner-up: 2006–07, 2008–09
Coach
[edit | edit source]ACS Poli Timișoara
Rapid București
Dunărea Călărași
CSM Reșița
Tunari
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External links
[edit | edit source]- 1979 births
- People from Caransebeș
- Living people
- Romanian men's footballers
- Romania men's international footballers
- Romania men's under-21 international footballers
- Men's association football midfielders
- CSP UM Timișoara players
- AFC Rocar București players
- FC Politehnica Timișoara players
- FC U Craiova 1948 players
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- Beijing Guoan F.C. players
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- Anorthosis Famagusta FC players
- Liga I players
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- Cypriot First Division players
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- FC Brașov (2021) managers
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