Bănică Oprea

Bănică Oprea
Personal information
Date of birth (1967-11-02) 2 November 1967[1]
Place of birth Medgidia, Romania[1]
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)[1]
Position Forward[1]
Youth career
1979–1983 CSȘ Medgidia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1983–1987 IMUM Medgidia
1987–1988 Metalul Mangalia
1989–1998 Farul Constanța 241 (53)
1998–2001 Callatis Mangalia[a] 55 (11)
2001–2003 Aurora 23 August
Total 296 (64)
Managerial career
2001–2006 Aurora 23 August
2006–2007 Callatis Mangalia
2013 Callatis Mangalia
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bănică Oprea (born 2 November 1967) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a forward.[2][3] After he ended his playing career he worked as a manager at clubs from the Romanian lower leagues.[2]

Playing career

Oprea was born on 2 November 1967 in Medgidia, Romania.[1][2] He began playing junior-level football at the age of 12 in 1979 at CSȘ Medgidia.[1][2] In 1983, he joined IMUM Medgidia, making his Divizia C debut under coach Vasile Enache in a 4–3 win over Voința Constanța.[1][2] In 1987, he moved to neighboring club Metalul, reuniting with coach Enache.[1][2] He helped them earn promotion to the second league at the end of the 1987–88 season.[1][2] After playing for half a year in Divizia B for Metalul, Oprea moved to Farul Constanța, making his Divizia A debut on 16 April 1989 under coach Gheorghe Constantin in a 2–0 away loss to Sportul Studențesc București.[1][2][4] He played three games in the 1995 Intertoto Cup, scoring a goal in a 2–1 win over Pogoń Szczecin.[1][2][5] In the 1995–96 season, Oprea scored with a scissors kick in a 4–0 victory against Inter Sibiu, which was named the most spectacular goal of the season.[2] In the following season, he netted a career-best 15 goals.[1][2] Oprea played for Farul until 1998, totaling 241 matches with 53 goals in Divizia A.[1][2] Subsequently, he joined Callatis Mangalia, helping them gain promotion from the third league to the second in the 1998–99 season.[1][2] His last spell was as a player-coach at Aurora 23 August, where he helped them earn promotion from the fourth league to the third in the 2002–03 season, retiring afterwards.[2]

Managerial career

Oprea coached Aurora 23 August between 2001 and 2006, helping them earn promotion from the fourth league to the third in the 2002–03 season, while also being a player.[2] Subsequently, he coached Callatis Mangalia.[2][6][7][8] He also coached juniors and was an assistant coach at Farul Constanța.[2]

Honours

Player

Callatis Mangalia

Aurora 23 August

Manager

Aurora 23 August

Notes

  1. ↑ The statistics for the 1998–99 Divizia C season are unavailable.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Bănică Oprea at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 "Confundat cu un indian si amenintat cu arma: Golgheterul farist Banica Oprea l-a facut KO pe un german" [Confused with an Indian and threatened with a weapon: Farul goalscorer Banica Oprea made a German KO] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 20 March 2014. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  3. ↑ "Fostul golgheter al Farului s-a mutat cu familia in Anglia: Baiatul lui Banica Oprea joaca impotriva lui Chelsea" [Former Farul goalscorer has moved with his family to England: Banica Oprea's boy plays against Chelsea] (in Romanian). Ziuaconstanta.ro. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  4. ↑ "Sportul Studențesc 2 – 0 FC Farul". Labtof. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Bănică Oprea. 1995 Intertoto Cup". WorldFootball. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "Bîrboră preşedinte, Bănică Oprea antrenor" [Bîrboră, Bănică Oprea coach] (in Romanian). Telegrafonline.ro. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  7. ↑ "CSO Ovidiu s-a impus la Mangalia" [CSO Ovidiu won in Mangalia] (in Romanian). Ziare.com. 7 July 2006. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Callatis s-a înscris în Liga a III-a, deși spunea că se desființează" [Callatis registered in the Third League, although it was said that the team would disband] (in Romanian). Liga2.prosport.com. 7 August 2013. Retrieved 18 April 2020.
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