Sorin Oncică

Sorin Oncică
Personal information
Full name Sorin Ștefan Oncică
Date of birth (1973-07-29) 29 July 1973[1]
Place of birth Cetate, Romania[1]
Height 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position Attacking midfielder[1]
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1996–1997 CFR Cluj 32 (7)
1997 Gloria Bistrița 0 (0)
1997–1999 Universitatea Cluj 58 (2)
1999 Rapid București 0 (0)
2000–2001 Tractorul Brașov 25 (10)
2001–2002 Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii 22 (5)
2002–2005 CFR Cluj 83 (17)
2006 Gloria Bistrița 8 (0)
2006–2007 UTA Arad 16 (0)
Total 244 (41)
Managerial career
2007–2008 CFR II Cluj
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Sorin Ștefan Oncică (born 29 July 1973) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a midfielder.[2]

Playing career

Oncică was born on 29 July 1973 in Cetate, Romania.[1][3] He began playing senior-level football in 1996 at Divizia B club CFR Cluj.[1] Subsequently, he joined Gloria Bistrița where he played three matches in the 1997 Intertoto Cup.[1][4] Shortly afterwards, he went to play for Universitatea Cluj, making his Divizia A debut on 2 August 1997 under coach Adrian Coca in a 2–1 away loss to Steaua București.[1][3][5] The team suffered relegation at the end of the 1998–99 season.[1][6] Oncică went to Rapid București, where coach Mircea Lucescu sent him in the 54th minute to replace Ovidiu Maier in the 5–0 victory against rivals Steaua in the 1999 Supercupa României.[1][7] He then moved to Divizia B club Tractorul Brașov.[1] For the 2001–02 season, he played for Industria Sârmei Câmpia Turzii, moving afterwards to CFR Cluj.[1] Oncică helped CFR gain promotion to the first league at the end of the 2003–04 season.[1] In the following season, he scored a brace in a 4–2 win over Dinamo București.[1][8] Under coach Dorinel Munteanu, he played 10 games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup campaign as CFR got past Vėtra, Athletic Bilbao, Saint-Étienne and Žalgiris, with the team reaching the final where they were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by Lens.[1][9] In the middle of the 2005–06 season, he left CFR and joined Gloria Bistrița.[1] Half a year later, Oncică went to UTA Arad, where he made his last Divizia A appearance on 8 December 2006 in a 1–0 loss to FC Vaslui, totaling 113 matches with six goals in the competition.[1]

Managerial career

Oncică was appointed head coach in September 2007 at Liga IV team CFR II Cluj.[10] He helped the team gain promotion to the third league at the end of the 2007–08 season.[11]

Honours

Player

Rapid București

CFR Cluj

Manager

CFR II Cluj

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Sorin Oncică at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
  2. ↑ "Spectacol pentru Coroian. Generaţia 2003-2007 a CFR-ului a făcut show în Gruia, cu Anca autor al unui hattrick" [Show for the Coroian. The 2003-2007 generation of CFR made a show in Gruia, with Anca scoring a hattrick] (in Romanian). Cjsport.ro. 9 July 2017. Archived from the original on 13 July 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  3. 1 2 "Sorin Oncică profile". 4everucluj.ro. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  4. ↑ "Sorin Oncică. 1997 Intertoto Cup". Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  5. ↑ "Steaua Bucuresti 2 – 1 Universitatea Cluj". Labtof.ro. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  6. ↑ "1998/99 Divizia A". Romaniansoccer.ro. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  7. 1 2 "Romanian Cup - Season 1999". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  8. ↑ "CFR Cluj-Dinamo 4-2" (in Romanian). Hotnews.ro. 30 August 2004. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
    "Sorin Oncică. Liga 1 2004/2005". WorldFootball. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  9. 1 2 "Reperele lui CFR Cluj, echipa care în 2000 era ca şi desființată, iar acum domină fotbalul românesc" [The landmarks of CFR Cluj, the team that in 2000 was almost disbanded, and now dominates Romanian football] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 13 December 2019. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
    "Nu-i totul pierdut" [Not all is lost] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
    "Adrian Anca. Intertoto Cup 2005/2006". WorldFootball. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
  10. ↑ "Profesorul Oncica" [Teacher Oncica] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 6 September 2007. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
    "Sorin Oncică: "Meci de X final"" [Sorin Oncică: "Match of X final"] (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 2 March 2008. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
    "Fiica lui Iuliu Mureşan, poveste de dragoste cu Sorin Oncică" [Iuliu Muresan's daughter, a love story with Sorin Oncică] (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 31 October 2010. Retrieved 22 March 2020.
  11. 1 2 "CFR II a promovat in Liga a treia" [CFR II gained promotion to the third league] (in Romanian). Ziare.com. 2 June 2008. Retrieved 15 May 2026.
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