Valentin Năstase

Valentin Năstase
Personal information
Full name Vasile Valentin Năstase
Date of birth (1974-10-04) 4 October 1974
Place of birth Călinești, Romania
Height 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Position Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (assistant)
Youth career
Dacia Pitești
–1993 CSȘ Aripi Pitești
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1993–1994 Gloria Bistrița 11 (0)
1994–1999 Argeș Pitești 130 (2)
1999–2002 Dinamo București 64 (2)
2002 Genoa 15 (0)
2002–2004 Palermo 38 (2)
2004–2006 Bologna 34 (0)
2006–2007 Ascoli 29 (0)
2007 Dinamo București 2 (0)
2008–2009 Eintracht Braunschweig 25 (7)
2009–2012 Gloria Bistrița 65 (4)
2014–2015 Argeș 1953 Pitești
Total 413 (17)
International career
1999–2005 Romania 4 (0)
Managerial career
2015 Argeș 1953 Pitești
2018–2019 Argeș Pitești (assistant)
2020–2022 Chindia Târgoviște (assistant)
2022–2023 Romania U21 (assistant)
2023–2024 Gloria Buzău (assistant)
2024–2025 Politehnica Iași (assistant)
2025– SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea (assistant)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Vasile Valentin Năstase (born 4 October 1974) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a defender, currently assistant coach at Liga III club SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea.

Club career

Gloria Bistrița and Argeș Pitești

Năstase was born on 4 October 1974 in Călinești, Romania and began playing football at Dacia Pitești at the age of 12.[1][2][3][4] Three years later, he moved to CSȘ Aripi Pitești under coach Gabi Trandafirescu.[1][2][3][4] He began his senior career at Gloria Bistrița, which paid 6 million lei for his transfer.[2][3] Năstase made his Divizia A debut on 6 November 1993 under coach Constantin Cârstea in a 4–0 victory against Politehnica Timișoara.[1][5] The team won the Cupa României at the end of the season, but Cârstea did not use him in the 1–0 win over Universitatea Craiova in the final.[6][7]

In 1994, Năstase was transferred from Gloria to Argeș Pitești for a fee of 10 million lei.[1][2][3] He helped the team earn a third place in the 1997–98 season.[1][2][3] During the 1998–99 UEFA Cup, Năstase played five games, helping Argeș advance past Dinamo Baku and İstanbulspor through the qualifying rounds, before the team was defeated by Celta Vigo in the first round.[1][8]

Dinamo București

In 1999, Năstase went to play for Dinamo București, which paid a total transfer fee of €540,000 to Argeș.[1][9] He helped the club eliminate Mondercange in the qualifying round of the 1999–2000 UEFA Cup, but his side was defeated in the following round 2–1 on aggregate by Benfica, with him scoring a goal in the 1–0 away victory in the first leg.[1][10] He finished his first season with the club by winning The Double, playing 27 league games under coach Cornel Dinu and the entire match in the 2–0 win over Universitatea Craiova in the Cupa României final.[1][11][12] Subsequently, he played the full 90 minutes under Dinu in the 2001 Cupa României final, as Dinamo defeated Rocar București 4–2.[13] In the first half of the 2001–02 season, Năstase made 13 league appearances and scored two goals under coach Marin Ion.[1][11] However, he was transferred in the middle of the season to Genoa, but Dinamo still managed to win the championship without him.[1][11]

Career in Italy

In February 2002, Serie B side Genoa transferred him and Adrian Mihalcea from Dinamo, paying €600,000 for Năstase.[9][14] There, they became teammates with their compatriots Paul Codrea and Marius Sava.[15] In 2002, Năstase was signed by Palermo, which was then run by the former owner of Venezia, Maurizio Zamparini.[16] The transfer was a player swap, as Genoa sent him and Massimo Mutarelli to Palermo in exchange for Pierluigi Brivio, Mauro Bressan and Mario Cvitanović.[16] Năstase reunited at The Eagles with Codrea, and in the 2003–04 season he helped the team win the Serie B title, thus gaining promotion to Serie A.[1][17]

In 2004, Palermo exchanged Năstase to Bologna for Cristian Zaccardo.[18] He made his Serie A debut on 19 September 2004 under coach Carlo Mazzone in a 2–0 loss to AC Milan.[19][20] Bologna suffered relegation at the end of the season, but Năstase stayed with the club for one more season in Serie B.[1][21] Subsequently, he returned to Serie A football in 2006, joining Ascoli.[1][22] He played regularly during the 2006–07 season, but could not avoid the team's relegation to Serie B.[1][23] Năstase played a total of 45 matches in Serie A and 71 games with two goals in Serie B.[1]

Late career

Năstase returned to Romania in 2007 to make a comeback with Dinamo București.[1][2][3] The club had the objective of reaching the Champions League group stage, with Năstase appearing in both legs of the third qualifying round against Lazio Roma, which was eventually lost with 4–2 on aggregate.[1][24][25] In the second leg, while his side was leading 1–0, Năstase fouled Simone Del Nero, and a penalty was awarded to Lazio from which Tommaso Rocchi scored, initiating a comeback that resulted in a 3–1 victory.[24] He left the club shortly afterwards, having been made the scapegoat for the defeat to Lazio.[2][3][26]

In January 2008, Năstase joined the German Regionalliga Nord club Eintracht Braunschweig for a two-season spell.[1][2][3][27] Subsequently, he went back to Romania to join Gloria Bistrița, 17 years after his first stint with the club.[2] The team suffered relegation at the end of the season, but he stayed with the club, helping it achieve promotion back to the first league after one year.[1] Năstase made his last Liga I appearance on 28 October 2012 in a 4–0 loss to Steaua București, totaling 248 matches with five goals in the competition.[1] He ended his career in 2015 at Liga IV side Argeș 1953 Pitești.[6][28]

International career

Năstase won four caps for Romania.[29] He made his debut on 28 April 1999 under coach Victor Pițurcă in a 1–0 friendly win over Belgium.[29][30] His last appearance took place on 9 February 2005 in a friendly that ended in a 2–2 draw against Slovakia.[29]

Managerial career

In July 2015, Năstase was named head coach of Argeș 1953 Pitești in Liga IV, but was dismissed in November and replaced with Adrian Dulcea.[31] From 2018 to 2019, he was the assistant coach to Emil Săndoi and then Nicolae Dică at Argeș Pitești.[32][33] Subsequently, in the following years he worked as Săndoi's assistant at Chindia Târgoviște and Romania's under-21 team.[32][34] In 2023, he became the assistant of Andrei Prepeliță at Gloria Buzău, moving one year later to work once again with Săndoi at Politehnica Iași.[32][35] In 2025, Năstase was appointed as the assistant of Constantin Schumacher at SCM Râmnicu Vâlcea.[32]

International stats

Appearances and goals by national team and year[29]
National teamYearAppsGoals
Romania 199910
200020
200100
200200
200300
200400
200510
Total40

Honours

Player

Gloria Bistrița

Dinamo București

Palermo

References

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    "Mihalcea, Vali Nastase si Prodan vor juca in Italia" (in Romanian). Adevarul.ro. 31 January 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
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    "4 in Serie B: Mihalcea, Nastase si Sava – la Genoa, Prodan – la Messina" (in Romanian). Libertatea.ro. 30 January 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
    "Șocul unui campion român după transferul în fotbalul profesionist: "Nu aveam forță. Au fost luni foarte grele. Luam zilnic creatină, atunci nu era interzisă" + ce a trăit în Coreea" (in Romanian). Gsp.ro. 13 December 2021. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
  16. 1 2 "Doar Nastase va juca la Palermo" (in Romanian). Ziaruldeiasi.ro. 21 August 2002. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
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    "Nicolae Dică s-a depărțit de FC Argeș. Umilința de la Timișoara a fost decisivă" (in Romanian). Digisport.ro. 7 October 2019. Retrieved 11 July 2026.
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