Sorin Vlaicu

Vlaicu was born on 3 June 1965 in Șimian, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1979, aged 14 at local club Mecanizatorul. He started his senior career at Mecanizatorul, going afterwards to Armata Craiova, and then in 1986 to Divizia C club UM Timișoara. In 1987, Vlaicu signed with Politehnica Timișoara where coach Ion Ionescu gave him his Divizia A debut on 14 May 1988 in a 6–0 away loss to Dinamo București. At the end of his first season, the team was relegated to Divizia B, but he stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back after one year, contributing with four goals scored, including one in a 3–1 West derby victory against UTA Arad. He played four matches in the 1990–91 UEFA Cup edition under coach Constantin Rădulescu, as in the first round they got past Atlético Madrid with 2–1 on aggregate, being eliminated in the next round by Sporting Lisbon against whom he scored once. Subsequently, the club reached the 1992 Cupa României final, where coach Ionescu used him the entire match in the loss at the penalty shoot-out to Steaua București, Vlaicu missing his spot kick. Vlaicu was transferred in 1992 by the 1991 European Champions Red Star Belgrade. He left the Yugoslavs after only half a season to return to Politehnica, but they still managed to win the Yugoslavia Cup without him. The White-Purples were relegated at the end of the 1993–94 season, Vlaicu spending one more year with them in Divizia B. In 1995 he moved to Hungary to play for Békéscsaba,…

Vlaicu played four friendly games for Romania, making his debut on 17 April 1991 when coach Mircea Rădulescu sent him to replace captain Gheorghe Hagi in the 61st minute of a 2–0 away victory against Spain. He made his last appearance for the national team on 8 April 1992 in a 2–0 home win over Latvia.

Vlaicu coached Timișul Albina during the 2005–06 Divizia D season, at the end of which the team earned promotion to Divizia C. In March 2014 he was brought by Dan Alexa to be his assistant at ACS Poli Timișoara. He also coached juniors.

Player

Politehnica Timișoara

Divizia B: 1988–89 Cupa României runner-up: 1991–92 Red Star Belgrade

FR Yugoslav Cup: 1992–93 UM Timișoara

Divizia B: 2000–01

Manager

Timișul Albina

Divizia D: 2005–06