László Balint
György László "Gyuszi" Balint (born 29 March 1979) is a Romanian football manager of Hungarian descent.[1] He has been a player-manager in the 2010–2011 season,[2][3] after signing as a player in March 2010.[4]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | György László Balint | ||
| Date of birth | 29 March 1979 | ||
| Place of birth | Brașov, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.79 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Full back, Centre back | ||
| Club information | |||
Current team | UTA Arad (manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1988–1998 | Brașov | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1998–2000 | Rapid Energia Brașov | 37 | (9) |
| 2000–2001 | Romradiatoare Brașov | 26 | (2) |
| 2001–2005 | Brașov | 65 | (1) |
| 2005–2006 | CFR Cluj | 13 | (0) |
| 2006–2007 | UTA Arad | 29 | (0) |
| 2007–2009 | Unirea Urziceni | 19 | (1) |
| 2009 | Diósgyőr | 0 | (0) |
| 2010–2011 | Unirea Tărlungeni | 16 | (2) |
| Total | 205 | (15) | |
| Teams managed | |||
| 2010–2014 | Unirea Tărlungeni | ||
| 2014–2015 | Brașov (assistant) | ||
| 2015–2016 | Academica Clinceni | ||
| 2017 | Târgu Mureș | ||
| 2017–2018 | Miercurea Ciuc | ||
| 2018–2019 | Sportul Snagov | ||
| 2019 | Metaloglobus București | ||
| 2019– | UTA Arad | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 1 June 2019 | |||
Career
In his early career as a footballer, he played for Rapid Energia Braşov, Romradiatoare Braşov, before joining FC Braşov in 2001, where he played for four seasons in Liga I. After the club's relegation he moved to CFR Cluj, under player-coach Dorinel Munteanu, reaching with his new club into the Intertoto Cup finals of 2005. The following season, he transferred to another Liga I club, UTA Arad. In 2007, he is brought by Dan Petrescu into the squad of Unirea Urziceni, a team that would gain its first championship title in history two years later. After that, followed a short spell at Diósgyőr in the Hungarian First Division, before signing as a player-manager for Unirea Tărlungeni in the Romanian Liga III, a club near his hometown of Braşov. Under his management, Unirea Tărlungeni promoted for the first time in history in the Romanian Liga II. After coaching Unirea Tărlungeni for a year in Romanian Liga II în January 2015 was employed by FC Brașov as assistant coach for the second part of the 2014-2015 Romanian Liga I, followed by an employment as head-coach at Academica Clinceni in the Romanian Liga II. In June 2017, he was appointed as head-coach at Târgu Mureș, team that has relegated from the Romanian Liga I to the Romanian Liga II, where he spent only 3 months, resigning after the 6th match in the league, when ASA 2013 Târgu Mureș was sitting 3rd in the table. After his short spell at Târgu Mureș he took over the management of FK Miercurea Ciuc, finishing second at the end of the 2017–2018 season of Liga III, highest ranking in the club history. In June 2018, he accepted the offer from Sportul Snagov, team that finished 10th in the 2017–2018 season of Liga II, and under his command, the team becomes the biggest surprise of the competition, finishing the first part of the 2018–2019 season at the top of the table. Because of the financial problems that Sportul Snagov is struggling with, Gyuszi decides to leave the club in January 2019, along with many important players. Currently, he is in charge of UTA Arad.
Career statistics
Manager
| Season | Team | Division | From | To | Record | Obs | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pld | W | D | L | Pos | Pts | ||||||
| 2011–12 |  Unirea Tărlungeni | Liga III | July 2011 | - | 30 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 3rd | 59 | |
| 2012–13 | - | - | 18 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 1st | 45 | (C, P) | ||
| 2013–14 | Liga II | - | June 2014 | 42 | 15 | 13 | 14 | 9th | 58 | ||
| 2015–16 | Academica Clinceni | July 2015 | March 2016 | 22 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 6th | 40 | ||
| 2017–18 | ASA Târgu Mureș | July 2017 | September 2017 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19th | 13 | (R) | |
| 2017–18 | FK Miercurea Ciuc | Liga III | September 2017 | June 2018 | 25 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 2nd | 62 | |
| 2018–19 | Sportul Snagov | Liga II | July 2018 | January 2019 | 21 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 5th | 46 | |
| Metaloglobus București | January 2019 | June 2019 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 9th | 28 | |||
| 2019–20 | UTA Arad | July 2019 | - | 23 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1st | 50 | ||
References
- http://www.monitorulexpres.ro/?mod=monitorulexpres&p=sport&s_id=105025
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 September 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.monitorulexpres.ro/?mod=monitorulexpres&p=sport&a=citeste&s_id=93085
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 12 September 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2011.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)