Romulus Buia

Romulus "Romică" Buia (born 15 June 1970 in Baia Mare) is a Romanian former football player and currently a manager. He was nicknamed "Figo from Berceni" by the fans of Rocar București which played the home games on the "Drumul Găzarului" field in the Berceni Neighborhood in Bucharest, because of the similarities with the Portuguese football star Luís Figo. His son Darius Buia is also a footballer.[1]

Romulus Buia
Personal information
Full name Romulus Adrian Buia
Date of birth (1970-06-15) 15 June 1970
Place of birth Baia Mare, Romania
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Playmaker
Club information
Current team
 ACS Poli Timișoara (technical director)
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1988–1989 Minerul Cavnic 20 (7)
1989–1992 FC Maramureș Baia Mare 50 (9)
1993–1995 Germinal Ekeren 22 (4)
1994–1995 → Universitatea Craiova (loan) 24 (6)
1996 Sportul Studenţesc 21 (3)
1996–1998 Universitatea Craiova 50 (5)
1998–1999 Progresul Șomcuta Mare 30 (15)
2000–2001 Rocar Bucureşti 25 (3)
2001 Dinamo Bucureşti 9 (0)
2002 Gloria Bistrița 5 (0)
2002–2004 Politehnica Timişoara 48 (3)
2005–2006 Pandurii Târgu Jiu 20 (1)
2006 FCM Reșița 9 (0)
2006–2007 Fortuna Covaci 30 (17)
2007–2010 FC Chișoda 21 (9)
2010–2011 FCMU Baia Mare 2 (0)
Total 386 (82)
National team‡
1991–1992 Romania 2 (0)
Teams managed
2011–2012 FCMU Baia Mare
2012 FCMU Baia Mare (sporting director)
2013 FCMU Baia Mare
2015–2019 Comuna Recea
2020 Minaur Baia Mare (technical director)
2020– ACS Poli Timișoara (technical director)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 25 November 2020
‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 25 November 2009


Career

Buia made his professional debut at the age of 18, playing for Minerul Cavnic in the Romanian Divizia B, before joining FC Baia Mare at the age of 19, a club also from Divizia B.

In 1991, at the age of 21, he made international debut against United States in a friendly game. He also played for Romania national football team in 1992, this time against Mexico.

FC Barcelona paid a close attention to him during the 1991–92 season. In the summer of 1992, Johan Cruijff, the Catalan side coach, invited him to train with the team but in the end the transfer did not materialised.

Buia started the 1992–93 at FC Baia Mare but was then transferred to Germinal Ekeren (3550) of Belgium during the season. He played in Belgium for two years, before being loaned back to Romania, this time at Universitatea Craiova, therefore making his debut in Romanian top league, Divizia A. In 1995, he returned to Ekeren but after at half season he terminated his contract and returned in Romania, signing a contract with Sportul Studenţesc of Bucharest, before joining again Universitatea Craiova for two seasons.

In 1998 his contract with Universitatea Craiova terminated and he failed to find another one with a top team, and therefore played for Progresul Şomcuta Mare, a team from the Romanian fourth division.

In 2000, he returned to Divizia A after signing a contract with Rocar București. After only a year he joined Dinamo București but left the team at the end of 2001 to play for Gloria Bistriţa.

In 2002, he was signed by Politehnica Timișoara, where he stayed until 2005, before being sacked by the new Timișoara coach, Cosmin Olăroiu and subsequently joining Pandurii Târgu Jiu.

In the season 2005-06 he played at FCM Reșița in Liga II before signing for AS Covaci in Romanian Liga IV.

Between 2007 and 2011 he played for FC Chişoda in Liga IV and FCMU Baia Mare in Liga III.

Then he became the manager of FCMU Baia Mare between 2011 and 2013 until the dissolution of the club.

From July 2015, he is the manager of Liga III club, ACSF Comuna Recea.[2]

References
  1. "Darius Buia se compară cu starul de la PSG: "Aduc cu Ibra, nu cu tata"". gsp.ro. Retrieved 7 October 2017.
  2. http://www.graiul.ro/2015/07/30/romulus-buia-noul-antrenor-de-la-acs-fotbal-comuna-recea/
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