Remus Vlad


Remus Vlad is a Romanian former professional footballer and manager. Vlad played as a defender.

Club career

Corvinul Hunedoara

Born in Cinciș, Hunedoara County, Remus Vlad started his career at Corvinul Hunedoara, named Metalul at that time, the most representative club of the county in that period. After two seasons at senior level Vlad transferred to Argeș Pitești.

FC Argeș Pitești

At Pitești Remus Vlad played in 175 matches and scored 4 goals for the golden team of FC Argeș, a team full of great players in the history of the Romanian football, not just of the white and violet club, such as: "Bebe" Barbu, Marcel Pigulea or Nicolae Dobrin, being the captain of the squad. That team of FC Argeș won the first Liga I title in the history of the club and won in the 1972–73 European Cup against Real Madrid.

Corvinul Hunedoara

After a great period at Pitești, both for Vlad and for FC Argeș, he returned to Corvinul when he played another 4 years for the team that formed him as a player. At The Ravens Vlad was coached by Mircea Lucescu and played along with very important players like: Michael Klein or Radu Nunweiller.

International career

Remus Vlad played for Romania in 3 matches between 1972–1973, against Morocco, Peru and Soviet Union.

Manager career

After retirement Vlad became the manager of Corvinul in 1982, immediately after Mircea Lucescu's departure to Dinamo București. Vlad coached one of the best Corvinul and Gloria Bistrița teams, with the last ones playing also in the European Cups. At Corvinul he discovered Mircea Rednic, he also spent an important period at Universitatea Cluj and two halves of seasons at Dinamo București.

Honours

;Argeș Pitești