László Bölöni

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Ladislau Bölöni
Personal information
Full name Ladislau Bölöni
Date of birth March 11, 1953 (1953-03-11) (age 55)
Place of birth    Târgu Mureş, Romania
Playing position Manager
Club information
Current club Royal Standard de Liège
Youth clubs
1967–1970 Chimica Târnăveni
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1970–1984
1984–1987
1987–1988
1988–1989
1989–1992
 ASA Târgu Mureş
Steaua Bucharest
Racing Jet Bruxelles
US Creteil
US Orleans		 406 (64)
97 (24)
16 (0)
11 (2)
77 (4)   
National team2
1975–1988 Romania 108 (25)
Teams managed
1992-2000
2000-2001
2001-2003
2003-2006
2006-2007
2007-2008
2008-		 AS Nancy
Romania
Sporting Clube de Portugal
Stade Rennais
AS Monaco
Al-Jazeera (UAE)
Standard de Liège

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only and
correct as of August 8, 2006.
2 National team caps and goals correct
as of August 8, 2006.
* Appearances (Goals)
The native form of this personal name is Bölöni László. This article uses the Western name order.

Ladislau Bölöni (born March 11, 1953 in Târgu Mureş) is a former Romanian football player of Hungarian descent, currently being a football coach.

[edit] Career as a football player

Born to an ethnic Hungarian family in Târgu Mureş, Bölöni's first team was Chimica Târnăveni. In 1970 he moved to ASA Târgu Mureş where he stayed until 1984, until he moved to FC Steaua Bucureşti, being part of the team which won the European Champions Cup in 1986 and the European Super Cup the following year. Bölöni remained at Steaua until 1988.

In 1988 he left the country to play in Belgium at Racing Jet Bruxelles and then in France at US Creteil. He retired from professional football in 1992.

Playing for the Romanian national team in 1983, he scored one of his most vital goals ever, against Italy in a Euro 84 qualification match which eventually proved invaluable to Romania qualifying for the tournament. At the finals themselves in France, he played in all three of Romania's games, and scored the equaliser in the 1-1 draw with Spain in Saint-Etienne.

In total, Bölöni won 108 caps for Romania, and scored 25 goals.

[edit] Coaching career

As a football coach, Bölöni has also enjoyed a successful career, which started with the French club AS Nancy, where he was head coach for several years. In 2000 he is appointed as manager of Romania but in the summer of 2001 decided to leave the job and join the Portuguese club Sporting Clube de Portugal as manager, where he won both the Portuguese championship and Portuguese Cup on his first year. He was fired at the end of the next season due to very poor results. His legacy at Sporting Clube de Portugal was the introduction of 16 and 17 year old youth players such as Ricardo Quaresma, Hugo Viana and Cristiano Ronaldo into the senior's team starting lineup.

In 2003 he returned to France as manager of Stade Rennais; in 2005, he managed the team to their best position in the history (4th in the Ligue 1), and qualified them in the UEFA Cup.


In May 2006 he signed a two year contract with AS Monaco FC but was fired on October 23 for lack of results (Monaco being 19th out of 20 in the French League by that date).


On June 9, Belgian team Royal Standard de Liège appointed Bölöni as their new manager. He will be the successor of Michel Preud'homme who led the club to their first Jupiler League title in 25 years (season 2007-2008).

Preceded by
Flag of Portugal Fernando Santos		 Cup of Portugal Winning Coach
2001-02		 Succeeded by
Flag of Portugal José Mourinho
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Romania squad - UEFA Euro 1984
1 Lung • 2 Rednic • 3 Ştefănescu • 4 Ungureanu • 5 Ţicleanu • 6 Iorgulescu • 7 Coraş • 8 Klein • 9 Cămătaru • 10 Bölöni • 11 Hagi • 12 Moraru • 13 Andone • 14 Irimescu • 15 Dragnea • 16 Negrilă • 17 Zare • 18 Augustin • 19 Gabor • 20 Iordache • Coach: Lucescu
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AS Nancy – Managers

Pleimelding (1967–70) • Redin (1970–80) • Huart (1980–82) • Collot (1982–84) • Wenger (1984–87) • Dewilder (1987–90) • Jacquet (1990–91) • Husson (1991) • Rouyer (1991–94) • Bölöni (1994–2000) • Smerecki (2000–02) • Bezaz (2002) • Correa (2002–)
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Romania national football team – Managers

Moraru (1922–23) • Rădulescu (1923) • Suciu (1923–24) • Moraru (1924–28) • Rădulescu (1928–34) • Uridil (1934) • Săvulescu (1934–35) • Rădulescu (1935–38) • Săvulescu (1938) • Iuga (1938–39) • Economu (1939–40) • Iuga (1940) • Economu (1941–42) • Lăpuşneanu (1942–43) • Vogl (1942–43) • Braun-Bogdan (1945) • Economu (1946) • Vâlcov (1947) • Vogl (1947) • Ronnay (1947) • Vogl (1947) • Vâlcov (1948) • Steinbach (1948) • Baratky (1948) • Vogl (1948) • Vâlcov (1949) • Vogl (1949) • Mihăilescu (1949) • Albu (1950) • V. Vâlcov (1950) • Vogl (1950–51) • Popescu I (1951–57) • Botescu (1958–60) • Popescu I (1961) • Teaşcă (1962) • Popescu I (1962) • Ploeşteanu (1962–64) • Stănescu (1964) • Ploeşteanu (1964) • Oană (1965–66) • Stănescu (1967) • Oană (1967) • Niculescu (1967) • Teaşcă (1967) • Niculescu (1967–70) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Stănescu (1971) • Niculescu (1971) • Ola (1972) • Niculescu (1972) • Ola (1972) • Niculescu (1972) • Ola (1972) • Stănescu (1973–75) • Drăguşin (1975) • Kovács (1976–79) • Halagian (1979) • Cernăianu (1979) • Kovács (1980) • Stănescu (1980–81) • Lucescu (1981–86) • Jenei (1986–90) • Constantin (1990) • Rădulescu (1990–92) • Dinu (1992–93) • Iordănescu (1993–98) • Piţurcă (1998–99) • Jenei (2000) • Bölöni (2000–01) • Hagi (2001) • Iordănescu (2002–04) • Piţurcă (2004–)
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Stade Rennais FC – Managers

Szekany (1932–33) • Mc Cloy (1933–34) • Schneider (1934–36) • Batmale (1936–39) • Pleyer (1945–52) • Artigas (1952–55) • Guérin (1955–61) • Cuissard (1961–64) • Prouff (1964–72) • Cédolin (1972–74) • Cuissard (1974–76) • Dubaële (1976–77) • Jubert (1977–79) • Garcia (1979–82) • Vincent (1982–84) • Mosca (1984–86) • Rampillon (1987) • Keruzoré (1987–91) • Notheaux (1991–93) • Le Millinaire (1993–96) • Colleu (1996–97) • David (1997–98) • Le Guen (1998–01) • Gourcuff (2001–02) • Bergeroo (2002) • Halilhodžić (2002–03) • Bölöni (2003–06) • Dréossi (2006–07) • Lacombe (2007-) •
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AS Monaco FC – Managers

Szanislo & Szemtmiklosy (1933–34) • Batmale (1948–50) • Schwartz (1950–52) • Grizzetti (1952–53) • Dupal (1953–56) • Marek (1956–58) • Pironi (1958) • Leduc (1958–63) • Courtois (1963–65) • Pironi (1965–66) • Sinibaldi (1966–69) • Pironi (1969) • Domergue (1969–70) • Luciano (1970–72) • Bravo (1972–74) • Muro (1974–76) • Forcherio (1976–77) • Leduc (1977–79) • Banide (1979–83) • Müller (1983–86) • Kovács (1986–87) • Wenger (1987–94) • Petit (1994) • Ettori (1994–95) • Banide (1995) • Tigana (1995–99) • Puel (1999–2001) • Deschamps (2001–05) • Petit (2005) • Guidolin (2005–06) • Bölöni (2006) • Banide (2006–07) • Gomes (2007–)