Valeriu Răchită

Valeriu "Vivi" Răchită (born 30 May 1970) is a Romanian former footballer and current manager.[1][2]

Valeriu Răchită
Personal information
Date of birth (1970-05-30) 30 May 1970
Place of birth Boldești-Scăeni, Romania
Height 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Position(s) Centre-back
Team information
Current team
 Sportul Snagov (manager)
Youth career
1985–1989 Metalul Plopeni
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1990 Steaua București 2 (0)
1990–1996 Petrolul Ploiești 169 (18)
1996–1998 Steaua București 58 (5)
1998–1999 FC Onești 10 (0)
1999 Ankaragücü 5 (0)
2000 Farul Constanța 3 (0)
2000–2002 Litex Lovech 42 (3)
2002–2004 Steaua București 43 (4)
2004 FC U Craiova 1 (0)
Total 333 (31)
Managerial career
2005–2006 Petrolul Ploiești
2006–2007 Chimia Brazi
2007–2009 Astra Ploiești
2009–2012 Petrolul Ploiești
2014 Romania (assistant)
2014–2015 Al-Ittihad (assistant)
2017–2018 Sportul Snagov
2018–2019 ACS Poli Timișoara
2019–2020 Sportul Snagov
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

A central defender, he spent most of his career in Romania with Steaua București and Petrolul Ploiești, winning a combined five domestic honours with them. Răchită also had brief stints in the country at FC Onești, Farul Constanța and FC Universitatea Craiova, as well as at Ankaragücü and Litex Lovech abroad.

Managerial career

Răchită began coaching in 2005 at Petrolul Ploiești, and continued his early managerial career at Chimia Brazi and rivals from Astra Ploiești. He returned to Petrolul in 2009, and guided it to Liga I promotion at the end of the 2010–11 season after winning its series in the second division.

Between 2014 and 2015, Răchita served as an assistant to Victor Pițurcă at the Romania national team and Saudi Arabian club Al-Ittihad, respectively.

Career statistics

Managerial
As of match played 7 December 2011
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGAWin %
Petrolul Ploiești 25 June 2005 27 May 2006 30 17 5 8 48 29 056.67
Chimia Brazi 25 July 2006 30 May 2007 34 7 5 22 30 57 020.59
Astra Ploiești 25 July 2007 5 June 2009 64 52 6 6 145 50 081.25
Petrolul Ploiești 30 June 2009 2012 78 40 23 15 118 61 051.28
Sportul Snagov 1 July 2017 30 June 2018 36 12 9 15 45 37 033.33
ACS Poli Timișoara 15 January 2019 16 5 4 7 13 19 031.25
Total 258 133 52 73 399 253 051.55

Honours

Player

Petrolul Ploiești

Steaua București

Litex Lovech

Manager

Petrolul Ploiești

References
  1. Valeriu Răchită, noul antrenor al ACS Poli! A fost convins de primarul Timişoarei cu un nou stadion: "Asta mi-a promis". liga2.prosport.ro (in Romanian)
  2. "Valeriu Răchită revine la Sportul Snagov". gsp.ro. 16 July 2019.(in Romanian)
  3. "Алея на славата - Валериу Ракита". pfclitex.com. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
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