Mihai Teja

Mihai Răzvan Teja (born 22 September 1978) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player.

Mihai Teja
Personal information
Full name Mihai Răzvan Teja
Date of birth (1978-09-22) 22 September 1978
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Position(s) Midfielder
Youth career
Years Team
1986–1997 Steaua București
Teams managed
Years Team
2013–2014 Universitatea Cluj
2014–2015 Romania U21
2015 Dinamo București
2015–2016 Universitatea Cluj
2017–2018 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2018 Gaz Metan Mediaș
2018–2019 FCSB
2019 Politehnica Iași
2020 Voluntari

Club career

After Teja finished his youth years at Steaua București and was starting to be integrated into the first team squad, he was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, a heart disorder that did not allow him to play professional sports, thus he had to put and end to his playing career without making a single appearance.[1]

Coaching career

Teja decided to finish his studies and got a master's degree and a doctorate at the National University of Physical Education and Sport.[2] While at college, he returned to football and joined Dinamo București, where he became youth coach at the club's academy. While there, he met Walter Zenga,[1] who recommended him to Coverciano, where he got degrees as a football manager and a fitness coach.

After Coverciano, he returned to Dinamo, where he was assistant manager at the second team of the club. In 2006, Teja began a collaboration with Mircea Rednic, helping him as assistant and fitness coach at FC Vaslui and Dinamo București.[3] After that he moved to Steaua București, where he was the assistant coach of Marius Lăcătuș, Dorinel Munteanu and Cristiano Bergodi.[4]

In 2010, after Ilie Dumitrescu was named the head coach of Steaua and came with his own technical staff, Teja left the club and was reunited with Mircea Rednic, at Khazar Lankaran. They returned to Romania in 2012, at Petrolul Ploiești, and then they moved to Belgium, at Standard Liège. In 2013, Teja separated from Rednic and joined Astra Giurgiu, under the management of Daniel Isăilă.[5]

Managerial career

He made his debut as head coach at the Liga I side Universitatea Cluj in October 2013.[6] He ended his contract in September 2014.

In November 2014, Teja was appointed head coach of the Romania national under-21 team.[7] He managed the team for a friendly game against Serbia U21, in Belgrade, won by Romania 1–0.[8] After only one game in charge, he ended his contract with the Romanian Football Federation. In January 2015, Teja signed a contract with Dinamo București, but was sacked only two months later.[9]

In December 2018, after a good first half of the season with Gaz Metan Mediaș, Teja accepted a one and a half year contract offer from FCSB, following the departure of former coach Nicolae Dică.[10]

On 9 January 2020, Teja replaced Bergodi as the head coach of Liga I side Voluntari.[11]

Managerial statistics
As of match played 22 November 2020[12]
Team From To Record
GWDLGFGAGDWin %
Universitatea Cluj 23 October 2013 3 September 2014 30 14 5 11 30 29 +1 046.67
Romania U21 6 November 2014 3 January 2015 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Dinamo București 7 January 2015 12 March 2015 5 2 0 3 7 7 +0 040.00
Universitatea Cluj 29 October 2015 13 April 2016 17 10 5 2 25 7 +18 058.82
Pandurii Târgu Jiu 17 July 2017 12 February 2018 30 18 5 7 46 23 +23 060.00
Gaz Metan Mediaș 1 July 2018 27 December 2018 25 10 7 8 32 30 +2 040.00
FCSB 27 December 2018 21 May 2019 15 9 5 1 27 11 +16 060.00
Politehnica Iași 10 June 2019 23 December 2019 24 7 7 10 26 30 −4 029.17
Voluntari 9 January 2020 Present 30 14 4 12 39 33 +6 046.67
Total 177 85 38 54 233 170 +63 048.02

Honours

FCSB

References
  1. "Povestea lui Mihai Teja și planul său la "U" Cluj, prima echipă din cariera sa de "principal"". stiridesport.ro. 18 November 2013.
  2. "Povestea "de film" a vieţii lui Mihai Teja" [The "movie story" of Mihai Teja's life]. ProSport. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. "Problemele cu inima i-au încheiat cariera de fotbalist lui Mihai Teja" [Heart problems ended Mihai Teja's career]. www.fanatik.ro. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. "Secretul lui Mihai Teja. O afectiune grava i-a incheiat cariera" [Mihai Teja's secret. A heart problem that ended his career]. Sport.ro. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. "Politehnica Iaşi are antrenor" [Politehnica Iaşi has a manager]. www.ziaruldeiasi.ro. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  6. "Conducere tehnica Universitatea Cluj". LPF.
  7. "Mihai Teja, Noul selectioner al Reprezentativei U21" [Mihai Teja, the new U21 coach]. Romanian Football Federation. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  8. "Mihai Teja a anunţat lotul României U21" [Mihai Teja announces the Romania U21 squad]. Gazeta Sporturilor. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  9. "Motivul pentru care Mihai Teja n-a reușit la Dinamo" [The reason Mihai Teja did not succeed at Dinamo]. Digi Sport. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. https://www.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/conditia-pentru-ca-mihai-teja-sa-semneze-cu-fcsb-acesta-este-obiectivul-clubului-582037
  11. Mihaitalazarica (9 January 2020). "Bine ai venit Mihai Teja!" (in Romanian). Voluntari. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  12. "Mihai Teja". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 2 February 2020.
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