Alin Artimon (born 31 August 1971 in Timișoara, Romania) is a former Romanian football player and current manager.

Alin Artimon
Personal information
Full name Alin Dănuț Artimon
Date of birth (1971-08-31) 31 August 1971 (age 53)
Place of birth Timișoara, Romania
Position(s) Centre back
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1989–1991 Steaua București 26 (0)
1991–1992 Gloria Bistrița 1 (0)
1992–1993 Politehnica Timișoara 1 (0)
1993–1994 UM Timișoara - (-)
1994–1996 CFR Timișoara 59 (1)
1996–1997 Politehnica Timișoara 19 (0)
1997–1999 FC Onești 42 (2)
1999 CFR Timișoara - (-)
1999–2000 Drobeta-Turnu Severin 6 (0)
Total 154 (3)
Managerial career
2004–2005 Apulum Unirea Alba Iulia
2005 Bihor Oradea
2006–2007 Politehnica Timișoara
2007 CFR Timișoara
2008 Forex Brașov
2008–2010 CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea
2010 Juventus București
2012–2013 Farul Constanța
2013–2015 FC Caransebeș
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

History

edit

Artimon started his career at CSȘ Timișoara and played for the senior team of Politehnica Timișoara before joining Steaua București. He was labeled the next Miodrag Belodedici, but he was plagued by injuries and never really managed to progress. His subsequent career saw him play for Timișoara based teams, such as CFR and Poli, before moving on to FC Onești and ending his career at Drobeta-Turnu Severin.

He started his manager career at the Divizia C team Telecom Timișoara. In 2004, he became the assistant of Gheorghe Mulțescu at Politehnica Timișoara and later on, in autumn 2004, the team's head coach. He continued his career as assistant and afterwards as head coach of Apulum Alba Iulia in Divizia A. After a short stint as manager at Bihor Oradea in Divizia B in 2005, Artimon was recruited in summer 2006 at Poli as a youth-supervisor. He received his big opportunity when being offered the manager position at the club after Sorin Cîrţu's release on 23 October 2006. While initially viewed only as a temporary solution, a good streak of results meant that he would be given the chance to lead the team for the remainder of the season.

However, on 5 March 2007, Artimon resigned from his position as manager, stating that he did not wish to continue to work for the club if his efforts remain unappreciated. The resignation came just two days after a draw against Dinamo București, when Poli used the second team in protest against a two-match ban received by Artavazd Karamyan.

On 26 March 2007 he became the manager of the Divizia B team CFR Timișoara.[1] On 2 July 2008 was named as the new head coach of Forex Brașov,[2] but was sacked in September after six rounds.[3]

In September 2008 he replaced Nikola Ilievski as manager at CSM Râmnicu Vâlcea.[4] On 30 July 2010, Artimon followed Eusebiu Tudor as manager at Juventus București.[5]

References

edit
  1. ^ "Alin Artimon pleacă de la Poli Timișoara la CFR Timișoara" [Alin Artimon leaves Poli Timișoara for CFR Timișoara] (in Romanian). sport.ro. 26 March 2007. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  2. ^ "Artimon, antrenor la Forex" [Artimon, coach at Forex] (in Romanian). prosport.ro. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Alin Artimon a fost demis de la Forex" [Alin Artimon was sacked from Forex] (in Romanian). gsp.ro. 22 September 2008. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  4. ^ "Nouă antrenori demiși în Seria a II-a" [Nine coaches sacked in Series II] (in Romanian). bihon.ro. Archived from the original on 11 June 2012.
  5. ^ "Alin Artimon este noul antrenor al lui Juventus" [Alin Artimon is the new coach of Juventus] (in Romanian). liga2.prosport.ro. 30 July 2010. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
edit