László Balint

For the Hungarian football player, see László Bálint.

György László "Gyuszi" Balint (born March 29, 1979) is a Romanian football manager and former player.

László Balint

Personal information
Full name	György László Balint
Date of birth	(1979-03-29) 29 March 1979
Place of birth	Brașov, Romania
Height	1.79 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Full back, centre back
Youth career
1988–1998	FC Brașov
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1998–2000	Rapid Energia Brașov
2000–2001	Romradiatoare Brașov
2001–2005	FC Brașov	65	(1)
2005–2006	CFR Cluj	13	(0)
2007	UTA Arad	29	(3)
2007–2009	Unirea Urziceni	19	(1)
2009	Diósgyőr	11	(0)
2010–2011	Unirea Tărlungeni	16	(2)
Total		153	(7)
Managerial career
2010–2014	Unirea Tărlungeni
2014–2015	FC Brașov (assistant)
2015–2016	Academica Clinceni
2017	ASA Târgu Mureș
2017–2018	Csíkszereda
2018–2019	Sportul Snagov
2019	Metaloglobus București
2019–2022	UTA Arad
2022	Universitatea Craiova
2022–2023	UTA Arad
2024	Petrolul Ploiești
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Club career

Balint was born in Brașov, Romania, into an ethnic Hungarian family. In his early career as a footballer, he played for Rapid Energia Braşov, Romradiatoare Braşov, before joining FC Brașov in 2001, where he played for four seasons in Liga I. After the club's relegation, he moved to CFR Cluj, under player-coach Dorinel Munteanu, reaching the 2005 UEFA Intertoto Cup finals with his new club.

The following season, he transferred to another Liga I club, UTA Arad. In 2007, he was brought by Dan Petrescu to Unirea Urziceni, a team that would win its first championship title in history two years later. After that, followed a short spell at Diósgyőr in the Hungarian First Division, before signing as a player-manager for Unirea Tărlungeni in the Romanian Liga III, a club near his hometown of Braşov.

Coaching career

Under his management, Unirea Tărlungeni won its first-ever promotion to Liga II. In January 2015, he joined Liga I side FC Brașov as an assistant coach for the second part of the 2014–15 season, followed by an employment as head coach at Academica Clinceni in Liga II. In June 2017, he was appointed manager of Târgu Mureș after their relegation to the second division, where he spent only 3 months, resigning after six league games with the team sitting 3rd in the table.

Shortly after, he took over the management of Miercurea Ciuc, finishing second at the end of the 2017–18 season of Liga III, the highest ranking in the club's history. In June 2018, he accepted an offer from Sportul Snagov, a team that finished the 2017–18 Liga II season in 10th. Under his command, the team became the biggest surprise of the competition, finishing the first part of the 2018–19 season at the top of the table. Due to the club's financial issues, Balint left the club in January 2019, along with many important players.

In 2019, he took charge of UTA Arad. Under his command, UTA won the 2019–20 Liga II title, marking the club's return to top division after 12 years.

Honours

Player

CFR Cluj

• UEFA Intertoto Cup runner-up: 2005

Unirea Urziceni

• Cupa României runner-up: 2007–08

Coach

Unirea Tărlungeni

• Liga III: 2012–13

UTA Arad

• Liga II: 2019–20

Career statistics

Managerial

As of 12 May 2024

Managerial record by club and tenure

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				M	W	D	L	Win %
Unirea Tărlungeni		1 January 2010	25 June 2014	142	72	28	42	050.70
Academica Clinceni		1 July 2015	15 March 2016	22	12	3	7	054.55
ASA Târgu Mureș		15 June 2017	5 September 2017	6	4	1	1	066.67
Csíkszereda		10 September 2017	30 June 2018	26	19	5	2	073.08
Sportul Snagov		1 July 2018	17 January 2019	23	15	4	4	065.22
Metaloglobus București		18 January 2019	1 June 2019	17	8	4	5	047.06
UTA Arad		1 July 2019	31 January 2022	95	37	28	30	038.95
Universitatea Craiova		13 June 2022	9 August 2022	7	2	3	2	028.57
UTA Arad		1 November 2022	25 April 2023	22	6	6	10	027.27
Petrolul Ploiești		8 April 2024	6 June 2024	6	2	1	3	033.33
Total				366	177	83	106	048.36

External links

• László Balint at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)