Constantin 'Tică' Oțet (24 December 1940 – 19 February 1999) was a Romanian football coach.

Constantin Oțet
Oțet in the 1980s
Personal information
Date of birth (1940-12-24)24 December 1940
Place of birth Poroina, Kingdom of Romania
Date of death 19 February 1999(1999-02-19) (aged 58)
Place of death Damascus, Syria
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1959–1963 Metalul Turnu Severin
Managerial career
1964 Metalul Turnu Severin
1968–1977 Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
1977–1978 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
1978–1980 Argeș Pitești (assistant)
1980–1982 Universitatea Craiova (assistant)
1982–1984 Universitatea Craiova
1984–1985 Politehnica Iași
1985–1986 Minerul Motru
1986–1988 Universitatea Craiova
1988 Jiul Petroșani
1989–1990 Constructorul Craiova
1993–1995 Ala'ab Damanhour
1997 FC U Craiova
1998–1999 Al-Jaish Damascus
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

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Oțet was born in 1940 in Poroina, a village in Șimian commune, Mehedinți County. In 1959, Oțet began playing for Metalul Turnu Severin but several injuries forced him to end his playing career early at the age of 23. He won as manager the Juniors Romanian Championship in seasons 1968–69 and 1975–76, and as the second coach won the club's first league title in season 1973–1974. In the years 1969–1977 also worked as a teacher at the faculty of physical education and sport at the University of Craiova. As the second coach of FC Argeș Pitești won the Romanian championship in the 1978–1979 season, and in the 1980–1981 season as the second coach of Universitatea Craiova. He won the Romanian Cup in 1983 as head coach of Universitatea Craiova he also reached the UEFA Cup semi-finals in 1982. In the season 1989–1990 he promoted lower league side Constructorul Craiova to Divizia B. In 1990–1993 he worked as director of the Center for Children and Youth Universitatea Craiova. Then, with the Egyptian club won the Hosni Mubarak Cup. In the season 1995–96 again worked as director of the Center for Children and Youth Universitatea Craiova. In the first round of the season 1996–97 occupied the post of technical director for Universitatea Craiova, in the second half of the season 1996–97 he occupied the post of technical director for Al Nassr FC (won the Gulf Club Champions Cup). In the first round of the season 1996–97 once again began the post of technical director Universitatea Craiova. In the second half of the season 1997–98 with the Syrian club Al-Jaish SC (Damascus) won the championship and reached the final of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup.[1]

He died on 19 February 1999.

Graduate IEFS Bucharest, coach emeritus. Honorary Citizen of the City of Craiova.[2]

Honours

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Manager

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Universitatea Craiova
Al-Jaish Damascus

Assistant manager

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Universitatea Craiova
Argeș Pitești

References

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  1. ^ Bistriceanu, Liviu (11 October 2014). "Constantin Otet" (in Romanian). Gazeta de Sud. Archived from the original on 1 November 2014. Retrieved 11 October 2014.
  2. ^ API, Ciokix. "U Craiova » Constantin Oțet". www.fcuniversitatea.ro. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 10 July 2018.
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