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{{Short description|Romanian footballer (born 1976)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Flavius Stoican
| image = 
| caption =
| fullname = Flavius Vladimir Stoican
| height = {{convert|1.80|m|ftin|abbr=on}}
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1976|11|24}}
| birth_place = [[Vânju Mare]], Romania
| currentclub = [[CSM Reșița]] (head coach)
| position = [[Right-back]]
| youthyears1 = {{0|0000}}–1994     | youthclubs1 = [[FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin|Drobeta-Turnu Severin]]
| years1 = 1994–1995
| years2 = 1995–2002
| years3 = 2002–2003
| years4 = 2003–2006
| years5 = 2007
| years6 = 2007–2008
| years7 = 2009–2010
| clubs1 = [[FC Drobeta-Turnu Severin|Drobeta-Turnu Severin]]
| clubs2 = [[FC Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craiova]]
| clubs3 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| clubs4 = [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]]
| clubs5 = [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]]
| clubs6 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| clubs7 = [[Minerul Valea Copcii|Minerul Mehedinți]]
| caps1 = 
| caps2 = 101
| caps3 = 29
| caps4 = 48
| caps5 =  1
| caps6 =  7
| caps7 =  
| goals1 = 
| goals2 = 2
| goals3 = 1
| goals4 = 1
| goals5 = 0
| goals6 = 0
| goals7 = 
| totalcaps = 186
| totalgoals = 4
| nationalyears1 = 1999–2005
| nationalteam1 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
| nationalcaps1 = 19
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 2009–2010
| manageryears2 = 2010–2011
| manageryears3 = 2011–2012
| manageryears4 = 2012
| manageryears5 = 2012–2013
| manageryears6 = 2013
| manageryears7 = 2013–2014
| manageryears8 = 2015
| manageryears9 = 2015
| manageryears10 = 2016
| manageryears11 = 2017
| manageryears12 = 2017–2019
| manageryears13 = 2019
| manageryears14 = 2020–2021
| manageryears15 = 2021
| manageryears16 = 2021–2022
| manageryears17 = 2022
| manageryears18 = 2022–2023
| manageryears19 = 2023–
| managerclubs1 = [[Minerul Valea Copcii|Minerul Mehedinți]] (player/coach)
| managerclubs2 = [[CSM Reșița|CSMȘ Reșița]]
| managerclubs3 = [[FC Dinamo II București|Dinamo II București]]
| managerclubs4 = [[AFC Chindia Târgoviște|Chindia Târgoviște]]
| managerclubs5 = [[CS Mioveni|Mioveni]]
| managerclubs6 = [[FC Dinamo II București|Dinamo II București]]
| managerclubs7 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| managerclubs8 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| managerclubs9 = [[FC Voluntari|Voluntari]]
| managerclubs10 = [[FC Zimbru Chișinău|Zimbru Chișinău]]
| managerclubs11 = [[CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu|Pandurii Târgu Jiu]]
| managerclubs12 = [[FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|Politehnica Iași]]
| managerclubs13 = [[FC Petrolul Ploiești|Petrolul Ploiești]]
| managerclubs14 = [[ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu|Viitorul Târgu Jiu]]
| managerclubs15 = [[FC U Craiova 1948|FC U Craiova]]
| managerclubs16 = [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
| managerclubs17 = [[CS Mioveni|Mioveni]]
| managerclubs18 = [[FC Botoșani|Botoșani]]
| managerclubs19 = [[CSM Reșița]]
}}

'''Flavius Vladimir Stoican''' (born 24 November 1976) is a Romanian professional [[Association football|football]] [[Manager (association football)|manager]] and former player, currently in charge of [[Liga II]] club [[CSM Reșița]].

==Club career==
Stoican started his career at [[FC Drobeta]], but soon he left them for [[FC Universitatea Craiova|Universitatea Craviova]], where he played for seven years.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gds.ro/Sport/2017-06-09/fotbal-flavius-stoican,-noul-antrenor-al-echipei-csm-poli-iasi/|title=Flavius Stoican, noul antrenor al echipei Poli Iași|trans-title=Flavius Stoican, the new coach of Poli Iași|publisher=Gds.ro |date= 9 June 2017|access-date=22 February 2018}}</ref> In the summer of 2002, Stoican moved to Romanian giants [[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sptfm.ro/2018/02/18/un-fost-dinamovist-tine-cu-fcsb-derby-fi-ipocrit-sa-spun-ca-nu-ma-intereseaza/|title=Un fost dinamovist tine cu FCSB|trans-title=Former Dinamo player supports FCSB|publisher=Gds.ro|date=18 February 2018|access-date=22 February 2018|archive-date=11 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711092417/https://sptfm.ro/2018/02/18/un-fost-dinamovist-tine-cu-fcsb-derby-fi-ipocrit-sa-spun-ca-nu-ma-intereseaza/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

While playing for Dinamo, [[FC Shakhtar Donetsk|Shakhtar Donetsk]] manager, [[Mircea Lucescu]], spotted Stoican's abilities and brought him to the [[Ukrainian Premier League]] club in the summer of 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.click.ro/sport/fotbal/ar-bate-pe-cineva-echipa-antrenorilor-din-liga-1|title=Ar bate pe cineva echipa antrenorilor din Liga 1|trans-title=Could Liga I coach squad win against anyone|publisher=[[Click!]]|date= 8 February 2018|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref> He spent four years at Shakhtar Donetsk before moving to [[FC Metalist Kharkiv|Metalist Kharkiv]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.libertatea.ro/sport/oficial-flavius-stoican-este-noul-antrenor-de-la-csm-poli-iasi-1877923|title=Flavius Stoican este noul antrenor de la CSM Poli Iași|trans-title=Flavius Stoican is the new CSM Poli Iași coach|publisher=[[Libertatea]]|date= 18 June 2017|access-date=23 February 2018}}</ref> He did not manage to find a place in the first team at Metalist and returned to Dinamo București for the final year of his playing career.<ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|1915/flavius-vladimir-stoican}}</ref>

==International career==
From 1999 to 2005, Stoican made 19 appearances for [[Romania national football team|Romania]], making his debut under coach [[Victor Pițurcă]] when he came as a substitute and replaced [[Dan Petrescu]] in a friendly against [[Cyprus national football team|Cyprus]] which ended 2–2.<ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20170|title=Flavius Stoican|publisher=European Football|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=11306|title=Cyprus - Romania 2:2|publisher=European Football|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|author=Radu Siminiceanu |title=Romania National Team since 2000 – Details|website=[[RSSSF]] |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesr/roem-intres00.html|date=2006-07-26}}</ref> He played two games at the [[UEFA Euro 2004 qualifying Group 2|Euro 2004 qualifiers]] and six at the [[2006 FIFA World Cup qualification – UEFA Group 1|2006 World Cup qualifiers]].<ref name=EU/> Stoican's last game for the national team was a friendly against [[Nigeria national football team|Nigeria]] which ended with a 3–0 victory.<ref name=EU/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=26285|title=Romania - Nigeria 3:0|publisher=European Football|access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref>

==Managerial career==
In 2009, after ending his player career, Stoican was appointed manager of [[Liga III]] club [[Minerul Valea Copcii]]. For the [[2010–11 Liga III|2010–11]] season he moved to [[CSM Reșița]], and in July 2011 he was appointed head coach of [[FC Dinamo II București|Dinamo II București]]. After only six months, he resigned from Dinamo II and took control of [[FC Chindia Târgoviște|Chindia Târgoviște]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Adevărul]]|title=Flavius Stoican, prezentat ca fiind noul antrenor al Chindiei Târgoviște |url=http://www.adevarul.ro/sport/fotbal_intern/Flavius-Stoican-prezentat-Chindiei-Targoviste_0_624537754.html# |language=ro |date=2012-01-09}}</ref> He left Chindia in September 2012, after a poor series of results.<ref>{{cite web |publisher=Columna TV |author=Sebastian Setreanu |title=Flavius Stoican a plecat de la Chindia |url=http://www.columnatv.ro/tv/flavius-stoican-plecat-de-la-chindia/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130416103700/http://www.columnatv.ro/tv/flavius-stoican-plecat-de-la-chindia/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=16 April 2013 |language=ro |date=5 September 2012 }}</ref> In October 2012, Stoican became head coach at [[CS Mioveni|Mioveni]], with the primary objective of helping the team gain promotion to [[Liga I]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Gazeta Sporturilor]]|title=Flavius Stoican a trecut la Dacia! Fostul internațional are misiunea de a readuce Mioveniul în prima ligă |url=http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/flavius-stoican-a-trecut-la-dacia-fostul-international-are-misiunea-de-a-readuce-mioveniul-in-prima-liga-363958.html |language=ro |date=3 October 2012}}</ref>

===Dinamo===
In August 2013, he came back to [[FC Dinamo II București|Dinamo II]], now playing in the [[Liga III]], with the objective of gaining promotion to [[Liga II]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Fanatik (Romania)|Fanatik]]|title=Am refuzat mulţi bani pentru Dinamo.|url=https://www.fanatik.ro/am-refuzat-multi-bani-pentru-dinamo-voiam-performanta-17584333|language=ro|date=23 February 2018}}</ref> On 22 September 2013, Stoican was appointed as head coach at the main squad of [[FC Dinamo București]]. His contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 12 November 2014, when the club was placed sixth in [[Liga I]] and was eliminated from the [[Romanian Cup]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Gazeta Sporturilor]]|title=Interesul mai presus de orice|url=http://www.gsp.ro/fotbal/liga-1/interesul-mai-presus-de-orice-a-jucat-si-a-antrenat-la-dinamo-dar-la-derby-schimba-tabara-as-fi-ipocrit-533143.html|language=ro |date=18 August 2017}}</ref> From March to May 2015, Stoican had another brief spell in charge of Dinamo.<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Gazeta Sporturilor]]|title=Flavius Stoican noul antrenor al lui Dinamo|url=http://www.sport.ro/liga-1/teja-pe-banca-lui-dinamo-cu-ceahlaul-negoita-nu-isi-permite-sa-l-dea-afara-ce-se-discuta-la-negocieri.html|language=ro |date=12 March 2015}}</ref>

===Politehnica Iași===
In the summer of 2017, after his ambitious stint at [[CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu|Pandurii Târgu Jiu]] almost saved them from relegation to [[Liga II]], Stoican was appointed head coach at [[FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|Politehnica Iași]].<ref>{{cite web|publisher=[[Pro X|Sport.ro]]|title=Flavius Stoican este noul antrenor al echipei CSM Poli Iasi|url=http://www.sport.ro/liga-1/oficial-flavius-stoican-este-noul-antrenor-al-echipei-csm-poli-iasi-neagoe-a-fost-demis.html|language=ro |date=23 February 2018}}</ref> On 24 February 2018, in spite of a 0–1 loss to defending champions [[FC Viitorul Constanța|Viitorul Constanța]], Stoican led Politehnica Iași to its first [[2017–18 Liga I#Championship play-offs|Liga I Championship play-off]] and to an eventual sixth-place finish at the end of the season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://m.digisport.ro/fotbal/liga-1/extaz-la-iasi-dupa-calificarea-in-play-off-ul-ligii-1-398055|title=Extaz la Iaşi, după calificarea lui CSM Poli în play-off-ul Ligii 1|trans-title=Enthusiasm in Iași, after CSM Poli's qualification to the Liga 1 play-off|publisher=Digi Sport|date=24 February 2018|access-date=24 February 2018}}</ref>

===Mioveni===
On 24 August 2022, Stoican was appointed head coach at [[CS Mioveni|Mioveni]] on a one-year contract.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://csmioveni.ro/flavius-stoican/|title=FLAVIUS STOICAN, NOUL ANTRENOR AL CS MIOVENI|access-date=24 August 2022|date=24 August 2022|publisher=CS Mioveni|language=ro}}</ref> His contract was terminated by mutual agreement on 1 November 2022.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://csmioveni.ro/banca-tehnica/|title=BANCA TEHNICĂ A ECHIPEI DE FOTBAL A FOST SCHIMBATĂ|access-date=1 November 2022|date=1 November 2022|publisher=CS Mioveni|language=ro}}</ref>

==Personal life==
His daughter [[Lorena Stoican|Lorena]] is a professional handball player, who plays for [[SCM Craiova (women's handball)|SCM Craiova]].<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gsp.ro/sporturi/handbal/fiica-lui-flavius-stoican-a-ajuns-la-mondial-lorena-16-ani-este-la-turneul-final-de-handbal-feminin-de-la-istanbul-428525.html | title=Fiica lui Flavius Stoican a ajuns la Mondial! Lorena, 16 ani, este la turneul final de handbal feminin de la Istanbul| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=ro |trans-title=Flavius Stoican's daughter has reached the World Cup! Lorena, 16, is at the final women's handball tournament in Istanbul| date=21 June 2014 | access-date=29 October 2020}}</ref>

==Career statistics==
===International===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year
|-
!National team!!Year!!Apps!!Goals
|-
|rowspan="6"|[[Romania national football team|Romania]]
|-
|1999||1||0
|-
|2002||2||0
|-
|2003||5||0
|-
|2004||8||0
|-
|2005||3||0
|-
!colspan=2|Total||19||0
|}

==Managerial statistics==
{{updated|18 May 2025}}<ref>{{Soccerway|196714}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center"		
|+ Managerial record by team and tenure		
|-
!rowspan="2"|Team
!rowspan="2"|Nat
!rowspan="2"|From
!rowspan="2"|To
!colspan="8"|Record
|-
!{{Tooltip|G|Games managed}}
!{{Tooltip|W|Games won}}
!{{Tooltip|D|Games drawn}}
!{{Tooltip|L|Games lost}}	
!{{Tooltip|Win %|Winning percentage}}
|-
|align=center|[[Minerul Mehedinți]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|6 April 2009
|align="left"|27 May 2010
{{WDL|37|18|13|6}}  
|-
|align=center|[[CSM Reșița|CSMȘ Reșița]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|1 July 2010
|align="left"|29 March 2011
{{WDL|18|4|5|9}}  
|-
|align=center|[[FC Dinamo II București|Dinamo II București]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|13 July 2011
|align="left"|3 January 2012
{{WDL|17|5|7|5}}  
|-
|align=center|[[AFC Chindia Târgoviște|Chindia Târgoviște]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|9 January 2012
|align="left"|4 September 2012
{{WDL|17|5|5|7}}
|-
|align=center|[[CS Mioveni|Mioveni]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|1 October 2012
|align="left"|12 May 2013
{{WDL|18|6|7|5}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC Dinamo II București|Dinamo II București]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|23 August 2013
|align="left"|23 September 2013
{{WDL|4|3|1|0}}  
|-
|align=center|[[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|23 September 2013
|align="left"|12 November 2014
{{WDL|48|26|11|11}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|12 March 2015
|align="left"|6 May 2015
{{WDL|10|2|3|5}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC Voluntari|Voluntari]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|14 August 2015
|align="left"|24 September 2015
{{WDL|7|0|1|6}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC Zimbru Chișinău|Zimbru Chișinău]]
|{{flagicon|Moldova}}
|align="left"|10 May 2016
|align="left"|22 September 2016
{{WDL|14|6|3|5}}
|-
|align=center|[[CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu|Pandurii Târgu Jiu]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|11 January 2017
|align="left"|8 June 2017
{{WDL|19|4|6|9}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|Politehnica Iași]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|9 June 2017
|align="left"|29 May 2019
{{WDL|80|28|16|36}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC Petrolul Ploiesti|Petrolul Ploiesti]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|24 June 2019
|align="left"|11 December 2019
{{WDL|24|12|7|5}}
|-
|align=center|[[ACS Viitorul Târgu Jiu|Viitorul Târgu Jiu]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|28 August 2020
|align="left"|30 March 2021
{{WDL|25|15|3|7}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC U Craiova 1948|FC U Craiova]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|26 October 2021
|align="left"|3 November 2021
{{WDL|4|1|1|2}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC Dinamo București|Dinamo București]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|22 December 2021
|align="left"|9 March 2022
{{WDL|8|1|2|5}}
|-
|align=center|[[CS Mioveni|Mioveni]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|24 August 2022
|align="left"|1 November 2022
{{WDL|10|3|2|5}}
|-
|align=center|[[FC Botoșani|Botoșani]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|10 December 2022
|align="left"|21 May 2023
{{WDL|20|7|6|7}}
|-
|align=center|[[CSM Reșița]]
|{{flagicon|Romania}}
|align="left"|22 August 2023
|align="left"|present
{{WDL|58|28|17|13}}
|-
!colspan="4"|Total
{{WDLtot|438|174|116|148}}
|}

==Honours==
===Player===
'''Universitatea Craiova'''
*[[Cupa României]] runner-up: [[1998 Cupa României Final|1997–98]], [[2000 Cupa României Final|1999–00]]
'''Dinamo București'''
*[[Cupa României]]: [[2003 Cupa României Final|2002–03]]
*[[Supercupa României]] runner-up: [[2002 Supercupa României|2002]]
'''Shakhtar Donetsk'''
*[[Ukrainian Premier League]]: [[2004–05 Ukrainian Premier League|2004–05]], [[2005–06 Ukrainian Premier League|2005–06]]<ref name=RS/>
*[[Ukrainian Cup]]: [[2003–04 Ukrainian Cup|2003–04]]<ref name=RS/>
*[[Ukrainian Super Cup]]: [[2005 Ukrainian Super Cup|2005]]<ref name=RS/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{WorldFootball|flavius-stoican}}
*{{FFU player|50577}}

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