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{{short description|Romanian footballer and manager}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name           = Marius Baciu
| image          =
| caption        =
| fullname       = Marius Achim Baciu
| height         = {{convert|1.81|m|ftin|0|abbr=on}}
| birth_date     = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1975|5|1}}
| birth_place    = [[Mediaș]], Romania
| currentclub    = 
| clubnumber     =
| position       = [[Defender (association football)|Defender]]
| youthyears1    ={{0|0000}}–1992 | youthclubs1 = [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]]
| youthyears2    = 1992–1993 | youthclubs2 = [[FC Inter Sibiu|Inter Sibiu]]
| years1         = 1992–1996 | clubs1 = [[FC Inter Sibiu|Inter Sibiu]]               | caps1 =   57 | goals1 = 1
| years2         = 1993–1994 | clubs2 = → [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]] (loan) | caps2 =  24 | goals2 = 0
| years3         = 1996–2002 | clubs3 = [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]]     | caps3 = 140 | goals3 = 8
| years4         = 2002–2004 | clubs4 = [[Lille OSC|Lille]]                          | caps4 =  34 | goals4 = 1
| years5         = 2004–2005 | clubs5 = [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]]                      | caps5 =  24 | goals5 = 3
| years6         = 2005      | clubs6 = [[Panserraikos F.C.|Panserraikos]]           | caps6 =  14 | goals6 = 0
| years7         = 2006–2007 | clubs7 = [[ASC Oțelul Galați|Oțelul Galați]]          | caps7 =  36 | goals7 = 2
| years8         = 2007      | clubs8 = [[FC Universitatea Cluj|Universitatea Cluj]] | caps8 =   9 | goals8 = 0
| years9         = 2008      | clubs9 = [[CS Gaz Metan Mediaș|Gaz Metan Mediaș]]     | caps9 =  11 | goals9 = 0
| totalcaps      = 349 | totalgoals     = 15
| nationalyears1 = 1996–1997 | nationalteam1 = [[Romania national under-21 football team|Romania U21]]
| nationalyears2 = 1998–2002 | nationalteam2 = [[Romania national football team|Romania]]
| nationalcaps1  = 12 | nationalgoals1 = 2
| nationalcaps2  =  2 | nationalgoals2 = 0
| manageryears1  = 2009      | managerclubs1 = [[CSU Voința Sibiu|Voința Sibiu]]
| manageryears2  = 2010      | managerclubs2 = [[CS Pandurii Târgu Jiu|Pandurii Târgu Jiu]]
| manageryears3  = 2010      | managerclubs3 = [[FC Unirea Alba Iulia|Unirea Alba Iulia]]
| manageryears4  = 2011      | managerclubs4 = [[FC Silvania Șimleu Silvaniei|Silvania Şimleu Silvaniei]]
| manageryears5  = 2011      | managerclubs5 = [[FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|Politehnica Iași]]
| manageryears6  = 2011–2012 | managerclubs6 = Flacăra Făget
| manageryears7  = 2012      | managerclubs7 = [[CS Sporting Vaslui|FC Vaslui]] (assistant)
| manageryears8  = 2012–2013 | managerclubs8 = [[SC Bacău (2010)|SC Bacău]]
| manageryears9  = 2014–2015 | managerclubs9 = [[FC Academica Clinceni|Academica Argeș]]
| manageryears10  = 2015      | managerclubs10 = [[CS Concordia Chiajna|Concordia Chiajna]]
| manageryears11  = 2017      | managerclubs11 = [[AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele|Turris Turnu Măgurele]]
| manageryears12 = 2017–2019 | managerclubs12= [[ASC Daco-Getica București|Daco-Getica București]]
| manageryears13 = 2019      | managerclubs13= [[AFC Turris-Oltul Turnu Măgurele|Turris Turnu Măgurele]]
| manageryears14 = 2020      | managerclubs14= [[Sohar SC]]
| manageryears15 = 2020–2021 | managerclubs15= [[Al-Taqadom FC|Al-Taqadom]]
| manageryears16 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs16= [[Al-Arabi SC (Saudi Arabia)|Al-Arabi]]
| manageryears17 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs17= [[Al-Nahda Club (Saudi Arabia)|Al-Nahda]]
}}

'''Marius Achim Baciu''' (born 1 May 1975) is a Romanian former player and current [[association football|football]] [[Coach (sport)|head coach]].

==Club career==
Baciu started his career playing as a youth for [[Gaz Metan Mediaș]], before joining the squad of FC Inter Sibiu as a professional player in 1992. One year later he was loaned to his former team [[Gaz Metan Mediaș]], rejoining FC Inter Sibiu in 1994.

In 1996, FC Inter Sibiu was relegated from [[Liga I]], but Baciu, then 21, was signed by [[FC Steaua București|Steaua București]] winning the championship in 1997 and 1998 and the [[Cupa României]] in 1999. After a new championship in 2001, Baciu refused to renew his contract with Steaua and as a result, he was sent to play for the reserves team. During his years at Steaua, Baciu was also the team's captain.

In 2002, he left Steaua to play in [[France]] for [[Lille OSC]] but after two mediocre seasons he was released from his contract and signed with the German squad [[Rot-Weiß Oberhausen]] as a free agent.<ref>{{cite web | url = https://www.kicker.de/marius-baciu/spieler/2-bundesliga/2004-05/rot-weiss-oberhausen | title = Baciu, Marius | language = de | publisher = [[Kicker (magazine)|Kicker]] | access-date = 14 September 2013}}</ref>

Between 2005 and 2007 he was part of the [[Oțelul Galați]] squad. In 2007, Baciu signed a contract with the new promoted [[U Cluj]].

==Coaching career==

===Politehnica Iași===

In summer 2011, Baciu signed a two-year contract with Romanian side [[FC Politehnica Iași (2010)|Politehnica Iași]]. In August 2011, he was released from his contract. Since he started his coaching career Baciu has achieved great praise for his consistent results specially when taking Vointa Sibiu from second Romanian Division to First Romanian League and keeping the team in the first places in the championship.

While at Concordia Chiajna in 2015, Baciu successfully managed to keep the team away from the relegation in his last season in charge with the team.

==Honours==

===Player===
;Steaua București
*[[Liga I|Divizia A]]: [[1996–97 Divizia A|1996–97]], [[1997–98 Divizia A|1997–98]], [[2000–01 Divizia A|2000–01]]
*[[Cupa României]]: [[1997 Cupa României Final|1996–97]], [[1999 Cupa României Final|1998–99]]
*[[Supercupa României]]: [[1998 Supercupa României|1998]], [[2001 Supercupa României|2001]]

;Gaz Metan Mediaș
*[[Liga II]]: [[2007–08 Liga II|2007–08]],

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{RomanianSoccer|id=110/marius-achim-baciu}}

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