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 (age 45)
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

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Balint was born in Brașov, Romania, into an ethnic Hungarian family.[1] 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.[2]

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

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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

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Player

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CFR Cluj

Unirea Urziceni

Coach

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Unirea Tărlungeni

UTA Arad

Career statistics

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Managerial

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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

References

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  1. ^ "S-au desprins pe final".
  2. ^ a b "Nu-i totul pierdut" [Not all is lost] (in Romanian). Gds.ro. 11 August 2005. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  3. ^ "Romanian Cup - Season 2007 - 2008". RomanianSoccer. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  4. ^ a b László Balint at Soccerway
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