Mihai Teja
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Mihai Răzvan Teja | ||
| Date of birth | 22 September 1978 | ||
| Place of birth | Bucharest, Romania | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Vejle (head coach) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Years | Team | ||
| 1985–1997 | Steaua București | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 2000–2003 | Dinamo București (youth) | ||
| 2004–2005 | Dinamo II București (fitness coach) | ||
| 2005–2006 | FC Vaslui (fitness coach) | ||
| 2006–2007 | Dinamo București (assistant) | ||
| 2007–2010 | Steaua București (assistant) | ||
| 2010–2011 | Khazar Lankaran (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Astra Ploiești (assistant) | ||
| 2012 | Petrolul Ploiești (assistant) | ||
| 2012–2013 | Standard Liège (assistant) | ||
| 2013 | Astra Giurgiu (assistant) | ||
| 2013–2014 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2014 | Romania U21 | ||
| 2015 | Dinamo București | ||
| 2015–2016 | Universitatea Cluj | ||
| 2017 | Excel Mouscron (assistant) | ||
| 2017 | Pandurii Târgu Jiu | ||
| 2018 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | ||
| 2018–2019 | FCSB | ||
| 2019 | Politehnica Iași | ||
| 2020 | Voluntari | ||
| 2021 | Gaz Metan Mediaș | ||
| 2022 | Botoșani | ||
| 2024– | Vejle | ||
Mihai Răzvan Teja (born 22 September 1978) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Danish Superliga club Vejle.
Club career
[edit]After Teja finished his youth years at Steaua București and was starting to be integrated into the first team squad, he was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, a heart disorder that did not allow him to play professional sports, thus he had to put and end to his playing career without making a single appearance.[1]
Coaching career
[edit]Teja decided to finish his studies and got a master's degree and a doctorate at the National University of Physical Education and Sport.[2] While at college, he returned to football and joined Dinamo București, where he became youth coach at the club's academy. While there, he met Walter Zenga,[1] who recommended him to Coverciano, where he got degrees as a football manager and a fitness coach.
After Coverciano, he returned to Dinamo, where he was assistant manager at the second team of the club. In 2006, Teja began a collaboration with Mircea Rednic, helping him as assistant and fitness coach at FC Vaslui and Dinamo București.[3] After that he moved to Steaua București, where he was the assistant coach of Marius Lăcătuș, Dorinel Munteanu and Cristiano Bergodi.[4]
In 2010, after Ilie Dumitrescu was named the head coach of Steaua and came with his own technical staff, Teja left the club and was reunited with Mircea Rednic, at Khazar Lankaran. They returned to Romania in 2012, at Petrolul Ploiești, and then they moved to Belgium, at Standard Liège. In 2013, Teja separated from Rednic and joined Astra Giurgiu, under the management of Daniel Isăilă.[5]
Managerial career
[edit]He made his debut as head coach at the Liga I side Universitatea Cluj in October 2013.[6] He ended his contract in September 2014.
In November 2014, Teja was appointed head coach of the Romania national under-21 team.[7] He managed the team for a friendly game against Serbia U21, in Belgrade, won by Romania 1–0.[8] After only one game in charge, he ended his contract with the Romanian Football Federation. In January 2015, Teja signed a contract with Dinamo București, but was sacked only two months later.[9]
In December 2018, after a good first half of the season with Gaz Metan Mediaș, Teja accepted a one-and-a-half-year contract offer from FCSB, following the departure of former coach Nicolae Dică.[10]
On 9 January 2020, Teja replaced Bergodi as the head coach of Liga I side Voluntari.[11]
On 24 September 2024, Teja was named new manager of Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub.[12]
Managerial statistics
[edit]- As of match played 8 November 2024[13]
| Team | From | To | Record | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Win % | |||
 Universitatea Cluj | 23 October 2013 | 3 September 2014 | 30 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 30 | 29 | +1 | 46.67 |
| Romania U21 | 6 November 2014 | 19 December 2014 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 100.00 |
| Dinamo București | 7 January 2015 | 12 March 2015 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | +0 | 40.00 |
| Universitatea Cluj | 29 October 2015 | 13 April 2016 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 7 | +18 | 58.82 |
| Pandurii Târgu Jiu | 17 July 2017 | 6 August 2017 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0 | 0.00 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 1 July 2018 | 27 December 2018 | 23 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 31 | −7 | 30.43 |
| FCSB | 27 December 2018 | 21 May 2019 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 11 | +16 | 60.00 |
| Politehnica Iași | 10 June 2019 | 23 December 2019 | 24 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 30 | −4 | 29.17 |
| Voluntari | 9 January 2020 | 23 December 2020 | 35 | 14 | 6 | 15 | 45 | 48 | −3 | 40.00 |
| Gaz Metan Mediaș | 1 February 2021 | 15 September 2021 | 28 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 27 | 32 | −5 | 25.00 |
| FC Botoșani | 15 June 2022 | 10 November 2022 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 15 | 22 | −7 | 27.78 |
 Vejle Boldklub | 24 September 2024 | present | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | −1 | 16.67 |
| Total | 203 | 77 | 54 | 72 | 237 | 229 | +8 | 37.93 | ||
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Povestea lui Mihai Teja și planul său la "U" Cluj, prima echipă din cariera sa de "principal"". stiridesport.ro. 18 November 2013.
- ^ "Povestea "de film" a vieţii lui Mihai Teja" [The "movie story" of Mihai Teja's life]. ProSport. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Problemele cu inima i-au încheiat cariera de fotbalist lui Mihai Teja" [Heart problems ended Mihai Teja's career]. www.fanatik.ro. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Secretul lui Mihai Teja. O afectiune grava i-a incheiat cariera" [Mihai Teja's secret. A heart problem that ended his career]. Sport.ro. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Politehnica Iaşi are antrenor" [Politehnica Iaşi has a manager]. www.ziaruldeiasi.ro. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
- ^ "Conducere tehnica Universitatea Cluj". LPF.
- ^ "Mihai Teja, Noul selectioner al Reprezentativei U21" [Mihai Teja, the new U21 coach]. Romanian Football Federation. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Mihai Teja a anunţat lotul României U21" [Mihai Teja announces the Romania U21 squad]. Gazeta Sporturilor. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Motivul pentru care Mihai Teja n-a reușit la Dinamo" [The reason Mihai Teja did not succeed at Dinamo]. Digi Sport. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ "Gigi Becali a bătut palma cu Mihai Teja: "Da, așa este!"".
- ^ Mihaitalazarica (9 January 2020). "Bine ai venit Mihai Teja!" (in Romanian). Voluntari. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
- ^ Raymund Nelausen (24 September 2024). "Officielt: Vejle har præsenteret ny cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
- ^ "Mihai Teja". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
External links
[edit]- Mihai Teja coach profile at Soccerway