Dan Ion Potocianu (born 5 March 1974) is a Romanian former footballer who played as a defender during the 1990s and early 2000s.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Dan Ion Potocianu | ||
| Date of birth | 5 March 1974 | ||
| Place of birth | Reșița, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | CSM Reșița (youth manager) | ||
| Youth career | |||
| CSM Reșița | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1990–1993 | CSM Reșița | 28 | (0) |
| 1993–1997 | Naţional București | 118 | (6) |
| 1997–2000 | Servette | 54 | (2) |
| 1999 | → FC Basel (loan) | 10 | (0) |
| 2000–2002 | Naţional București | 40 | (1) |
| Total | 250 | (9) | |
| International career | |||
| 1997 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 2008–2009 | FCM Reșița | ||
| 2009–2010 | CFR Timișoara | ||
| 2014–2016 | CSMȘ Reșița | ||
| 2016– | CSMȘ Reșița (youth) | ||
| 2017 | CSM Reșița (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career
Potocianu started playing professionally in 1990 with his home-town team FCM Reșița. In 1993, he earned a move to FC Progresul București where he went on to make over 100 appearances before leaving for Switzerland's Servette FC in 1997. While at Servette, he had a loan spell.
Potocianu joined FC Basel's first team on loan during the second half of their 1998–99 season under head coach Guy Mathez. Potocianu played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game in the Charmilles Stadium on 13 March 1999 as Basel were defeated 1–2 by Servette.[1] During his short loan period with the club, Potocianu played a total of 12 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 10 of these games were in the Nationalliga A and two were friendly games.[2]
He returned to Progresul București in 2000, but injury forced him to retire in 2002 at the age of 28.
He was capped once for the Romania national team, as a second-half substitute for Anton Doboş in an 8-1 European Championships Qualifying win over Liechtenstein in Eschen on 6 September 1997.
Honours
- CSM Reșița
- Naţional București
- Servette
- Swiss League (1): 1998–99
References
Sources
- Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
- Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
- Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
External links
- Dan Potocianu at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- Dan Potocianu at National-Football-Teams.com
- Dan Potocianu at WorldFootball.net