A player with a Celerbu name has signed for two years with Politehnica Timisoara. Iosif Rotariu. It’s a coincidence of name and surname with the former Italian World Cup international. Iosif Liviu Rotariu (from now on we will call him Iosif L. Rotariu) was born on 11 June 2002 in Bozovici. He is from Prigor, like Iosif “the elder”, but they are not related. Iosif “the youngest” started playing football…

One of Politehnica’s debutants of the recently concluded season, Mario Oprea, has signed his first professional contract with the white-violet team. He was born on 16 May 2005 in Timisoara and played his junior football at the Polista Academy. In the 2022/23 season of the second division he played in three games for Poli, all of them coming on as a substitute. He made his debut against CSC Șelimbăr in…

Goalkeeper coaches from Politehnica Timisoara Academy attended a three-day International Goalkeeper Coaching Workshop in Wroclaw (Poland) where Mădălin Smaranda, Florin Rusu and Dragoș Coroban had the opportunity to learn new methods specific to goalkeeper coaching. The courses were presented by some of the best goalkeeping coaches in Europe, who train goalkeepers for clubs such as Liverpool, Real Madrid, Barcelona, Chelsea, Hertha Berlin, Internazionale Milano and Bayer Leverkusen, plus the goalkeeping…

Polytechnic doctor Musab Al-Qatawneh was born on 5 October 1989 in Al-Karak, Jordan. He played football, handball and basketball for his school team. In 2007 he came to Romania as a medical student in Timisoara, graduating in 2014. After his residency in orthopedics at the County Hospital, in 2020 he became a doctor at Premiere Hospital and private clinics in the city. He is a specialist in orthopaedics and traumatology…

Politehnica’s first-choice goalkeeper of the recently concluded season, Rareș Murariu, has signed a new contract (for two years) with the white-violet team. He was born on 5 April 1999 in Mangalia and played his junior football at the Hagi Academy. Since 2018 he has transferred, first on loan, to Politehnica Timișoara. He has also played for CFR Cluj, for whom he also defended in a Ligii I play-off match, coming…

Andrei Făgărășanu came to Politehnica (signing a two-year contract) from CSC Ghiroda and Giarmata Vii, a team with which he was, this season, on the brink of the play-off for the 2nd League. He is a striker or attacking midfielder and was born on 25 June 1991 in Hunedoara. He started football at Corvinul, then played for CFR Simeria, FC Hunedoara, CSM Rm. Vâlcea, Metalul Reșița, CSM Deva, Performanța Ighiu,…