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Marin Ion (also known as Ion Marin; born 25 March 1955) is a Romanian football manager and former defender who currently manages Romania women's national under-19 football team.

Marin Ion

Personal information
Date of birth	(1955-03-25) 25 March 1955 (age 67)
Place of birth	Ciorogârla, Romania
Height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Position(s)	Defender
Youth career
1971–1972	Rapid București
1972–1973	Dinamo București
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1973–1984	Dinamo București	279	(4)
1985–1986	Bihor Oradea	28	(1)
1986	Victoria București	13	(0)
1986–1987	Rapid București	26	(1)
Total		346	(6)
Teams managed
1989	Pandurii Târgu Jiu
1991–1992	Flacăra Moreni
1992–1996	Petrolul Ploieşti
1996–1997	Farul Constanța
1998–1999	Petrolul Ploieşti
2000–2001	Astra Ploieşti
2001–2002	Dinamo București
2002	Bihor Oradea
2003–2004	Farul Constanţa
2004–2005	Universitatea Cluj
2005–2006	Bihor Oradea
2006	Dinamo București
2006	Farul Constanța
2007	Farul Constanța (caretaker)
2007–2009	Farul Constanța
2009	Dinamo București
2009–2011	Al-Ettifaq
2011	Dubai Club
2012	Dinamo II București
2012–2014	Kuwait SC
2014–2015	Al Dhafra
2015	Dubai Club
2016	Zakho
2016–2017	Al-Mina'a
2018–2019	Qadsia
2021–	Romania WU19
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

Marin started his football career as a defender with the youth team of Rapid Bucharest in 1971. A year later he joined Dinamo Bucharest, where he won 5 championship titles (1975, 1977, 1982, 1983 and 1984) and two Romanian Cups (1982, 1983). In the 1983–84 season, he reached with Dinamo the semi-finals of the European Cup, where they lost to eventual winners Liverpool.[1]

He left the club after 13 years to join bitter rivals Rapid Bucharest, and eventually ending his career with the Bucharest-based club. He also had spells with Bihor Oradea and Victoria București. As a footballer he made over 300 appearances in Liga I.[2]

Marin represented his country in the national U-21 and U-23 sides.

Managerial career

Marin has managed a number of teams in his native Romania, including the youth team of Dinamo Bucharest, Pandurii Târgu Jiu, Flacăra Moreni, Petrolul Ploiesti, Farul Constanţa, Astra Ploieşti, Dinamo Bucharest, Universitatea Cluj and Bihor Oradea (autumn 2002 and as of October 2005). His most successful spells in Romania was with Petrolul Ploiești taking over the team and win the Romanian Cup in the 1994–95 season, and participating in the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup. He also won his first league title with Dinamo Bucharest in the 2001–02 season. In October 2009, he took Al-Ettifaq from relegation, and qualified them in the AFC Champions League for two consecutive seasons. On 3 October 2011, the experienced coach signed a two-year contract with UAE Pro-League side Dubai Club.[3] He resigned after a few months, causing him to join the reserve team of Dinamo București in 2012. In July 2012, Marin was hired as manager by Kuwait SC and during his first season in charge, he won the Kuwaiti Premier League and AFC Cup.[4]

In 2013, he was named Kuwaiti Coach of the Year after winning his second AFC Cup title.[5] In April 2014, Marin stepped down as head coach of Kuwait SC.

On 30 September 2014, he became the head coach of the United Arab Emirates club Al Dhafra.[6] In January 2015 he parted ways with the club.

In April 2015, he returned for a short spell at Dubai CSC. In January 2016, he was appointed manager of Iraqi side Zakho FC replacing Ilie Stan.

In 2016, Marin was hired by Iraqi club Al-Mina'a SC, but stepped down in April 2017.

In May 2018, he moved back to Kuwait to coach Qadsia SC.[7]

In February 2021 he was appointed to Romania's women under-19 national team.[8]

Managerial statistics

As of 30 April 2019

Team	Nat	From	To	Record
				G	W	D	L	Win %
Al-Minaa		4 July 2016	18 April 2017	28	15	9	4	053.57
Qadsia		22 May 2018	30 April 2019	44	25	8	11	056.82
Total				72	40	17	15	055.56

Honours

Player

Dinamo Bucharest

• Romanian League (5): 1974–75, 1976–77, 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
• Romanian Cup (2): 1981–82, 1983–84

Manager

Petrolul Ploiești

• Romanian Cup (1): 1994–95

Dinamo Bucharest

• Romanian League (1): 2001–02

Al-Kuwait

• Kuwaiti Premier League (1): 2012–13
• AFC Cup (2): 2012, 2013

Qadsia

• Kuwait Super Cup (1): 2018
• Kuwait Federation Cup (1): 2018–19

Individual

• Kuwait Manager of the Year: 2013

References

External links

• Marin Ion at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian) and StatisticsFootball.com

На других языках

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[it] Marin Ion

Marin Ion, altrimenti noto come Ion Marin (Ciorogârla, 25 marzo 1955), è un ex calciatore e allenatore di calcio rumeno, di ruolo difensore.

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