Vasile Mănăilă (born 22 November 1962 in Bordușani) is a Romanian football coach and a former player who played as a defender.
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Vasile Mănăilă | ||
| Date of birth | (1962-11-22) 22 November 1962 (age 59) | ||
| Place of birth | Bordușani, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Defender | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Farul Constanța | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1981–1984 | Farul Constanța[lower-alpha 1] | 44 | (1) |
| 1984–1991 | Universitatea Craiova | 189 | (20) |
| 1991–1995 | Farul Constanța | 66 | (3) |
| 1995–1997 | ARO Câmpulung | 29 | (1) |
| Total | 299 | (24) | |
| National team | |||
| 1982–1985 | Romania U21[2] | 13 | (0) |
| 1984–1990 | Romania B[2] | 5 | (0) |
| 1991 | Romania | 1 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1995–1997 | ARO Câmpulung (assistant) | ||
| 2009–2010 | Farul Constanța (assistant) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Vasile Mănăilă was born on 22 November 1962 in Bordușani, Ialomița County, moving with his parents at age 7 to live in Constanța.[1][3] He started playing football as a child at Farul Constanța's youth center, his first coach being Iosif Bükössy, afterwards working more with Constantin Tâlvescu.[3] He made his Divizia A debut on 26 September 1981 under coach Emanoil Hașoti, playing for Farul Constanța in a 3–0 away loss against UTA Arad.[1][3] He played three seasons at Farul including one in Divizia B.[1][3] In 1984 Mănăilă went to play for Universitatea Craiova, spending 7 seasons and a half there, winning the 1990–91 Divizia A in which he contributed with 30 appearances and two goals scored, also winning the 1990–91 Cupa României and appearing in 19 matches in European competitions.[1][3] After his spell at Universitatea Craiova ended, he returned at Farul Constanța for three seasons and a half, having a total of 299 Divizia A appearances with 24 goals scored.[1][3] Mănăilă ended his playing career by spending two seasons as a player and an assistant coach at Divizia B team, ARO Câmpulung.[1][3] Afterwards he worked as a coach at junior level at Farul Constanța and Viitorul Constanța, also being an assistant coach of Ștefan Stoica at Farul's senior squad.[3][4][5]
Vasile Mănăilă played a single match for Romania under coach Mircea Rădulescu on 28 August 1991 in a friendly against USA which ended with a 2–0 loss.[6][7]
Universitatea Craiova