Florin Alexandru Tene (born 10 November 1968) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper, currently goalkeeping coach at Liga II club Voluntari.
Tene was born on 10 November 1968 in Bucharest, Romania and began playing junior-level football at local club Dinamo under the guidance of coaches Ioan Timar, Iosif Varga and Ilie Balaci. Until his youth period ended in 1987 he was teammates with fellow goalkeepers Bogdan Stelea, Florin Prunea and RÃÂzvan Lucescu. He made his Divizia A debut, playing for The Red Dogs on 18 June 1987 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 5âÂÂ4 loss to Sportul StudenÃÂesc BucureÃÂti. That would remain his only appearance for the team, afterwards leaving to play for Autobuzul BucureÃÂti in Divizia B. After one season spent at Autobuzul, Tene returned to Divizia A football at FlacÃÂra Moreni. There, Tene spent two seasons, earning a fourth place in the first one that granted them qualification to the 1989âÂÂ90 UEFA Cup, where he appeared in both legs of the 4âÂÂ1 loss on aggregate to FC Porto in the first round.
In 1990 he joined Gloria BistriÃÂa and during the 1991âÂÂ92 season he was transferred back to Dinamo, where coach Florin Halagian used him in 21 league games until the end of the season as the team won the title undefeated. In the following season, Tene played all four games in the 1992âÂÂ93 Champions League campaign, helping them eliminate Kuusysi Lahti in the preliminary round, being eliminated by Olympique Marseille in the first round. In the middle of that season he returned to play for Gloria. There, in the following season he helped the club win the 1993âÂÂ94 Cupa României by playing five games in the campaign, including keeping a clean sheet under coach Constantin Cârstea in the 1âÂÂ0 victory against Universitatea Craiova in the final. In the same season he scored the only goal of his career from a penalty kick in a 5âÂÂ0 victory against Sportul StudenÃÂesc.
In 1994, Tene went for a third spell at Dinamo, and then in the middle of the 1995âÂÂ96 season he switched teams again, this time spending one and a half years at Rapid BucureÃÂti. Subsequently, he had his only experience outside Romania, playing 10 games in the 1997âÂÂ98 1.Lig for Karabükspor in Turkey. He returned to Romania at Steaua BucureÃÂti. In one season with The Military Men, Tene won two trophies, including one where he kept a clean sheet under coach Mihai StoichiÃÂàin the 4âÂÂ0 victory against Rapid in the 1998 Supercupa României. Additionally, he made two appearances in the victorious 1998âÂÂ99 Cupa României campaign, but without playing in the final. Tene played in the first half of the 1999âÂÂ2000 Divizia A season at Rocar BucureÃÂti and the second at ArgeàPiteÃÂti. In the following season he went for a fourth spell at Dinamo where he made his last five Divizia A appearances, totaling 275 matches with one goal scored in the competition and 15 games in European competitions.
Tene played six friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Cornel Dinu on 26 August 1992 in a 2âÂÂ0 victory against Mexico. He was selected by coach Anghel IordÃÂnescu to be part of Romania's Euro 1996 final tournament squad, but he was not used in any games. In the same year he played his last international match on 14 August in a 2âÂÂ0 win over Israel.
For representing his country at Euro 1996, Tene was decorated by President of Romania Traian BÃÂsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" â (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.
After he ended his playing career, Tene worked mostly as a goalkeeper coach for various teams, having only two spells as head coach at CS Otopeni and Sportul StudenÃÂesc. In 2013, he joined LaurenÃÂiu Reghecampf's staff, working with teams such as Steaua BucureÃÂti, Al Hilal, Litex Lovech, Al Wahda and Neftchi Baku.
Dinamo BucureÃÂti
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Steaua BucureÃÂti