Valentin Adrian Velcea (born 5 September 1973 in Sadova) is a retired Romanian football midfielder and manager. He is currently the technical director at CSC Peciu Nou.
Velcea started football in TimiÃÂoara and made a name for himself while at Politehnica. He was a very technical midfielder with good passing and long shots.
He stayed at the club most of his career, swapping to Gloria Bistrià £a in 1999 where he scored three goals, before returning to the Politehnica TimiÃÂoara in 2004. He retired after being deemed a surplus to the team requirements by Gheorghe Hagi in 2006.
Velcea was assistant manager from 2006 to 2009 when he was promoted to Politehnica II TimiÃÂoara before he returned as assistant in 2010 after poor results.
He also was two times caretaker manager and plays two Cupa României finals after Alin Artimon resigned and Gabi Balint was sacked just one week before the final. However, Velcea loses both finals, first 0âÂÂ2 at home against Rapid BucureÃÂti in 2007 and the other one in 2009 at Tudor Vladimirescu stadium 3âÂÂ0 against CFR Cluj.
Although Politehnica TimiÃÂoara finished on the second place in the 2010âÂÂ11 Liga I, the team was relegated to Liga II after the license necessary to play in the first division was denied by Romanian Football Federation and Duà ¡an Uhrin, Jr. left the team in July, and Velcea was appointed the new manager of the team on 4 August 2011.