{{Short description|Romanian footballer and coach}} {{Use dmy dates|date=November 2021}} {{Infobox football biography | image = | fullname = Florin Alexandru Tene | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1968|11|10|df=y}} | birth_place = Bucharest, Romania | height = {{convert|1.80|m|abbr=on}} | position = Goalkeeper | currentclub = Voluntari (GK coach) | youthyears1 = 1975–1987 | youthclubs1 = Dinamo București | years1 = 1986–1987 | years2 = 1987–1988 | years3 = 1988–1990 | years4 = 1990–1991 | years5 = 1991–1992 | years6 = 1992–1994 | years7 = 1994–1995 | years8 = 1995–1997 | years9 = 1997–1998 | years10 = 1998–1999 | years11 = 1999 | years12 = 2000 | years13 = 2000–2001 | clubs1 = Dinamo București | clubs2 = Autobuzul București | clubs3 = Flacăra Moreni | clubs4 = Gloria Bistrița | clubs5 = Dinamo București | clubs6 = Gloria Bistrița | clubs7 = Dinamo București | clubs8 = Rapid București | clubs9 = Karabükspor | clubs10 = Steaua București | clubs11 = Rocar București | clubs12 = Argeș Pitești | clubs13 = Dinamo București | caps1 = 1 | goals1 = 0 | caps2 = | goals2 = | caps3 = 45 | goals3 = 0 | caps4 = 44 | goals4 = 0 | caps5 = 30 | goals5 = 0 | caps6 = 49 | goals6 = 1 | caps7 = 21 | goals7 = 0 | caps8 = 44 | goals8 = 0 | caps9 = 10 | goals9 = 0 | caps10 = 13 | goals10 = 0 | caps11 = 10 | goals11 = 0 | caps12 = 13 | goals12 = 0 | caps13 = 5 | goals13 = 0 | totalcaps = 285 | totalgoals = 1 | nationalyears1 = 1992–1996 | nationalteam1 = Romania | nationalcaps1 = 6 | nationalgoals1 = 0 | manageryears1 = 2001–2002 | managerclubs1 = Sportul Studențesc (GK coach) | manageryears2 = 2002–2012 | managerclubs2 = Romania U–21 (GK coach) | manageryears3 = 2005–2006 | managerclubs3 = Dinamo II București (GK coach) | manageryears4 = 2007–2009 | managerclubs4 = Progresul București (GK coach) | manageryears5 = 2009–2010 | managerclubs5 = CS Otopeni | manageryears6 = 2010–2011 | managerclubs6 = Sportul Studențesc | manageryears7 = 2012–2013 | managerclubs7 = Petrolul Ploiești (GK coach) | manageryears8 = 2013 | managerclubs8 = Dinamo București (GK coach) | manageryears9 = 2013–2014 | managerclubs9 = Steaua București (GK coach) | manageryears10 = 2014–2015 | managerclubs10 = Al Hilal (GK coach) | manageryears11 = 2015 | managerclubs11 = Litex Lovech (GK coach) | manageryears12 = 2015–2017 | managerclubs12 = Steaua București (GK coach) | manageryears13 = 2017–2018 | managerclubs13 = Al Wahda (GK coach) | manageryears14 = 2019–2020 | managerclubs14 = Al-Wasl (GK coach) | manageryears15 = 2021 | managerclubs15 = Al Ahli (GK coach) | manageryears16 = 2021–2022 | managerclubs16 = Universitatea Craiova (GK coach) | manageryears17 = 2022–2023 | managerclubs17 = Neftchi Baku (GK coach) | manageryears18 = 2023–2024 | managerclubs18 = Gaziantep (GK coach) | manageryears19 = 2025– | managerclubs19 = Voluntari (GK coach) }}
'''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.
==Club career== 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.<ref name=DIGI>{{cite web | url=https://www.digisport.ro/special/florin-tene-din-dubai-avem-voie-doar-la-cumparaturi-sau-la-medic-mesajul-la-politie-retro-dinamo-plus-top-3-portari-ai-lumii-823720| title=Florin Tene, din Dubai. "Avem voie doar la cumpărături sau la medic". Mesajul la poliție, "Retro Dinamo" + Top 3 portari ai lumii| publisher=Digisport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Florin Tene, from Dubai. "We are only allowed to go shopping or to the doctor." The message to the police, "Retro Dinamo" + Top 3 goalkeepers in the world| date=12 April 2020 | access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=DIGI2>{{cite web | url=https://www.digisport.ro/special/viziunea-lui-florin-tene-despre-rolul-antrenorilor-de-portari-intr-un-staff-sunt-unul-dintre-putinii-norocosi-983825| title=Viziunea lui Florin Tene despre rolul antrenorilor de portari într-un staff. "Sunt unul dintre puținii norocoși"| publisher=Digisport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Florin Tene's view on the role of goalkeeper coaches in a staff. "I'm one of the few lucky ones"| date=11 January 2021 | access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=sport>{{cite web | url=https://www.sport.ro/nationala/florin-tene-analizeaza-portarii-nationalei-e-un-act-de-curaj-dar-si-un-risc-romania-slovenia-e-de-la-18.html| title=Florin Tene analizează portarii naționalei. "E un act de curaj, dar și un risc". România - Slovenia e de la 18:30, în direct pe Pro Arena și VOYO| publisher=Sport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Florin Tene analyzes the goalkeepers of the national team. "It's an act of courage, but also a risk." Romania - Slovenia is from 18:30, live on Pro Arena and VOYO| date=17 November 2022 | access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://adevarul.ro/news/sport/povestea-boemilor-fotbalul-romanesc-flencea-varga-erau-academicieni-profesori-doctori-stiinte-alcoolice-1_57fe91905ab6550cb880abef/index.html | title=Povestea boemilor din fotbalul românesc. "Flencea" şi cu Varga erau "academicieni profesori doctori în ştiinţe alcoolice"| publisher=Adevarul.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=The story of the bohemians in Romanian football. "Flencea" and Varga were "academic doctoral professors in alcoholic sciences"| date=13 October 2016 | access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> Until his youth period ended in 1987 he was teammates with fellow goalkeepers Bogdan Stelea, Florin Prunea and Răzvan Lucescu.<ref name=sport/> He made his Divizia A debut, playing for ''The Red Dogs'' on 18 June 1987 under coach Mircea Lucescu in a 5–4 loss to Sportul Studențesc București.<ref name=DIGI/><ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS>{{RomanianSoccer|1981/florin-alexandru-tene}}</ref> That would remain his only appearance for the team, afterwards leaving to play for Autobuzul București in Divizia B.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/> After one season spent at Autobuzul, Tene returned to Divizia A football at Flacăra Moreni.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/> There, Tene spent two seasons, earning a fourth place in the first one that granted them qualification to the 1989–90 UEFA Cup, where he appeared in both legs of the 4–1 loss on aggregate to FC Porto in the first round.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe50137/florin-tene/co132/uefa-europa-league/se2713/1989-1990/club-matches/|title=Florin Tene. UEFA Cup 1989/1990|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref>
In 1990 he joined Gloria Bistrița and during the 1991–92 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.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/><ref name=RSC>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/menu_items/champions.shtml|title=Romania National Champions |publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/stiri/68389/dinamo-bucuresti-in-1991-92.htm|title=Dinamo Bucuresti in 1991–92|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=12 September 2024}}</ref> In the following season, Tene played all four games in the 1992–93 Champions League campaign, helping them eliminate Kuusysi Lahti in the first round of the 1992–93 Champions League.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/><ref name=marseille>{{cite web | url=https://www.gsp.ro/international/liga-campionilor/retro-gsp-dubla-dinamo-marseille-644748.html | title=29 de ani de la cea mai Misterioasă "dublă" europeană a lui Dinamo: "Băieții au avut 30.000 de dolari bonus de calificare"| publisher=Gsp.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=29 years since Dinamo's most Mysterious European "double": "The boys had a $30,000 qualification bonus"| date=21 October 2021 | access-date=7 May 2026}}<br>{{cite web | url=https://welovesport.ro/stiri/fotbal-vintage-trei-decenii-de-la-dinamo-marseille-un-meci-invaluit-in-mister-23051 | title=Trei decenii de la Dinamo – Marseille, un meci învăluit în mister| publisher=Welovesport.ro| language=Romanian|trans-title=Three decades since Dinamo - Marseille, a match shrouded in mystery| date=21 October 2022| access-date=7 May 2026}}<br>{{cite web|publisher=WorldFootball|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/person/pe50137/florin-tene/co19/uefa-champions-league/se3013/1992-1993/club-matches/|title=Florin Tene. Champions League 1992/1993|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> Dinamo faced Olympique Marseille in the second round, where they drew 0–0 in the first leg but lost the subsequent game with 2–0, the French ultimately winning the competition.<ref name=RS/><ref name=marseille/> In the middle of that season, Tene returned to play for Gloria.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/> There, in the following season he helped the club win the 1993–94 Cupa României by playing five games in the campaign, including keeping a clean sheet under coach Constantin Cârstea in the 1–0 victory against Universitatea Craiova in the final.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/><ref name=RSCR>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1993_1994.shtml|title=Cupa României – Season 1993/94|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref><ref name=sportul>{{cite web | url=https://www.sportulbistritean.ro/florin-tene-%C2%9Dpadureanu-a-fost-ca-un-tata-pentru-mine-aveam-bani-in-toate-buzunarele/ | title=Florin Tene:"Pădureanu a fost ca un tată pentru mine. Aveam bani în toate buzunarele!"| publisher=Sportulbistritean.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title=Florin Tene:"Pădureanu was like a father to me. I had money in all my pockets!"| date=22 September 2016 | access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> In the same season, he scored the only goal of his career from a penalty kick in a 5–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/><ref name=sportul/>
In 1994, Tene went for a third spell at Dinamo, and then in the middle of the 1995–96 season he switched teams again, this time spending one and a half years at Rapid București.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/> Subsequently, he had his only experience outside Romania, playing 10 games in the 1997–98 1.Lig for Karabükspor in Turkey.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/> He returned to Romania at Steaua București.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/> In one season with ''The Military Men'', Tene won two trophies, including one where he kept a clean sheet under coach Mihai Stoichiță in the 4–0 victory against Rapid in the 1998 Supercupa României.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/><ref name=RSSR>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/super_cup/1998.shtml|title=Superupa României – Season 1998|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> Additionally, he made two appearances in the victorious 1998–99 Cupa României campaign, but without playing in the final.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.romaniansoccer.ro/romanian_cup/1998_1999.shtml|title=Cupa României – Season 1998/99|publisher=RomanianSoccer|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> Tene played in the first half of the 1999–2000 Divizia A season at Rocar București and the second at Argeș Pitești.<ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/> 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.<ref name=sport/><ref name=RS/><ref>{{WorldFootball|florin-tene}}</ref>
==International career== Tene played six friendly games for Romania, making his debut under coach Cornel Dinu on 26 August 1992 in a 2–0 victory against Mexico.<ref name=EU>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=20845|title=Florin Tene profile|publisher=European Football|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_match.php?id=9587|title=Romania 2-0 Mexico|publisher=European Football|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> He was selected by coach Anghel Iordănescu to be part of Romania's Euro 1996 final tournament squad, but he was not used in any games.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=EU/> In the same year he played his last international match on 14 August in a 2–0 win over Israel.<ref name=EU/>
For representing his country at Euro 1996, Tene was decorated by President of Romania Traian Băsescu on 25 March 2008 with the Ordinul "Meritul Sportiv" – (The Medal "The Sportive Merit") class III.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/93/Monitorul_Oficial_al_Rom%C3%A2niei._Partea_I_2008-03-28%2C_nr._241.pdf |title=DECRET privind conferirea Ordinului și Medaliei Meritul Sportiv |publisher=Monitorul Oficial al României Nr. 241 |date=28 March 2008 |page=3 |access-date= 21 February 2023}}</ref>
===International stats=== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" ! colspan=3 | Romania<ref name=EU/> |- !Year!!Apps!!Goals |- |1992||1||0 |- |1993||2||0 |- |1994||0||0 |- |1995||0||0 |- |1996||3||0 |- !Total||6||0 |}
==Managerial career== 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 Studențesc.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=DIGI3>{{cite web | url=https://www.digisport.ro/special/am-sarit-cu-umbrela-de-la-etaj-si-mi-am-dat-seama-ca-trebuie-sa-fiu-portar-asa-a-inceput-cariera-unui-fost-international-1143675 | title="Am sărit cu umbrela de la etaj și mi-am dat seama că trebuie să fiu portar!". Așa a început cariera unui fost internațional| publisher=Digisport.ro| language=Romanian |trans-title="I jumped with the umbrella from the first floor and I realized that I must be a goalkeeper!". This is how the career of a former international began| date=16 June 2021 | access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|publisher=Labtof.ro|url=http://www.labtof.ro/profil/florin-tene-8683/|title=Florin Tene managerial statistics|access-date=19 February 2023}}</ref> In 2013, he joined Laurențiu Reghecampf's staff, working with teams such as Steaua București, Al Hilal, Litex Lovech, Al Wahda and Neftchi Baku.<ref name=DIGI2/><ref name=DIGI3/>
==Honours== '''Dinamo București''' *Divizia A: 1991–92<ref name=RSC/> '''Gloria Bistriţa''' *Cupa României: 1993–94<ref name=RSCR/> '''Steaua București''' *Cupa României: 1998–99<ref name=sport/> *Supercupa României: 1998<ref name=RSSR/>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://www.florintene.ro/ Official website] {{lang in|ro}} *{{NFT|15238/Florin_Tene}}
{{Romania Squad 1996 Euro Cup}} {{Navboxes |title= Florin Tene managerial positions |list1= {{FC Sportul Studențesc București managers}} }}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Tene, Florin}} Category:1968 births Category:Living people Category:Footballers from Bucharest Category:Romanian men's footballers Category:Romanian expatriate men's footballers Category:FCSB players Category:ACF Gloria Bistrița players Category:UEFA Euro 1996 players Category:Men's association football goalkeepers Category:FC Rapid București players Category:Romania men's international footballers Category:Liga I players Category:Liga II players Category:Süper Lig players Category:FC Dinamo București players Category:FC Argeș Pitești players Category:AFC Rocar București players Category:CSM Flacăra Moreni players Category:Kardemir Karabükspor footballers Category:Expatriate men's footballers in Turkey Category:Romanian football managers Category:FC Sportul Studențesc București managers Category:FCSB non-playing staff Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Saudi Arabia Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in the United Arab Emirates Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Azerbaijan Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Turkey Category:Romanian expatriate sportspeople in Bulgaria Category:20th-century Romanian sportsmen