Costel Orac

Costel Orac (born 22 January 1959) is a Romanian football coach and former player.

Club career Orac was born on 22 January 1959 in Galați, Romania and began playing junior-level football in 1970 at local club Politehnica, moving one year later to neighboring club FCM. He made his Divizia A debut on 22 August 1976, playing for FCM Galați under coach Gheorghe Nuțescu in a 1–0 loss to Jiul Petroșani. The team was relegated after his first season, but he stayed with the club, helping it get promoted back to the first league after two years. There, for several years he would form a successful offensive trio with Ionel Augustin and Gheorghe Mulțescu, together being called "AMO" by the fans, a nickname inspired by the initials of their family names. In his first three seasons spent at Dinamo, he won the league title in all of them. In the first one, he played 32 matches under coach Valentin Stănescu, scoring a personal record of nine goals. In the 1986 final, under the guidance of coach Mircea Lucescu he played the whole match in the 1–0 win over Steaua who had recently won the European Cup. Orac appeared in 26 matches in which he scored five goals for Dinamo in European competitions, making notable performances, such as helping to eliminate Inter Milan by scoring the decisive goal of the 3–2 victory in the second leg in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup. He also played seven games in the 1983–84 European Cup campaign, scoring one goal in a 3–0 victory in the first leg that helped them eliminate title holders Hamburg and his side's only goal in the 3–1 aggregate loss in the semi-finals where they were defeated by Liverpool.

In 1989, Orac alongside teammates Dumitru Moraru and Alexandru Nicolae were transferred from Dinamo to Victoria București. In Switzerland, following an injury, a medical examination revealed he had back problems. His following two games were draws: a 1–1 and a 0–0 against Iraq.

Playing statistics

Scores and results list Romania's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Orac goal. + List of international goals scored by Costel Orac # Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition 1. 29 July 1984 Stadionul 23 August, Iași, Romania 3–0 4–2 Friendly

Honours Player FCM Galați Divizia B: 1978–79 Dinamo București Divizia A: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84 Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84, 1985–86

Manager Selena Bacău Divizia B: 1994–95