Florin Tene

Florin Alexandru Tene (born 10 November 1968) is a Romanian former 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. Until his youth period ended in 1987 he was teammates with fellow goalkeepers Bogdan Stelea, Florin Prunea and Răzvan Lucescu. That would remain his only appearance for the team, afterwards leaving to play for Autobuzul București in Divizia B.

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. 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. 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. In the same season, he scored the only goal of his career from a penalty kick in a 5–0 victory against Sportul Studențesc. Additionally, he made two appearances in the victorious 1998–99 Cupa României campaign, but without playing in the final. Tene played in the first half of the 1999–2000 Divizia A season at Rocar București and the second at Argeș Pitești.

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. 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.

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. In 2013, he joined Laurențiu Reghecampf's staff, working with teams such as Steaua București, Al Hilal, Litex Lovech, Al Wahda and Neftchi Baku.

Playing statistics

Honours Dinamo București Divizia A: 1991–92

Gloria Bistriţa Cupa României: 1993–94

Steaua București Cupa României: 1998–99 Supercupa României: 1998