Sorin Oncică

Playing career Oncică was born on 29 July 1973 in Cetate, Romania. He began playing senior-level football in 1996 at Divizia B club CFR Cluj. Shortly afterwards, he went to play for Universitatea Cluj, making his Divizia A debut on 2 August 1997 under coach Adrian Coca in a 2–1 away loss to Steaua București. The team suffered relegation at the end of the 1998–99 season. Oncică went to Rapid București, where coach Mircea Lucescu sent him in the 54th minute to replace Ovidiu Maier in the 5–0 victory against rivals Steaua in the 1999 Supercupa României. He then moved to Divizia B club Tractorul Brașov. Under coach Dorinel Munteanu, he played 10 games in the 2005 Intertoto Cup campaign as CFR got past Vėtra, Athletic Bilbao, Saint-Étienne and Žalgiris, with the team reaching the final where they were defeated 4–2 on aggregate by Lens. In the middle of the 2005–06 season, he left CFR and joined Gloria Bistrița. He helped the team gain promotion to the third league at the end of the 2007–08 season.

Honours Player Rapid București Supercupa României: 1999 CFR Cluj Divizia B: 2003–04 UEFA Intertoto Cup runner-up: 2005 Manager CFR II Cluj Liga IV: 2007–08