Mihai Teja

Mihai Teja
Personal information
Full name Mihai Răzvan Teja
Date of birth (1978-09-22) 22 September 1978 (age 46)
Place of birth Bucharest, Romania
Position(s) Midfielder
Team information
Current team
 Vejle (head coach)
Youth career
Years Team
1985–1997 Steaua București
Managerial career
2000–2003 Dinamo București (youth)
2004–2005 Dinamo II București (fitness coach)
2005–2006 FC Vaslui (fitness coach)
2006–2007 Dinamo București (assistant)
2007–2010 Steaua București (assistant)
2010–2011 Khazar Lankaran (assistant)
2012 Astra Ploiești (assistant)
2012 Petrolul Ploiești (assistant)
2012–2013 Standard Liège (assistant)
2013 Astra Giurgiu (assistant)
2013–2014 Universitatea Cluj
2014 Romania U21
2015 Dinamo București
2015–2016 Universitatea Cluj
2017 Excel Mouscron (assistant)
2017 Pandurii Târgu Jiu
2018 Gaz Metan Mediaș
2018–2019 FCSB
2019 Politehnica Iași
2020 Voluntari
2021 Gaz Metan Mediaș
2022 Botoșani
2024– Vejle

Mihai Răzvan Teja (born 22 September 1978) is a Romanian professional football manager and former player, currently in charge of Danish Superliga club Vejle.

Club career

After Teja finished his youth years at Steaua București and was starting to be integrated into the first team squad, he was diagnosed with Wolff–Parkinson–White syndrome, a heart disorder that did not allow him to play professional sports, thus he had to put and end to his playing career without making a single appearance.[1]

Coaching career

Teja decided to finish his studies and got a master's degree and a doctorate at the National University of Physical Education and Sport.[2] While at college, he returned to football and joined Dinamo București, where he became youth coach at the club's academy. While there, he met Walter Zenga,[1] who recommended him to Coverciano, where he got degrees as a football manager and a fitness coach.

After Coverciano, he returned to Dinamo, where he was assistant manager at the second team of the club. In 2006, Teja began a collaboration with Mircea Rednic, helping him as assistant and fitness coach at FC Vaslui and Dinamo București.[3] After that he moved to Steaua București, where he was the assistant coach of Marius Lăcătuș, Dorinel Munteanu and Cristiano Bergodi.[4]

In 2010, after Ilie Dumitrescu was named the head coach of Steaua and came with his own technical staff, Teja left the club and was reunited with Mircea Rednic, at Khazar Lankaran. They returned to Romania in 2012, at Petrolul Ploiești, and then they moved to Belgium, at Standard Liège. In 2013, Teja separated from Rednic and joined Astra Giurgiu, under the management of Daniel Isăilă.[5]

Managerial career

He made his debut as head coach at the Liga I side Universitatea Cluj in October 2013.[6] He ended his contract in September 2014.

In November 2014, Teja was appointed head coach of the Romania national under-21 team.[7] He managed the team for a friendly game against Serbia U21, in Belgrade, won by Romania 1–0.[8] After only one game in charge, he ended his contract with the Romanian Football Federation. In January 2015, Teja signed a contract with Dinamo București, but was sacked only two months later.[9]

In December 2018, after a good first half of the season with Gaz Metan Mediaș, Teja accepted a one-and-a-half-year contract offer from FCSB, following the departure of former coach Nicolae Dică.[10]

On 9 January 2020, Teja replaced Bergodi as the head coach of Liga I side Voluntari.[11]

On 24 September 2024, Teja was named new manager of Danish Superliga club Vejle Boldklub.[12]

Managerial statistics

As of match played 1 December 2024[13]
Team From To Record
G W D L GF GA GD Win %
Romania Universitatea Cluj 23 October 2013 3 September 2014 30 14 5 11 30 29 +1 046.67
Romania Romania U21 6 November 2014 19 December 2014 1 1 0 0 1 0 +1 100.00
Romania Dinamo București 7 January 2015 12 March 2015 5 2 0 3 7 7 +0 040.00
Romania Universitatea Cluj 29 October 2015 13 April 2016 17 10 5 2 25 7 +18 058.82
Romania Pandurii Târgu Jiu 17 July 2017 6 August 2017 1 0 1 0 0 0 +0 000.00
Romania Gaz Metan Mediaș 1 July 2018 27 December 2018 23 7 8 8 24 31 −7 030.43
Romania FCSB 27 December 2018 21 May 2019 15 9 5 1 27 11 +16 060.00
Romania Politehnica Iași 10 June 2019 23 December 2019 24 7 7 10 26 30 −4 029.17
Romania Voluntari 9 January 2020 23 December 2020 35 14 6 15 45 48 −3 040.00
Romania Gaz Metan Mediaș 1 February 2021 15 September 2021 28 7 7 14 27 32 −5 025.00
Romania FC Botoșani 15 June 2022 10 November 2022 18 5 7 6 15 22 −7 027.78
Denmark Vejle Boldklub 24 September 2024 present 8 1 3 4 10 16 −6 012.50
Total 205 77 54 74 237 234 +3 037.56

References

  1. ^ a b "Povestea lui Mihai Teja și planul său la "U" Cluj, prima echipă din cariera sa de "principal"". stiridesport.ro. 18 November 2013.
  2. ^ "Povestea "de film" a vieţii lui Mihai Teja" [The "movie story" of Mihai Teja's life]. ProSport. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  3. ^ "Problemele cu inima i-au încheiat cariera de fotbalist lui Mihai Teja" [Heart problems ended Mihai Teja's career]. www.fanatik.ro. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  4. ^ "Secretul lui Mihai Teja. O afectiune grava i-a incheiat cariera" [Mihai Teja's secret. A heart problem that ended his career]. Sport.ro. 27 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Politehnica Iaşi are antrenor" [Politehnica Iaşi has a manager]. www.ziaruldeiasi.ro. 11 June 2019. Retrieved 11 June 2019.
  6. ^ "Conducere tehnica Universitatea Cluj". LPF.
  7. ^ "Mihai Teja, Noul selectioner al Reprezentativei U21" [Mihai Teja, the new U21 coach]. Romanian Football Federation. 6 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  8. ^ "Mihai Teja a anunţat lotul României U21" [Mihai Teja announces the Romania U21 squad]. Gazeta Sporturilor. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  9. ^ "Motivul pentru care Mihai Teja n-a reușit la Dinamo" [The reason Mihai Teja did not succeed at Dinamo]. Digi Sport. 26 December 2018. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
  10. ^ "Gigi Becali a bătut palma cu Mihai Teja: "Da, așa este!"".
  11. ^ Mihaitalazarica (9 January 2020). "Bine ai venit Mihai Teja!" (in Romanian). Voluntari. Retrieved 9 January 2020.
  12. ^ Raymund Nelausen (24 September 2024). "Officielt: Vejle har præsenteret ny cheftræner" (in Danish). bold.dk. Retrieved 24 September 2024.
  13. ^ "Mihai Teja". us.soccerway.com. Retrieved 28 October 2024.