Victoras Iacob (full name Constantin Victoras Iacob) was born on October the 14th, 1980 in Ramnicu Valcea, Romania and he is famous Romanian soccer player.
Biography and Career
He started to play professional football at AS Rocar Bucharest and he played his first match in Liga 1 (first Romanian League) on December 4, 1999 against FC Arges Pitesti, but unfortunately his team was defeated with 3-1.
He played two seasons (1999-2000 / 2000-2001) for AS Rocar Bucharest and he scored 4 times in 30 games. In 2001 AS Rocar Bucharest went in the second League and the owner of the team, Gigi Netoiu moved along with a part of the players, including Victoras Iacob to Universitatea Craiova. He played 15 games for Universitatea Craiova and scored 3 times. While he was playing for Univer
sitatea, Iacob suffered a pretty ugly injury which kept him far from the field. a long period of time.
In 2002 Victoras Iacob didn’t was transferred to FC National Bucharest where played in 27 games and scored 4 times.
In the next season 2003-2004 Victoras Iacob played half of season for Otelul Galati and the other half at Rapid Bucharest. Iacob didn’t manage to confirm the expectations of Rapid officials and turned back to Otelul Galati.
The season 2004-2005 was the best of his career; in 28 games he scored 13 goals and was remarked by Mihai Stoica, the general manager from Steaua Bucharest, who obtained his signature and didn’t pay anything for him because was at the end of the contract with Otelul Galati.
His first season for Steaua was lucky and they won the champion title. He played in 22 games and scored five times.
He played 20 games in the European Cups with Steaua and he scored 9 times, the biggest part of the goals he scored had been essential for the qualification in the next rounds.
First season in UEFA Cup 2004-2005 was a very good season for his team, after they got out of a group with Standard Liege, Besiktas Istanbul, Sampdoria and Athletic Bilbao, they succeeded to eliminate in 1/16 final Valencia, the ex-winner of UEFA Cup. Unfortunately they were eliminated in 1/8 finals by Villareal.
Next season 2005-2006, after they were eliminated from the UEFA Champions League qualifiers by Rosenborg, they played again in the UEFA Cup groups and they had great results again. They defeated teams like Lens, Heerenven, Betis Sevilla and Rapid Bucharest in the quarter finals, their traditional Romanian rival from the internal competition. Steaua played the semifinal but unfortunately lost against Middlebrough after two dramatic games.
In the season 2006-2007 Steaua Bucharest with Victoras Iacob as titular succeeded to qualify in UEFA Champion League groups, in a group with Real Madrid, Olympique Lyon and Dynamo Kiev. Sadly Iacob suffered another bad injury in 2007 and he didn’t manage to play any game in Uefa Champions League, the supreme competition.
Performances:
- He scored 36 goals in 141 matches in the First League
- Champion of Romania in 2005-2006
- He played 20 matches in the European Cups and he scored 9 goals
Quotes:
- "I just hope to get rid of this bad injuries, when I’ve had a great chance to prove I’m a great striker another bad injury is kipping me far from the field. I ‘m waiting for a miraculous recovery !"
Short Facts:
Place of birth: Ramnicu Valcea
Height: 191 cm
Weight: 84 kg
Position: striker
Nick-name: Jancker
Nationality: Romanian
External Links:
Victoras Iacob - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
UEFA Champions League - Victoras Iacob
Google Images of Victoras Iacob 
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