Alin Artimon

Who is Alin Artimon?

Alin Artimon is a former Romanian football player and current manager.

Artimon started his career at CSȘ Timişoara and played for the senior team of FC Politehnica Timișoara before joining Steaua Bucureşti. He was labeled the next Miodrag Belodedici, but never really managed to progress. His subsequent career saw him play for Timişoara based teams, such as CFR and Poli, before moving on to FC Onești and ending his career at Drobeta-Turnu Severin.

He started his manager career at the Divizia C team Telecom Timișoara. In 2004 he became assistant of Gheorghe Mulțescu at FCU Politehnica Timișoara and later on, in autumn 2004, the team's head coach. He continued his career as assistant and afterwards as head coach of Apulum Alba Iulia in Divizia A. After a short stint as manager at FC Bihor in Divizia B in 2005, Artimon was recruited in summer 2006 at Poli as a youth-supervisor. He received his big opportunity when being offered the manager position at the club after Sorin Cîrţu's release on 23 October 2006. While initially viewed only as a temporary solution, a good streak of results meant that he would be given the chance to lead the team for the remainder of the season.