Hagi found successor on the Technical Bank at Lighthouse
Coach Ianis Zicu, who promoted with Metaloglobus București at the end of this season, was named on Tuesday at the Technical management of Farul Constanța, the Dobrogean team announced on the official website.
‘Starting today, June 3, 2025, Ianis Zicu is the head coach of Farul Constanța. Welcome to Lighthouse, Ianis Zicu, and as many achievements on the technical bench of the ‘sailors « , says the quoted source.
Zicu, 41 years old, replaces coach Gheorghe Hagi, who announced on Monday that he is giving up as a technical manager of the Farul Constanța football team.
The new technician of the Farul band was born in Constanța, on October 23, 1983, and started football at the Far Children’s and Junior Center. Ianis Zicu has evolved in the career of player for Lighthouse, Dinamo Bucharest, AC Parma, Rapid Bucharest, Poli Timișoara, Țska Sofia, Pohang Steelers, Gangwon, Ploiești Oil or Tg.Mureș. For the national team of Romania he played 12 games.
As a coach, he also prepared the U18 team from FC Voluntari (January – June 2019), Lighthouse (July 2019 – June 2021), Concordia Chiajna (March – September 2022) and Metaloglobus Bucharest (September 2023 – June 2025). With Metaloglobus it achieved the biggest performance in the history of the club, the promotion in Superliga at the end of this season.
Zicu broke up on Monday from the Metaloglobus Bucharest band, just a few hours after he got the first time promotion.
