Cornel Țălnar

Cornel Țălnar (born 9 June 1957) is a Romanian former football player and manager.

Club career
Cornel Țălnar, nicknamed "Țânțarul" (The Mosquito), was born on 9 June 1957 in Bărăbanț, Alba County and started to play football at the junior squads of Unirea Alba Iulia. He played his first Divizia A match on 21 August 1977 representing Dinamo București in a 0–0 against SC Bacău. He spent a total of 8 seasons playing for The Red Dogs, winning three consecutive Divizia A titles from 1982 until 1984, in the first he contributed with 2 goals scored in 30 matches, in the second he played 23 games and scored 4 goals and in the third he made 30 appearances with one goal scored. He also won two Cupa României with Dinamo and played 27 games in which he scored 4 goals in European competitions, helping the team eliminate Inter Milan in the 1981–82 UEFA Cup and managing to reach the semi-finals in the 1983–84 European Cup campaign in which he appeared in 7 matches, scoring one goal in the 5–3 victory on aggregate against title holders, Hamburg. After his spell with Dinamo ended, Țălnar went to play for Brașov, Victoria București and Petrolul Ploiești, earning a total of 297 matches and 33 goals scored in Divizia A and 31 matches played with four goals scored in European competitions. He ended his career playing three seasons in his native Alba County for Divizia B team Unirea Alba Iulia.

International career
Cornel Țălnar played six matches for Romania, making his debut on 1 June 1979 when coach Ștefan Kovacs sent him on the field in the 74th minute in order to replace Mihai Romilă in a friendly which ended with a 1–0 loss against East Germany. His following three games were friendlies and the last two were a 1–0 home victory against Norway and a 2–1 away loss against Switzerland at the 1982 World Cup qualifiers.

Managerial career
Cornel Țălnar started his career as manager in 1989, being a player-coach at Divizia B team, Unirea Alba Iulia. He managed several clubs in Romania, being coach at Dinamo on five occasions. In 2013, he had his only coaching experience outside of Romania, in Oman's second league at Oman Club. Țălnar has a total of 157 games managed in Liga I consisting of 63 victories, 39 draws and 55 losses.

Personal life
His nephew, Gheorghe Grozav is also a footballer.

Player
Dinamo București
 * Divizia A: 1981–82, 1982–83, 1983–84
 * Cupa României: 1981–82, 1983–84

Coach
FC Brașov
 * Divizia B: 1998–99