Victoraş Iacob
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Victoraş Constantin Iacob | ||
| Date of birth | 14 October 1980 | ||
| Place of birth | Râmnicu Vâlcea, Romania | ||
| Height | 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Playing position | Striker | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1999–2001 | Rocar Bucureşti | 30 | (4) |
| 2001–2002 | Universitatea Craiova | 15 | (3) |
| 2002–2003 | Progresul Bucureşti | 27 | (4) |
| 2003–2004 | Oțelul Galați | 14 | (7) |
| 2004 | Rapid Bucureşti | 5 | (0) |
| 2004–2005 | Oţelul Galaţi | 28 | (13) |
| 2005–2008 | Steaua Bucureşti | 45 | (13) |
| 2008 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 2 | (0) |
| 2009 | CS Otopeni | 7 | (5) |
| 2009–2011 | Iraklis Thesaloniki | 42 | (13) |
| 2011 | Aris Thessaloniki | 8 | (0) |
| 2012 | Concordia Chiajna | 3 | (0) |
| 2012 | Niki Volou | 7 | (1) |
| Total | 233 | (63) | |
| National team‡ | |||
| Romania U-21 | 5 | (0) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 16 October 2013. ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of 12 January 2011 |
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Victoraş Constantin Iacob (born 14 October 1980 in Râmnicu Vâlcea) is a former Romanian professional footballer who played as striker.
Iacob started to play professional football at AS Rocar Bucureşti and played his first match in Divizia A on 4 December 1999 against FC Argeş Piteşti, but his team lost 3–1.
He helped his side reach the 2000–01 Romanian Cup final. Iacob played two seasons for AS Rocar Bucureşti and scored 4 times in 30 games. In 2001, AS Rocar Bucureşti were relegated to the second League and the owner of the team, Gigi Nețoiu moved along with part of the players, including Iacob to Universitatea Craiova.
He played 15 games for Universitatea Craiova and scored three times. While he was playing for Universitatea, Iacob suffered an injury which kept him away from the field for a long period of time.
In 2002, Iacob was transferred to Progresul Bucureşti also known as FC Național where he played in 27 games and scored 4 times.
During the 2003–04 season, Iacob played half of the season for Oțelul Galați and the other half at Rapid Bucureşti. Iacob did not manage to meet the expectations of Rapid officials and returned to Oțelul Galați.
The 2004–05 season was the best of his career. In 28 games he scored 13 goals and was noticed by Mihai Stoica, the general manager of Steaua Bucureşti, who signed him on a free transfer.
His first season for Steaua was a good one and they won the championship. He played in 22 games and scored five times.
His first season in the UEFA Cup in 2004–05 led to an extended cup run for Steaua. They qualified from a group which included Standard Liège, Beşiktaş, Sampdoria and Athletic Bilbao and beat Valencia, a former UEFA Cup winner in the next knock out stage. However they were eliminated in the quarter finals by Villareal.
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